Design Officer at Busara Center

The position: The Design Officer supports Busara’s new Communications division from its headquarters in Nairobi. This is a position that cuts across all divisions at Busara and requires capability in design, execution of projects and time management. Compelling design including graphic design, web and mobile design and design for printed products are all necessary to support the rapid growth and project mix at Busara. With up to 40 ongoing projects within the organisation at once, there are a wide variety of design challenges and design needs, from developing collateral for a product intervention, to creating comprehensive editorial reports, to developing a culture of design-thinking at Busara.

The Design Officer is responsible for completing all design-focused projects with a critical and rigorous eye for detail. As our organisation spans across a wide range of sectors and disciplines, from highly academic lab experiments to strategic consulting for pan-African corporations, our communications must be as flexible and far reaching as our work.

Core Responsibilities

The Design Officer will enhance Busara’s outreach and reputation through compelling and beautiful design for both internal and external projects. More specifically, the deliverables of the Design officer will likely include (not exclusively):

• Combining hand-drawing with digital media to create complete illustrations
• Meet with clients/internal team to determine scopes of projects
• Create materials that support the brand identity
• Liaise with the rest of the team in execution of deliverables
• Coordinate and provide design support to the HCD Qual team
• Stay up-to-date with new design techniques and software
• Developing visual ideas that suit the brief
• Create visual elements for editorial outputs
• Participate in comms office hours by providing design support