Designer (Freelancer Talent pool)

Introducing Zinc Network (Zinc):

Zinc Network is dedicated to meaningful, measurable change. Zinc conceptualises and creates programs, interventions, and strategic communications campaigns around some of the world’s most complex problems – from disinformation to extremism, media capture to authoritarianism. We are headquartered in London with offices in Washington, D.C., Tbilisi, and Warsaw with 80+ team members from diverse professional and cultural backgrounds. Zinc works with a broad range of governmental, NGO, and private sector clients, including the UK Home Office (HO); the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO); the United States Agency for International Development (USAID); the U.S. Department of State (DOS); UN agencies and missions; and foundations.

About the role:

Zinc Network is seeking freelance designers to join its talent pool. After approval to join the pool, you will be one of our go-to designers when we have relevant briefs on our exciting social-change projects around the world. As a designer at Zinc, you will create stunning visual concepts and designs for our campaigns and projects, helping to ensure that our partners’ messages land with maximum visual impact.

Our campaigns require designers with experience in social-first digital campaigns across various platforms, including OOH, print, and video. We are looking for designers who can turn their hand to a variety of different styles, from hard-hitting ATL behaviour change campaigns to youth-focused social content. You will be able to take a brief and turn it into compelling visual ideas, working across different social platforms and formats. You will be able to create these in a range of different styles for a variety of different audiences. We need mid-weight or senior designers who can create campaign brands from scratch, as well as more junior designers who can create assets within existing brand frameworks.

You will work closely with our production, strategy, digital, operations, and project management teams to ensure smooth and timely delivery of all assets. You will need to speak fluent English. Experience in working with international clients is highly desirable.

Key responsibilities:

· Generating innovative design concepts and selling them both internally and externally to our clients and partners

· Communicating design ideas effectively

· Helping to develop new campaign concepts and brands

· Maintaining high standards and ensuring only the best work is presented and implemented

· Work with our partners and clients to devise and deliver compelling content ideas in line with their needs

· Ensure assets are delivered to a high quality and on time

· Design (via translation) in several unfamiliar languages and scripts, and ensure our content is relevant to different global cultural and political contexts

· Participate in internal and client reviews, communicating creative vision and proposals effectively

· Take feedback well and be prepared to revise your work to meet the needs of our clients, partners and internal stakeholders

Requirements

• Fluent written and spoken English
• Proficiency in Design software, including Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
• Excellent understanding of the design needs of different social media platforms and audiences
• Several years’ experience working as a designer
• Experience in creating motion graphics is a plus
• High level of creativity and ability to come up with attention-grabbing creative ideas
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Positive and flexible ‘can-do’ attitude and willingness to solve problems
• Ability to get on well with the team
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
• Experience working with international clients is highly desirable
• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, Visual Arts, or a related field preferred

Conditions of Employment:

Candidates who receive a job offer will be required to:

· Disclose any previous disciplinary action against them resulting from substantiated safeguarding (including any breaches involving trafficking-related activities) or workplace investigation.

· Undergo background checks including employment verification, sexual offender registry (as available), identity confirmation, and anti-terrorism vetting.

Application Process

Please include a cover letter stating how you meet each of the requirements.

If you require accommodation to be made at any point throughout the recruitment process, please let us know when contacted.

Area of Selection:

We’re committed to hiring a diverse workforce from different professional and cultural backgrounds, and to that end, we encourage a variety of people to apply to join our company to represent the diverse range of subjects associated with our projects.