Job Advert: Creative
Designer
CAP Youth Empowerment
Institute Kenya, supported by MasterCard Foundation, is established to provide
Basic Employability Skills Training (BEST) for disadvantaged youth with
particular focus on women to get equitable, qualitative learning and access to
promising labour market oriented opportunities, savings and credit that support
their pathways to safe and positive futures.
The key purpose of the organization is to assist 10,000 disadvantaged youth to
make informed choices, develop labour-market oriented employability skills and
access job placements, savings and enterprise development support.
About
the position
We are looking for a
young person with potential and passion to work as our creative designer.
He/She must be
creative, intelligent and able to come up with great ideas.
Successful candidate
will be based at CAP offices in Westland’s with occasional travel to the field
to collect information.
He/she will be tasked
to develop content for website, develop and design newsletters, develop
articles prepare presentations.
Duties
and Responsibilities
- Fostering
creation of local fact sheets.
- Gathers and
verifies factual information regarding story through interview,
observation, and research.
- Use the written
word to express story lines and ideas.
- Interviewing
various stake holders and getting their feedback and using that to prepare
articles.
- Conduct
extensive research on various topics.
- Write outlines
and rough drafts for various articles.
- Create content
using various multimedia formats that can be read, listened to, or viewed
onscreen.
- Develop original
content for short stories and case studies.
- Edit content for
correct spelling and grammar.
- Developing
content for the organizations website
- Responsible for
the social media strategy in the company
- In charge of
creating and distributing newsletters
- Work with
editors to revise and rewrite sections.
- Write books or
content for magazines, newsletters, and blogs.
- May take
photographs or shoot video to illustrate stories.
- Designing
newsletters.
- Preparing
presentations to be presented in various forums.
- Designing fliers
and brochures.
- Collects and
analyzes information about newsworthy events to write news stories for
publication.
- Any other job
assigned by your seniors.
- Competencies
required
- Ability to meet
deadlines and handle diverse tasks simultaneously using prioritization.
- Strong oral and
written communication skills.
- Past experience
as a reporter is desirable.
- Excellent
Presentation skills.
- Dynamism,
creativity and flexibility.
- Networking
skills a must.
- Must be
flexible.
Requirements
- One (3) year
working experience as a Creative Designer, creative writer.
- Must be mature
and with the right attitude.
- Must have
relevant training in Marketing, Journalism or PR.
- Must be flexible
and always willing to go an extra mile.
- Past experience
in social medial management is desirable.
- Open minded and
willing to take different challenges.
- Photography
skills are a must.
How
to apply
This position is on
full time basis. To express interest in this opportunity, send your CV to
hrcapyei@gmail.com by 20th June 2013.
Cover letter should
be pasted on the body of the email and not as an attachment.
Applicants are required
to quote their current and expected pay.
Only short listed
candidates will be contacted.
