JOBS: Communications Design Officer at Sanergy
Sanergy is an award-winning social venture that builds healthy, prosperous communities by making hygienic sanitation accessible and affordable in Africa’s urban informal settlements. Our systems-based approach to solving the sanitation crisis involves five key steps: we build a dense network of franchised micro-entrepreneurs, who operate low-cost, high-quality waterless sanitation facilities - called Fresh Life Toilets.
Leah Mukangai 
About the role
The Communications Design Officer will join the External Relations department and play a critical role in supporting all internal and external communications objectives of the department. We are looking for a creative individual who has great graphic design skills and can bring strong creative energy to the team to assist in the implementation of Sanergy’s communications strategy and produce communication and marketing content. This is a highly collaborative role for an empathetic, detail-oriented self-starter.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Interpret customer briefs to define goals, audiences, collaterals, timelines, available resources, platforms, and team responsibilities.
- Create visual collateral in print and digital formats to be used across various media.
- Promote brand standards by designing and disseminating manuals, brand guidelines, collaterals, tools, and templates.
- Assess and advise on the production value of visual communication material.
- Gather feedback from teams to help evaluate campaign success and required improvements.
- Work with the Communications team to develop a strong Comms customer support system.
- Support Sanergy’s Creative Designer in capturing, editing, and supplying high-quality images and videos for Sanergy brand awareness and commercial use.
Qualifications
- Have a degree in Communications, with specialization in Graphic Design or strong work experience in the sector.
- Have experience using InDesign, Illustrator, Canva, Photoshop, and Lightroom.
- Have a high level of creativity, and an ability to use data-driven insights to create content.
- Be detail-oriented and committed to meeting tight deadlines.
- Demonstrate excellent photography skills through a strong portfolio.
- Basic knowledge in photography & videography is a plus.
- Be able to work independently and to move deliverables forward.
- Highly organized team player, with proactive and flexible work style.
- Have creativity, humility, integrity, and a sense of humor.
