Senior Designer & Illustrator at Gecko Five

This role reports into the Chief Hustler and works closely with our content editors, marketing team and sales team.

As a designer for the open web, you should understand how the right visuals can make or break a story. You should have a strong eye for photo editing, illustration, and animation. We’re not just looking for someone who knows how to use the tools you should be a true collaborator and storyteller who lives and breathes visual information, capable of capturing the essence of a story without words.

 An interest in football and sports is a plus, as you will be tasked with building immersive digital experiences to help redefine consumption for the next generation of sports fans.

*You will*

Work collaboratively with the content team crafting illustrations, animations, motion graphics and other independent creatives to create engaging content for the most important moments in sports culture.
Have a multi-faceted design capacity to shift between various types of design work, including printed event collateral, presentation design, web design and more.
Be passionate about working on a suite of websites/media accounts dedicated to millennial Africans and various topics surrounding football and sports.

*Requirements*

• Expertise with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects) or other graphic design / video editing / animation software
• Experience with 3D rendering and/or motion graphics is a plus
• Understanding of modern publishing platforms
• Established graphic design portfolio, preferably within media / content / journalism
• Excite and inspire with an infectious curiosity and optimistic approach.