About KOKO NetworksKOKO Networks is a venture-backed climate-tech company with 1,200+ employees across East Africa amp; India. Our mission is to imagine and deliver technology that improves life in the world’s fastest growing cities. We offer a fast-paced and highly collaborative work environment with significant opportunities for professional growth. Our core lines of business currently include: (1) KOKO Fuel, an ultra-clean liquid bioethanol cooking fuel solution delivered via a network of smart fuel ATMs and leveraging existing downstream liquid fuels infrastructure;(2) KOKO Climate, which retails the emissions reductions that occur from switching households from deforestation-based charcoal to KOKO Fuel; and (3) KOKO Club, a tech-enabled, direct-to-consumer, instant fulfillment retail platform operated in partnership with neighborhood retailers.In 2021, KOKO was selected as the world’s leading emerging markets climate technology solution by FT/IFC.
Your RoleAs a Graphic Designer -KOKO Fuel, you will design in-house creative for KOKO Fuel. You will be responsible for the rapid turnaround of world-class designs for digital, POS, and or other branded material. You will be responsible for the on-time-in-full delivery of key creative initiatives, error rate, efficiency, daily productivity, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction. What you will do
Insights:
- Monitor competitor creativity with the intent of developing world-class creative material for KOKO Fuel that beats the competition.
- Keeping up to date with design and software trends.
Strategy amp; Planning:
- Liaise with channel marketing and digital teams to determine requirements, timescales, and budgets.
- Work with the channel marketing and digital teams to develop annual and weekly creative content plans for KOKO Fuel.
- Be up to speed on Brand ID guidelines in relation to digital, POS, and any other relevant branded material.
Execution:
- Developing concepts, graphics, and layouts including making decisions about fonts, images readability, and readers’ needs.
- Determine the size and arrangement of copy and illustrative material as well as font style and size.
- Preparing rough drafts of material based on agreed briefs.
- Partner with the digital marketing team to create or adapt weekly social media content often partnering with 3rd party digital and or creative agencies.
- Work with channel marketing teams and or creative agencies to develop or adapt compelling POS.
- Reviewing final layouts and suggesting improvements if required.
- Partner with the Digital Team to conduct A/B testing of various digital creatives.
Tracking amp; Control:
- Track key performance indicators of creatives such as engagement and sharing.
Stakeholder Engagement:
- Engage with internal teams (Brand Building teams, Channel Marketing and Media teams, and other cross-functional teams) as well as external stakeholders digital agencies, and creative agencies.
What you will bring to KOKO
- 3+ years of experience in multimedia graphic design and or creative development.
- Fully operational in software such as Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and or Photoshop.
- University degree in a related field such as art and design as well as graphic design.
- Comfort role modeling behaviors in line with KOKO culture, including leadership, professionalism, customer orientation, safety consciousness, and innovation.
- Ability to work in a self-led manner, in an environment with significant time pressure.
- Unquestionable integrity.
KOKO is committed to gender and racial diversity in the workplace. We encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply!