Comic Animator at GOALPrime Organization Nigeria (GPON)

About Us: GOALPrime Organization Nigeria (GPON) is a policy-driven humanitarian, non-governmental organization that implements her program through revitalized partnership. It is a non-profit organization with a mandate of making the lives of vulnerable people especially in the face of disaster or crises. GPON is presently operating in the North-eastern regional part of Nigeria where we have reached over 1,000,000 lives with relief materials, child protection services, GBV mitigation services, livelihood skill-building, health services, and Education support services.

For the next twelve months, GPON shall be implementing a CPiE project with funding support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in Maiduguri, Mafa, Jere, Damboa, Dikwa, Bama, Banki, Ngala and Konduga LGAs of Borno state. This is a one-year project with an option to extend it. As a result, we are looking for people with the highest level of honesty and professionalism who share our humanitarian values for the above positions.

Minimum Qualification & Requirements :

• BSc/Higher National Diploma Degree in computer animation, 3D/graphic design, fine arts with 1-2 years of working experience in any related field.
• Proven experience as an animator
• Knowledge of 2D/3D, stop motion and computer-generated animation
• A creative storyteller with presentation abilities
• Application Proficiencies: Proficient in CGI software (Photoshop, 3ds Max, Maya etc.)
• Job overview: Under the Supervision of the RCCE Coordinator, the comic Animator will provide creative input and ideas for GOALPrime content and development

Responsibilities :

• Read scripts and storylines to understand animation requirements
• Create animations for risk communication in both media platforms and in communities.
• Designing and producing high-quality child focus animated content.
• Taking audio from our events/projects archive and using this to create new animated outputs
• Identify areas in which animation could augment and feed into existing projects
• Support the media officer in production of internal and external communications tools, assist in sub-editing and proofreading of communications products including but not limited to success stories, photographs, video and social media.
• Assisting and playing a key role in the production of capacity building communication materials like toolkits, publications, documentaries and IEC materials.
• Co-managing a knowledge base for creating and distributing animator content with support from project teams and senior management.
• Supporting in the organization of all Advocacy campaigns, sensitizations and outreaches.
• Assist in organizing the celebration of international days and campaigns in all project locations.
• Playing a key role in effective dissemination of information across all board to ensure effective actualization of the organisation goals.

Languages: Fluency in English is required. Working knowledge of Hausa is an advantage.