Jobs at Code for Africa

Candidates can hail from the media, advertising, or any other creative industry.  The successful candidate will work as part of a multinational and multilingual team, using digital collaboration tools to create content for a global audience and international media partners. If successful, you will work on projects spotlighting misinformation, award winning investigations and much more. 

Required:

• A minimum of three years experience in a similar or related role.
• A robust portfolio/showreel that showcases video skills such as motion graphics, editing, shooting, and scripting and storyboarding
• Proven experience serving as the central liaison, ensuring clear communication, addressing feedback, managing expectations, and guaranteeing overall team satisfaction throughout the project lifecycle.
• Proficient in managing video content/production throughout its life-cycle, from inception and storyboarding to shooting to editing and packaging.
• Excellent communication and project management skills, with the ability to collaborate with a diverse team. 
• A creative mindset, with the ability to shape your role and make valuable contributions.
• Proficient in managing and leading a team of video producers, editors, and other production staff.
• Mastery of the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, including AfterEffects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and Audition.

Preferred:

• You have a knack for telling immersive video stories across different platforms, customised to the specific audience while remaining true to the core narrative..
• You’ve created compelling short-form videos for TikTok and Instagram Reels, optimising content, analysing metrics, and fostering real-time engagement in live events.
• Capable of developing and executing high quality livestreaming strategies, while staying up-to-date with industry trends and overseeing end-to-end production for live events. 
• You’re experienced with digital collaboration tools, including Slack, Google Drive, Trello and Airtable.

Language and Location Requirements:

• Location: Anywhere in Africa
• Primary languages: English
• Preferred but not required: Amharic, Arabic, Hausa, French, Kiswahili or any other major language spoken in Africa

About the Role:

The successful candidate will join us on CfA’s Engagement team. The team is responsible for telling CfA’s story, and keeping it accessible and engaging. We amplify the work of our experts and external project partners across Africa to drive a more open, connected and technologically empowered continent. 

This primary role will be to oversee the entire video content lifecycle, from pre-production (conceptualising, storyboarding, scripting) to production (filming, graphics, motion graphics) and post-production (editing, grading, packaging). It requires exceptional project management skills to handle multiple projects, coordinate diverse teams, and meet deadlines. 

As the final quality control, you will ensure video content is polished, trend-aware and suitable for our various platforms. You will stay abreast of emerging video trends and platforms.

As the Video Producer, you’ll manage the video team and work alongside the rest of the engagement team to ensure the creation of cohesive content and messaging. You will occasionally collaborate with the Data Designer, Designers, Illustrator and UX Designer in CfA’s StoryLab team.

Responsibilities:

• Serving as the main point of contact for all incoming video requests.
• Creating actionable project plans for video initiatives, in collaboration with the graphics team. 
• Overseeing pre-production tasks, including concept development, scriptwriting, storyboarding, location scouting, and talent selection.
• Managing post-production tasks, encompassing video editing, colour correction, sound design, graphics, and optimising video content for diverse platforms and distribution channels, such as social media, websites, and YouTube.
• Collaborating with the engagement and design teams to ensure videos effectively convey our brand message.
• Monitoring video performance and analytics to continuously improve and optimise video content.
• Contribute designs and animations for social media videos (like these examples from Vox videos, AJ+videos  and Johnny Harris.)
• Maintaining an organised video library and ensuring content is appropriately tagged and archived.
• Maintaining a reference list/database of competitors and benchmarks of quality.
• Staying up to date with the latest video technologies and capabilities, ensuring the best tools are used to create video content.  
• Developing a distinctive and world-class visual style to put CfA ahead of our peers.

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The successful candidate will work as part of a multinational and multilingual team, creating content for a global audience and international media partners using digital collaboration tools. 

Required: 

• Proven experience working in a similar role or field, preferably for at least 3 years
• Ability to articulate a brand or project’s story through design assets, effectively capturing its vision and tone.
• A strong grasp of design principles, such as emphasis, alignment and balance, contrast, repetition, proportion, movement, and white space. 
• Mastery of design software, such as the Adobe Creative Suite (e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), and other relevant design tools.
• A creative flair and a keen eye for keeping pace with emerging design trends globally and within Africa
• Strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with multinational team members and partners, interpreting and conveying brand concepts through design.

Preferred:

• Ability to transform brand identities into visually appealing marketing assets, including web and social media designs,, email campaigns, roll up banners, stickers, t-shirts, and leaflets.
• Ability to work in both traditional and digital mediums, combing them to create powerful visual identities that stand out from the crowd
• Ability to create a variety of formats, from stills to gif to longer animations
• Understanding of what works best for different platforms such as Facebook vs Twitter vs TikTok vs WhatsApp
• Capable of working independently and managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Familiarity with digital collaboration tools like Slack, Google Drive, Trello and Airtable.

