Busara Center Freelance Graphic Designer Job in Nairobi, Kenya

Jun 22, 2017

Busara Center for Behavioral Economics

Freelance Graphic Designer
 

Nairobi County, Kenya
 

Communications
 

INTRODUCTION: The Busara Center for Behavioral Economics is a research and advisory firm that uses the latest state-of-the-art advances in experimentation, data science and behavioral science in pursuit of poverty alleviation. 

 

Busara is a US 501(c)3 organization with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya and active project presence across Africa. Busara works with academics, policy makers, and private companies across all sectors.

As Busara grows, we seek to develop a prequalified list of freelance graphic designers (or graphic design firms) to support our needs for web, print, and presentation collateral for internal and client-facing use. 

Graphic designers chosen will be added to our prequalified vendor list and be contracted for freelance work on a project-by-project basis. 

The graphic designers are expected to work across multi-disciplines as well as with multiple teams to develop a consistent brand experience for Busara, as well as create new design and communications for future initiatives at Busara.

SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES:
Below are some examples of the kind of projects that a graphic designer may develop for Busara:

Solidify and enhance the Busara Brand

• Work with Busara’s communication team and management to create a cohesive and compelling Busara brand


• Develop a brand book and style guide for collateral at Busara


• Re-design website, business cards, and client collateral


• Create templates for documents, presentations and reports


• Use data-driven rigorous evidence in design process


• Work closely with our Programming team to ensure brand consistency for our internal systems.

Lead design on new Busara initiatives

• Lead the design of new initiatives and events at Busara. Examples include Busara-hosted conferences & workshops and policy/research series


• Create branding, collateral, and handouts/giveaways (as necessary)


• Prepare typesetting and develop infographics and layout for publication

Support project work for external clients

• Work closely with project teams and behavioral experts on an ad-hoc basis to develop graphics, presentations, and user interfaces


• Create and iterate web / application mockups integrating behavioral insights from Busara’s team


• Contribute to design-thinking and user-centered design during scoping / qualitative phases of project work


• Develop integrated user-interfaces and user-experiences with Busara’s team

CORE REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to quickly understand Busara’s business and organizational culture and how to use communications, testing and design to support that culture.


• Proven ability to work well with diverse teams, under tight deadlines


• Collaborative approach to design, receptive to input in the creative process


• Clear, proactive communication, and ability to set expectations for timeline and scope of work


• Experience with Adobe Creative and Microsoft Office suite


• Experience designing for print, web, and presentation


• Experience with user-centered design principles

HOW TO APPLY:

Interested applicants should send their CV (optional), portfolio of work, two references, and indicative rates (hourly or for past projects) on the application page HERE. 

Shortlisted applicants will be added to our prequalified vendor list and be contracted for freelance work on a project-by-project basis. 

Due to the number of applications, only shortlisted individuals will be contacted.