Graphic Designer & Web Master at United Bank for Africa (UBA) Kenya

Duties & responsibilities
Web Management

• Responsible for development, implementation and maintenance of the bank’s website.
• Monitors web traffic, performance and capacity.
• Ensure that the website provides content and functionality that meet the business needs of the organization.
• Maintains appropriate security measures and troubleshoots any issues. 

Graphic Design

• Responsible for interpretation of briefs to create visual concepts to communicate agreed messages and creative direction for marketing campaigns.
• Use digital illustration, photo editing, and layout software to create designs.
• Oversee the production of concepts and creative ideas to their final delivery.
• Design brochures, logos, covers, reports, advertisements, and other communication materials.
• Create a variety of high-quality artworks to promote the brand’s products and services across different platforms (including print, social, web, and mobile).
• Perform retouching and manipulation of images.
• Create assets for branding and merchandise.
• Interpret creative direction and adapt points from creative briefs into graphic design.
• Develop concepts and creative look and feel for the brand’s products and services.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• An open, honest, team player, who can manage him/herself and is accountable, and can be trusted;
• Relationship Management – i.e., highly developed inter-personal skills and the ability to collaborate, challenge and deal comfortably with senior managers and others across a wide range of functions at all levels;
• A result-oriented, flexible can-do approach;
• Ability to work under pressure and deliver on agreed timelines;
• Diplomatic with the antennae to manage organizational cultural sensitivities;
• Passion to achieve continuous improvement and the highest level of customer satisfaction
• Strong technical skills and proven ability to use a variety of graphic and motion design software such as Photoshop, Premiere Pro, 2D/3D animation, and others.
• Video editing skills for a variety of platforms (web, mobile, video, and others).
• Graphic design skills and storyboard creation.
• Creative thinking, directing, and implementing skills.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in any related field.
• A minimum of 2 years work experience in a similar role.
• Desired verifiable knowledge in:
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
  • Content Management Systems (e.g.
• Wordpress/Elementor)
  • HTML and CSS.
• Verifiable knowledge in Adobe Creative suite and similar design software will be essential.
• High sense of confidentiality and discreteness.
• Digital Marketing Skills