Digital Production Associate At Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

About the Role

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Digital Production Associate to support GAIN Communications team in graphic and digital campaign and the production of visual content. This role will be on a fixed-term contract basis up to 3 years, subject to availability of funding. This position is open to GAIN’s country offices in Nairobi and New Delhi.

Reporting to the Digital Communications Manager, you will be responsible for the production of compelling visual content that enhances GAIN’s work, engages our target audience, and supports our marketing efforts, in line with our branding guidelines. The postholder will create eye-catching graphics, videos, and other multimedia assets that align with GAIN’s goals and objectives.

This position requires a considerable amount of creative knowledge and teamwork, particularly since it covers a variety of projects and programmes across the organisation. The role requires a sound understanding of graphic design and technical skills in video and podcast editing are required.

You will collaborate with the GAIN Communications team in graphic and digital campaign planning, coordination, and implementation, as well as general communications support for the team when needed. The postholder will also coordinate and work with other focal points in other countries and programmes and lead on design matters.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Creating visually appealing graphics for various digital and print materials, including but not limited to social media posts, website graphics, brochures, and presentations
• Developing and maintaining a consistent visual identity and style across all marketing collateral
• Collaborating with the communications team to translate ideas and concepts into creative design solutions
• Conceptualising storyboard, and script video content that effectively communicates GAIN’s message and objectives
• Responsible for video shooting and editing and utilising video editing software to enhance the quality and impact of videos, adding music, graphics, and animations when necessary
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to design and create multimedia content that may include animations, infographics, and interactive presentations
• Optimizing multimedia assets for various platforms and screen sizes to ensure a seamless user experience
• Organising and maintaining GAIN’s photo library for easy access to graphics and videos

About You

The ideal candidate will have proven experience in graphic design, video production, and multimedia content creation. You will have proven track record of developing and maintaining a consistent visual identity for a brand or organization. You will have hands-on experience with conceptualizing, storyboarding, and scripting for video content.

You will have strong understanding of brand compliance and experience adhering to strict branding guidelines and the knowledge of current design and video production trends and best practices.

The ideal candidate will posess excellent communication and willing and able to work in a multicultural environment. Also, you will have strong creative and artistic skills with a keen eye for detail and design aesthetics. In addition to this, you will be proficiency in written and spoken English, candidates with working knowledge of French, Portuguese and additional languages relevant to GAIN offices will be an additional advantage.

A higher education degree or equivalent in Graphic Design, Multimedia Design or related field. You will possess proficiency in graphic design software (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and video editing tools (e.g., Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro ) and proficiency with video editing software and demonstrated ability in creating multimedia content, including animations, infographics, and interactive presentations.

About our Offer

The starting salary for each office is as follows, depending on experience:

• Kenya: From KES 2,207,664 – KES 2,519,424 (gross) per annum
• India: From INR 889,212 – INR 1,017,468 (gross) per annum

GAIN has a fair and competitive salary structure that allows for annual progression subject to good performance. In addition, GAIN offers a total of 37 days holiday per year (including annual leave, public holidays and additional office closure days), an attractive pension scheme and competitive insurance cover including health, travel and life assurance.

We are committed to the health of our staff, especially in these challenging times, and have developed a programme of wellbeing that includes flexible working, additional leave allowances, wellbeing days, mindfulness coaching and access to independent and confidential counselling.

GAIN also has a strong commitment to professional development. We will support you to grow in your career through both formal and informal training, and are committed to providing opportunities through internal recruitment, secondments and promotion. All of this is delivered in a supportive and collaborative environment.

About GAIN

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the United Nations in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Due to COVID19, conflict in Ukraine and climate change, malnutrition and hunger have worsened significantly since 2019, reversing a decade of progress. There is growing recognition that our food systems need to change if we are to reverse these trends.

GAIN’s Strategy aims to transform food systems to make healthier diets from sustainable food systems accessible to all people and especially those whose are most vulnerable to shocks. By 2027, we aim to improve the access of 1.5 billion people to nutritionally enhanced staple foods, improve the access of 25 million people to healthier diets, and support positive food system change in 10 countries. This is bold and complex, and the only way to achieve this is to work together with partners including governments, businesses, and civil society at the country and global level. These goals, and the ways of achieving them, build on our twenty-year legacy of transforming people’s lives with improved nutrition through concerted action and effective policy change.

Our Working Culture and Environment

We provide a flexible working environment that includes a combination of home and office working opportunities through our global hybrid working policy. This encourages our staff to have a healthy work-life balance and increases staff motivation, enriches employee wellbeing, and improves performance and productivity.

All of our positions are based in one or more of GAIN’s designated offices as stated on our job advertisements. Successful candidates will be based in one of GAIN’s country offices and must have the existing right to live and work within a reasonably commutable distance of the relevant city / cities in which the role is advertised. Please note, that GAIN does not sponsor working visas and relocations.

GAIN reserves the right to withdraw an offer of employment for candidates who are considered to ineligible under the above conditions during or after the recruitment process.

This advert closes on 25th January 2024. Early applications are encouraged. GAIN reserves the right to close this advert early should we receive suitable candidates ahead of the closing date.

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition is committed to equality of opportunity and creating an inclusive environment where diversity is valued. We are keen to reflect the diversity of our society at every level within our organisation and therefore welcome applications from talented and committed people from all backgrounds, representing the diverse societies we operate in.