Graphic Designer

We are building a diverse and inclusive team and this opportunity is open to any qualified internal and external applicants. Women as well as candidates from Africa and those with experience working on the continent are particularly encouraged to apply for this role.

About Fenix

Fenix ​​International is a company involved in the field of renewable energies of new generation. Our mission is to transform the quality of life of our customers by disruptively innovating in energy and financial services. Our flagship product, Fenix Power( formerly ReadyPay Solar), is a solar home loan system that is rebated over a period of time, starting at $ 0.19 per day. We use real-time transaction data to create a single credit score to fund power upgrades and other life-changing loans and to open up a wider world of energy and financing for our businesses. clients.

To date, Fenix ​​has sold more than 750,000 Solar Home Systems in Zambia, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Benin, and Nigeria, bringing a clean and reliable power supply for lights, phones, radios, TV and more to more than a million people. In 2017, Fenix ​​announced its intention to partner with ENGIE, one of the largest energy companies in the world and leader in the transition to renewable, decentralized and digital energy. ENGIE will make significant commercial investments in Fenix ​​to accelerate the path of our mission. Fenix ​​will operate as a separate, stand-alone company within the ENGIE Group to maintain our constant focus on innovation, intelligent iterative design, strong team culture and exceptional customer experience. Together, Fenix ​​and ENGIE plan to bring life-saving energy and financial services to tens of millions of off-grid customers and make universal access to modern energy a reality across Africa.

Job Description

The creative designer brings to life the Fenix mission by personifying the brand in Zambia with the scope of work covering marketing materials, our activations, our social media channels. In collaboration with the global marketing department (based in Uganda) and the commercial department of Fenix ​​in Zambia, they are the creator of all our internal & external visual communications of the company. With our growing customer base, the Graphic Designer documents this growth through capturing and sharing customer videos and photos in order to share the impact of our mission to the world

Unlike in other organisations, she/he has the opportunity to go and meet our customers and see how they benefit from renewable, accessible affordable energy. The Graphic Designer contributes significantly to growing the Fenix brand image locally, through customer facing promotions and campaigns; and as our presence in the community grows the Graphic Designer makes sure that visual comms content strengthens unprompted brand recall in the market.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the concept development and prototyping of visual content for promotions and campaigns.
• Graphically design appropriate informative or promotional material in accordance with the Fenix Brand Guideline that is ready for print, production or publishing.
• Adhere to strict timelines on creative projects for promotions and campaigns.
• Engage Global Graphic Design Associate in order to strengthen the Fenix Brand locally.
• Ensure correct representation of partnerships on all visual elements, as guided by co-branding guidelines.
• Create and maintain a photo bank of usable content
• Provide support to ALL Fenix departments in regards to updating
• Printables and other visual elements
• Follow laid down processes and controls prior to publishing any works (internal or external).
• Manage and build an Image library with real life visuals of our customers and teams
• Support the Digital Marketing Associate in generating and visualising content for the Global Newsletter and online platforms (email banner/web content/WhatsApp Content) on a monthly basis, support in country email/newsletter /team update design generated by MD.
• Create and manage an effective way to traffic creative design in order to meet set deadlines.

Required Skills And Experience

• 3-5 years professional work experience as a Graphic Designer in an Advertising Agency, Production House or high paced Corporate entity.
• BTS minimum training in visual communication / computer graphics (Graphic Design Diploma)
• Mastery of: graphic / typography creation and layout with output being Flyers, Posters, Online Adverts, Promotional Items and other corporate branding items.
• Knowledge of Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Xpress and Acrobat software
• Experience in packaging creative for production into various elements

Desired skills and experience;

Additional knowledge: video editing, project tracking, cinema 3 & 4 D
Capable of project monitoring
Copywriting
Personal characteristics
Creativity
Dynamic and Organized
Attentive to details ( in regards to copy)
Team player, lively and humble personality
Passionate about customer service
Good ability to solve problems (solution-oriented)
Flexible and able to work under pressure to meet deadlines
Desire to continuously improve and learn new things

To apply;

Please submit your profile of works / portfolio and a cover letter through the job posting at www.fenixintl.com/careers/.

In your cover letter, please be sure to highlight the following:
You current occupation and projects/brands you have worked on
Why you are interested in Fenix International, and
What excites you about this particular role

Fenix offers a competitive salary and a fun, fast-paced and high-growth work environment. We recognize the value of diversity in our workforce, and encourage all qualified candidates to apply. We thank all candidates who choose to apply, however, only those selected for a further interview will be contacted.