Graphic Designer at Sun King (Formerly Greenlight Planet)

Reporting to: Creative Lead - Africa

About the Role

• We are looking for a Graphic Designer to be part of our fast-paced team. You will have the opportunity to work on exciting in-house marketing and social media campaigns.
• You’ll also be working with our copywriter, brand managers as well as collaboratively with other internal teams and senior management to create authentic, engaging and compelling communication.
• Create transformative, industry-defining work that helps set our Sun King brand above the rest. We are looking for talent, passion and enthusiasm.

What you’ll be doing:

• Brainstorming visual and copy ideas with other members of the marketing/creative team.
• Modifying artwork to achieve the desired outcome.
• You’ll demonstrate initiative in responding to briefs, bringing ideas to life with an enthusiastic and proactive approach
• You’ll take responsibility for your work and be able to prioritize projects in an organized manner, managing expectations across teams
• You’ll demonstrate originality in ideas, amending and redeveloping creative work in response to creative direction provided by senior creatives

More about the role:

• Conceptualize and design highly effective point of sale materials to be used in a variety of channels in West Africa.
• An impeccable attention to detail and proven track record of delivering high quality work on time.
• Curious about new trends, promoting an environment where ideas flow and expertise are shared.
• Demonstrates an exceptional level of creativity that is very practically applied.
• Passionate about typography, layout and brand identity.
• Goes beyond the parameters of a brief to deliver better than requested.
• Create partner and consumer facing global assets and merchandising for print and web: flyers, posters, proposals, brochures, emails, etc.
• Comfortable expressing ideas and collaborating with others to find the best solution and capable of delivering high quality work independently.
• Able to prioritize a varied workload and work well under pressure and to strict deadlines.
• Experienced in designing and producing high-quality creative content for a range of print and digital channels (websites, social, email, vide/film, leaflets, poster, events, presentations etc.)

Requirements
What you’ll need to have / be:

• Be highly creative and imaginative.
• Fluency in both written and spoken English.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and work well in a team.
• Clear thinking and problem-solving ability.
• Be able to work under strict deadlines.
• Excellent attention to details.
• Enthusiasm in continuously expanding on skills

Benefits
What we offer (in addition to compensation and statutory benefits):

• An opportunity to grow as a professional in a dynamic, fast growing, high impact industry;
• The chance to work in an open minded, collaborative culture surrounded by enthusiastic Greenlighters who are driven by the challenge of continuously innovating and growing a smart, sustainable business with profound impact on the world;  
• A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
• Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Greenlight Academy.