Creative Content Designer at Nova Pioneer

Nova Pioneer is looking for a creative content guru! A graphic designer with a passion and flare for researching and implementing cutting edge design trends.  You have an eye for detail and you are a stickler for brand consistency, while applying your creative and strategic graphic design skills. This is an opportunity to use a variety of different design skills, working across a number of disciplines including print, social media, web and multimedia.

As a brand that prides ourselves on our ability to innovate and lead, your portfolio will include diverse projects. We are looking for someone who loves bringing their experience to a fast-paced team-oriented environment and who enjoys the challenge of building a powerful brand!

It’s an excellent opportunity to join an innovative organisation that would ideally suit a highly motivated and creative individual who is confident in their ability to deliver design solutions. Learn more about Nova Pioneer below.

About Nova Pioneer

Imagine a world in which every young person across Africa attends a school that truly sets them up for success in the 21st century. A school that cares about individual students and allows them to explore the world around them. A school that focuses more on developing skills than on memorizing content. At Nova Pioneer, we have done more than just imagine this future, we are bringing it to life. Nova Pioneer is a pan-African, independent network of schools offering high quality, accessible education from pre-primary through secondary school. Nova Pioneer uses a unique, enquiry-based learning approach that encourages students to ask “why” instead of telling them the “what”. It allows them to form their own thinking through exploration, investigation and collaboration. Learn more about our learning approach here. Nova Pioneer currently has 6 schools in South Africa and Kenya with a vision to launch 100 schools and reach tens of thousands of students across the African continent in the next decade. To learn more visit www.novapioneer.com.

About the Role:

Key responsibilities for the role include:

• Design/update artwork for print material required e.g. flyers, brochures, posters, newsletters, information packs etc.
• Design artwork for Media/PR - billboards, newspaper articles etc.
• Design regular content required for social media purposes such as mailshots, e-banners, landing pages, postings and updates
• Creating and editing of video clips for publishing on social media
• Maintain brand consistency throughout all marketing design projects
• Generate ideas to portray concepts and advertise products/services
• Prepare final layout of copy and artwork for all branded materials
• Building and maintaining archive of all design assets
• Be aware of emerging technologies in new media to ensure quality design output at all times
• Submit regular reports that relate to all graphics design tasks upon completion and implementation

About You:

Skills and Qualifications required:

• 2 -3 years solid graphic design experience across a variety of digital and traditional media. Solid and comprehensive portfolio of evidence to back up your experience
• Bachelor’s degree/diploma in Graphic Design, New Media or a relevant academic qualification
• Must be very creative- capable of coming up with creative ideas and concepts
• Excellent typography and creative and strategic graphic design skills across different disciplines and formats, including digital
• Extremely deadline-oriented
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; must work effectively as part of a team
• Attention to visual details is a must
• Fluent in Adobe Creative Cloud, including Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, After Effects and a plus is Dreamweaver
• Photography and photo editing skills
• Video editing skills
• Project and time management skills
• Digital illustration skills are a plus
• Passion for visual design and learning new methods of designing for digital experiences.