Senior Graphic Designer

Position: Graphic Designer

Location: Hybrid (Abuja-Based Preferred)

Type: 2 Months Contract

Pay: 150,000 per Month

About Us

The African Food & Drinks Festival (AFDF) is one of Africa’s premier cultural events, showcasing the richness of African cuisine, creativity, and community across cities like Abuja, Lagos, and Accra. Backed by the African Food Network, our team connects thousands of food lovers, chefs, vendors, and cultural stakeholders through live festivals, digital content, and powerful storytelling. As we expand our reach and prepare for major festival editions in 2025, we are hiring a Graphic Designer to lead the visual storytelling behind the brand and help us create scroll-stopping, high-conversion designs across platforms.

Job Overview

As the Graphic Designer, you will be responsible for developing visual assets that define and elevate the AFDF brand. You will work closely with the Festival Marketing Director and the Founder to translate campaign ideas into high-impact visual content for digital, print, and social platforms. This role requires someone with a strong design eye, fast execution ability, and a deep understanding of visual communication in a culturally-driven, event-based brand.

Key Responsibilities

Campaign Design

• Design flyers, banners, and digital promo materials for festival announcements, vendors, speakers, chefs, partners, and daily schedules
• Create branded materials such as event signage, wristbands, stage visuals, and merchandise mockups.

Social Media Graphics

• Develop platform-optimized visuals for Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X, and YouTube.
• Design carousels, story posts, quote templates, countdowns, and engagement prompts

Marketing & Communication Collateral

• Design visual assets for newsletters, pitch decks, proposals, and press kits
• Support all digital campaign materials with consistent, professional branding.

Template & System Development

• Create reusable graphic templates for the internal team
• Ensure brand consistency and quality control across all creative output

Requirements and Qualifications

• 2 to 3 years of experience designing for events, lifestyle brands, or marketing campaigns
• Strong portfolio of flyers, carousels, banners, and campaign visuals
• Mastery of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, or Canva
• Ability to design quickly without compromising quality
• Strong understanding of layout, hierarchy, font pairing, and color use
• Experience designing for African or culture-driven brands is an advantage
• Excellent communication skills and ability to interpret creative direction
• Organized and detail-oriented with solid version control and asset management habits

Preferred Skills

• Basic motion design or animated graphics
• Familiarity with African visual culture, food media, or entertainment design
• Experience working in a fast-paced creative environment
• Knowledge of marketing principles (conversion, visual hooks, CTA placement)
• Comfortable using Google Drive, Notion, or project management tools

Why Join the African Food & Drinks Festival

• Opportunity to design for one of Africa’s fastest-growing cultural brands
• Work across major campaigns that reach thousands of people online and offline
• Collaborate with a driven, mission-aligned team building legacy projects
• Grow your creative leadership skills and portfolio through high-visibility work
• Be part of a movement that celebrates Africa’s food, people, and creativity on a global stage