Creative Designer Job in Kenya

Job Advert: Creative Designer
 

CAP Youth Empowerment Institute Kenya, supported by MasterCard Foundation, is established to provide Basic Employability Skills Training (BEST) for disadvantaged youth with particular focus on women to get equitable, qualitative learning and access to promising labour market oriented opportunities, savings and credit that support their pathways to safe and positive futures.

The key purpose of the organization is to assist 10,000 disadvantaged youth to make informed choices, develop labour-market oriented employability skills and access job placements, savings and enterprise development support.
 

About the position
 

We are looking for a young person with potential and passion to work as our creative designer. 

He/She must be creative, intelligent and able to come up with great ideas. 

Successful candidate will be based at CAP offices in Westland’s with occasional travel to the field to collect information. 

He/she will be tasked to develop content for website, develop and design newsletters, develop articles prepare presentations.
 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Fostering creation of local fact sheets.
• Gathers and verifies factual information regarding story through interview, observation, and research.
• Use the written word to express story lines and ideas.
• Interviewing various stake holders and getting their feedback and using that to prepare articles.
• Conduct extensive research on various topics.
• Write outlines and rough drafts for various articles.
• Create content using various multimedia formats that can be read, listened to, or viewed onscreen.
• Develop original content for short stories and case studies.
• Edit content for correct spelling and grammar.
• Developing content for the organizations website
• Responsible for the social media strategy in the company
• In charge of creating and distributing newsletters
• Work with editors to revise and rewrite sections.
• Write books or content for magazines, newsletters, and blogs.
• May take photographs or shoot video to illustrate stories.
• Designing newsletters.
• Preparing presentations to be presented in various forums.
• Designing fliers and brochures.
• Collects and analyzes information about newsworthy events to write news stories for publication.
• Any other job assigned by your seniors.
• Competencies required
• Ability to meet deadlines and handle diverse tasks simultaneously using prioritization.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Past experience as a reporter is desirable.
• Excellent Presentation skills.
• Dynamism, creativity and flexibility.
• Networking skills a must.
• Must be flexible.

Requirements

• One (3) year working experience as a Creative Designer, creative writer.
• Must be mature and with the right attitude.
• Must have relevant training in Marketing, Journalism or PR.
• Must be flexible and always willing to go an extra mile.
• Past experience in social medial management is desirable.
• Open minded and willing to take different challenges.
• Photography skills are a must.

How to apply
 

This position is on full time basis. To express interest in this opportunity, send your CV to hrcapyei@gmail.com by 20th June 2013. 

Cover letter should be pasted on the body of the email and not as an attachment. 

Applicants are required to quote their current and expected pay. 

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

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Graphic Designer & Web Developer.

Weare a Kenyan technology firm engaged in providing front line IT solutions tofirms abroad. We have a range of graphic, web design projects and softwaresystems under development and we are looking for qualified, experienced,motivated and naturally talented developers and graphic designers.

We are looking for candidates willing to work on part time for 2- 4 hour shiftspattern beginning five days a 
week. We are specifically looking for students or candidateswith no other job. 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

-Creating and maintaining the related commercial websites and the intranet site.Will be responsible for writing and coding of individual programs for specificrequirements. 
- Interpreting written business requirements and technical specification documentsfor coding / scripting in written technical specifications. 
- Designing web pages, including graphics, animation functionality, pageinfrastructure and application related to pages with more advanced graphics andfeatures. 

1. SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS (Developer).

-Diploma/ Degree in web development/design or a related field. 
- MUST have developed a website in some of the following operating platforms:-.PHP, HTML, REST/XML/SOAP Web Services, Macromedia, Flash and MySQL. 
- Knowledge of following frameworks and libraries will be add advantage:-joomla, code igniter, jquery, mootools and zend. 
- A thorough knowledge of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques. 
- Demonstrates the ability to cooperate with a variety of people and achieveresults. 
- Should be self-motivated, detail oriented and organized. 
- Ability to communicate efficiently. 

2. SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS (Graphic designer)

-Strong knowledge of Adobe Suite Photoshop, Illustrator, After effects, Flashand any other design software
- Training in graphic design, creativity, communication, and problem-solvingskills
- Ability to creatively carry marketing messages to his/her design work
- Must be able to effectively communicate with internal marketing team
- Must be able to communicate their ideas visually, verbally, and in writing
- Attention to detail, consistency and accuracy 

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Aged between 24-40 
• Must be proficient in English and Swahili.

Please indicate your daily expected allowance for a two- hour shift.

Send your CV- with referees or links to websites/ designs you have done and aletter of interest to lead1@cuppytech.com on or before 14th October 2011 at 5.00p.m.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Instructional Designers Jobs in Kenya

Octopus ICT Solutions Ltd (OIS) is anInformation Communication Technology (ICT) company founded over six years ago.

It is duly registered as a limited liability company in Kenya and licensed bythe Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) as an Applications ServicesProvider (ASP) mandated to provide Information and Communication Technology(ICT) solutions to corporate, residential and individual consumers.

OIS seeks three energetic, creative individuals with an interest in e-learningand instructional design to support the e-Learning department. OIS offers adynamic, creative, and progressive work environment.

Required skill sets:

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science or related field. A solid understanding of Web technologies is preferred.
• Have good knowledge of Instructional Design and Storyboarding. This includes ability to:
  
  

1. Research, analyze, design, develop and customize instructional materials
2. Work with different types of input material to create instructional content
3. Apply various Instructional strategies, models and theories to content
4. Use templates in developing instructional materials.
5. Visualize
6. Have knowledge of industry standards, such as AICC, SCORM.

• Multi-faceted production experience in a distance education, or training environment, including experience in designing and developing courses using HTML, Flash, Articulate and Adobe eLearning Suite Familiarity with Learning Management Systems (LMS), particularly Moodle
• Demonstrated experience working with subject matter experts and adult learners to develop content
• Be able to work with Account Managers and/or Marketing team to analyze project requirement with the clients and suggest solutions
• Be proficient with MS Office, specifically MS Word and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrate effective spoken and written English and excellent presentation and interpersonal skills
• Provide instructional design feedback on online modules which are being developed by vendors or volunteers in order to create compelling online learning experiences (this entails using adult learning techniques)
• Monitor courses currently available through OIS's online University to collect feedback and refine material and approaches if necessary

The successful candidate must be a self-starterwith the ability to work independently within a team-based, fast-pacedatmosphere with high standards for quality, accuracy, and innovation. 

This candidate should also possess strong organizational skills and the abilityto meet deadlines, prioritize, and work on multiple projects simultaneouslywith great efficiency and attention to detail. 

For consideration, please forward a detailed CV and cover letter tojobs@octopusict.com. 

Your application must reach us not later than 5 PM on the 23rd of September2011. 

Only qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Remuneration for the position will be related and dependent on applicant’slevel of education and experience.


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