Key Roles & Responsibilities
The successful candidate will among others be able to do the following;
- Provide creative graphics solutions to meet the needs of various departments.
- Conceptualize, design and creatively package Station’s live-on- air or recorded properties
- Conceptualize, design and creatively package commercials, marketing promos, adverts and editorial products to enhance bulletins
- Confer and liaise with business executives and commercial producers to ensure efficient and timely execution of clients’ briefs
- Create 2D and 3D model animations and execute as briefed
- Contribute to team effort to ensure tasks are completed on time
- Ensure the station’s look and feel is protected by adhering to approved designs, fonts, colors, layouts and settings.
- Design and produce graphics for live on air or taped programs as requested by news producers, programme producers and transmission controllers
- Source, select and reproduce library music to go with designed properties
- Suggest ways of improving the look and feel of different properties and shows
- Provide creative graphics solutions to meet the needs of various departments.
- Preparing rough drafts of materials based on agreed brief.
- Determining size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, and font style and size.
- Reviewing final layouts and suggesting improvements if required.
- Thinking creatively to produce new ideas and concepts and developing interactive design.
- Advice clients on strategies to reach a particular audience.
Skills and Personal attribute
- Conversant with broadcast graphics design, editing and animation software including After effects, 3D studio max, Cinema 4D, 3D Maya, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe illustrator, Adobe Premier or Final cut.
- Ability and willingness to train in station’s live-on-air systems including Wasp3D, Viz RT among others.
- Be very creative and innovative despite working under pressure and long hours
- Ability to pay attention to detail and keep strict deadlines
- A team player, patient, active listener and a problem solver
- Passionate about motion graphics design and its related tasks
- Good audio and video editing skills
- Follow-up of assignments till completion and a clear focus on results and seamless delivery
- Ability to understand, read and write in English, Kiswahili and/or Dholuo
- Game design and UX design skills are an added advantage
Academic and professional experience
- Degree or diploma in graphics design.
- Working experience at a broadcasting house will be an added advantage.
- Hands-on two years experience with the above softwares.
How To Apply
If you find this a good challenge and you qualify, please send your application and CV to recruitment@royalmedia.co.ke. Clearly cite Job REF No. HRD/GD/09/2021. The closing date will be Friday 17th September 2021.
Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
