Graphic Designer at Kenya Institute of Management (KIM)

Job Purpose

The role is responsible for design of the monthly management magazine as well as develop marketing and communications creatives for the Institute and other clients.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for timely design of management Magazine and ensure it has readership appeal.
• Develop creative graphic designs for Institute’s print and online media. This will include, direct mail-shots, branded promotional items, website and social media graphics, posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, reports and other marketing and communication materials as needed.
• Receive and execute advertisement briefs from various clients (both internal and external), ensuring high quality creatives within expected timelines. This involves assisting external clients in generation of advertisements to be placed in the Management Magazine.
• Responsible for designing of magazines for external clients.
• Effectively manage work-flow for the design staff to meet design deadlines for all creatives required and manage resources within the section effectively.
• Conduct constant research of various design concepts to ensure fresh and innovative creatives for all marketing and communications needs.
• Liaise with the Editor to ensure strict deadlines and standards are adhered to in the production of Management Magazine and also liaise with the Photographer in directing cover photos for Management Magazine.
• Participate in the development of media/photo library and Archive and back up all creatives effectively and in a timely manner.
• Ensure that a daily log of incoming and executed design jobs is well kept to monitor progress of work done.
• Ensure the downloading and cataloguing of photos from subscribed online sources for the Management Magazine.
• Produce monthly reports on the design work flow to give update on the preparation of the Issue of the Magazine.
• Plan, schedule and execute photoshoot with story sources and clients and professionally direct photoshoots to achieve high quality images.
• Maintain a photo gallery and working closely with the designer to ensure that relevant images are sourced that correctly illustrate article or a story.
• Improve image quality through editing and ensure that images are correctly captioned in a magazine.
• Advise magazine clients on the best and relevant pictures to use for advertising features.
• Develop concepts photos that best illustrates a story in the Magazine.

Qualification

• Bachelor Degree in Graphic Design or any other relevant field.
• Membership to Design Kenya Society
• Three(3) years of relevant work experience