Graphic Designer

ABOUT INKOMOKO  Inkomoko supports entrepreneurs to grow their businesses in order to improve livelihoods, create jobs, and help communities thrive.  In 2026, Inkomoko was listed by the Financial Times as the 5th fastest-growing company in Africa, supporting entrepreneurs across East and Central Africa to grow thriving businesses and build inclusive, resilient economies.  Founded in 2012, Inkomoko has worked with more than 100,000 entrepreneurs, including thousands of refugee entrepreneurs. Inkomoko provides a combination of training, consulting, access to finance, and market-level systems change.  We are the largest investor to refugee entrepreneurs in Africa.   Inkomoko has 900+ staff in 50 offices across Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and South Sudan. Through Inkomoko’s 2030 strategic plan, we are adding 3 additional countries to serve more than 550,000 entrepreneurs and growing our $30M loan fund to impact 7M lives.  INKOMOKO VALUES All staff at Inkomoko are connected to a shared set of organizational values: • Purpose: be solutions-oriented, produce high-quality work, and be a global leader. • Achievement: push yourself to reach beyond what you previously thought possible.  • Improvement: be humble, engage in continuous growth through open & accurate feedback • Bravery: willing to take risks, create a safe space for others, be compassionate, and inclusive. • We Eat Goat:  we celebrate success and support each other in hard times. We do this work together in the spirit of turikumwe, tuko pamoja, abren nen, Kula na sawa, On est ensemble.

Inkomoko is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.  Refugees, women, and persons who reflect the diverse communities we serve are strongly encouraged to apply.  

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY AND RESPONSIBILITIES Inkomoko needs a Graphic Designer (Brand & Digital) who turns ideas, data, research and stories into clear visual communication. You think strategically, develop original concepts and execute with precision, designing for social media, campaigns, reports, presentations, events, websites, video and print. You start with the audience, objective, message and desired action, then recommend the format, build the creative direction and produce the final assets. You flag gaps in unclear briefs, explain your decisions, and use feedback and performance data to improve future work. You report to the Regional Communications Manager and work closely with the Campaigns Manager and Digital Media Manager across Inkomoko's countries of operation. Key Responsibilities

1. Creative Thinking and Concept Development (20% time) • Translate campaign objectives, audience insights, research, data and written content into clear visual concepts. • Review briefs and ask questions to clarify the audience, message, objective and intended action. • Contribute visual ideas during campaign and content planning. • Develop moodboards, sketches, storyboards and concept options for campaigns and communications products. • Present concepts and explain choices related to layout, typography, imagery, hierarchy and format. • Turn complex information into accessible infographics, diagrams, carousels and visual narratives. • Use feedback and content performance to improve future design work.

2. Digital, Campaign and Editorial Design (45% time) • Design platform-specific and campaign assets, carousels, quote cards, data graphics, ads, thumbnails, for LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X, TikTok, email, websites and paid digital campaigns. • Build visual identities and design toolkits for campaigns, report launches, events and thought-leadership content. • Design reports, fact sheets, presentations, proposals, one-pagers, brochures and event materials. • Create simple motion graphics, animated assets, video titles and graphic treatments for multimedia content. • Adapt designs across screen sizes, formats, dimensions, languages and country contexts, keeping hierarchy and meaning intact. • Create design variants for selected campaigns and work with the Digital Media Manager to compare performance and apply the findings. • Prepare final files for digital publication and print production, and work with printers, consultants and vendors on specs, proofs and outputs.

3. Brand Systems and Creative Quality (20%) • Apply Inkomoko’s visual identity consistently across digital and physical communications. • Build and maintain templates, component libraries and design systems that country teams can use without weakening the brand. • Review visual materials produced by colleagues, consultants and vendors, and provide clear design feedback. • Quality-check every asset before delivery. • Apply accessible design practices, including readable type, appropriate colour contrast, subtitles and mobile-friendly layouts. • Represent entrepreneurs and member communities with dignity, agency and accurate context. • Use approved visual assets and follow Inkomoko’s requirements for consent, licensing, attribution and responsible image use. • Keep the brand visually current while maintaining recognizable Inkomoko design elements.

4. Collaboration and Design Operations (15% time) • Manage multiple briefs, stakeholders, revisions and deadlines using the Communications team’s planning systems. • Work with writers and content leads early so that words and visuals communicate one coherent idea. • Work with the Social Media Coordinator to adapt creative work to different platforms and audience behaviours. • Collaborate with the Multimedia Producer on storyboards, title treatments, motion graphics and campaign visual direction. • Advise teams on design formats, production requirements, timelines, feasibility and creative trade-offs. • Communicate progress, changes, risks and potential delays clearly. • Keep file names, source files, versions, templates and archives organised, and package editable files for future adaptation. • Stay informed about design practices, platform changes, emerging content formats and relevant creative work from other organisations.