About the Role:

The successful candidate will join us on CfA’s Engagement team. The team is responsible for telling CfA’s story, and keeping it accessible and engaging. We amplify the work of our experts and external project partners across Africa to drive a more open, connected and technologically empowered continent. 

As a brand designer, you will play a crucial role in developing innovative visual strategies for CfA as a whole alongside individual identities for our flagship products and projects. Once established, you will create and maintain design playbooks for each identity, ensuring all visual assets created for each brand comply with the established identities. You will continuously stay up to date with international trends in graphic design, ensuring CfA and its associated brands remain fresh, sharp and visually unique. 

You will work with the rest of the design and engagement team to create brand collateral as needed and to ensure that brand guidelines and identities are being adhered to, wherever they appear. 

Responsibilities:

• Developing a distinctive and world-class visual style to position CfA as a leader among global partners
• Designing and establishing brand identities for CfA’s projects and products as needed 
• Producing brand assets and designs to complement CfA and partner content, as well as social media promotions and campaigns.
• Crafting, adapting and maintaining brand guidelines for CfA and CfA’s products and projects.
• You’ve worked with globally recognised brands or projects, or are able to create world class branding  (such as Google, The Economist,  and  Vox.com, and Rest of the world)
• Enforcing these brand guidelines to ensure consistent, high visual standards across CfA’s platforms.
• Contributing designs for digital properties such as websites, social media videos and marketing merchandise.
• Contributing to designs for printed collateral such as stickers, t-shirts and banners
• Maintaining a reference list/database of competitors and benchmarks of quality.

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The successful candidate will work as part of a multinational and multilingual team, using digital collaboration tools to create content for a global audience and international media partners. If successful, you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of  projects, spotlighting misinformation, award winning investigations and public health threats. 

Required:

• Proven experience working in a similar role or field, preferably for at least 3 years
• A compelling portfolio showcasing your proficiency in various illustration techniques and styles, such as minimalism, vintage style, surrealism, and more. 
• Mastery in industry-standard illustration software such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and other relevant tools.
• Strong understanding of colour theory, composition, and visual storytelling to convey ideas effectively through visuals.
• Ability to conceptualise, brainstorm and translate abstract ideas into compelling visual narratives and illustrations.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills to meet deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including writers and designers, to seamlessly integrate illustrations into larger creative projects.
• Familiarity with the technical aspects of print production, such as colour modes, resolution, and file formats, ensuring high-quality output for print materials.

Preferred:

• You should possess a proven ability to create engaging narratives across various platforms.
• You should have the ability to accurately and consistently complete work on schedule and with minimal supervision.
• Proficiency in storyboard creation for animations, comics and multimedia projects.
• You’re experienced with digital collaboration tools, including Slack, Google Drive, Trello and Airtable.

About the Role:

The successful candidate will join us on CfA’s Engagement team. The team is responsible for telling CfA’s story, and keeping it accessible and engaging. We amplify the work of our experts and external project partners across Africa to drive a more open, connected and technologically empowered continent. 

Your core responsibility will be to create illustrations for content developed by the various CfA teams. This will include full-page report covers, iconography, website illustrations, elements for printed materials, etc. You will transform conceptual ideas and narratives into striking, easy-to-understand assets that will engage and inspire our audiences. 

While you will primarily rely on digital tools to create illustrations, you will also be encouraged to include traditional mediums where appropriate.  

You will stay at the cutting edge of your field, curating benchmarks and keeping ahead of trends in digital storytelling to ensure that CfA stands apart.You will collaborate closely with the design team to craft captivating visuals, partner with copywriters to weave compelling narratives, and align with social media strategists to optimise platform performance.

Responsibilities

• Creating a distinctive and world-class visual style to position CfA as a leader among its global peers.
• Elevating CfA and partner content by infusing it with unique illustrations, seamlessly integrating them into social media promotions and campaigns.
• Producing illustrations for report covers, blog posts, website banners and social media.
• Contributing illustration and design assets for social media videos. 
• Enforcing a consistent, high visual standard across CfA communication platforms.
• Gathering key messaging points for each project and ensuring that all illustration concepts convey the intended information.
• You’ve worked with globally recognised brands or projects, or are able to create world class illustrations (such as Google, Vox.com, The Economist,  and Rest of the world)
• Assisting in the development, implementation and maintenance of coherent brand guidelines for CfA platforms, including social media.