Karis and Sazii Job Opening [2 Positions]

Karis & Sazii Limited is a vibrant, experienced and creative integrated marketing communications outfit. We have a novelty of contagious ideas to capture our target audience and we ensure that the quality of our productions meet world standards. We have a knack for details, and our mission is to use world-class strategies and adopt standard principles to achieve a measurable result by building a passionate and highly motivated human resource to power the vision.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

1. Job Title: Art Director/ Illustrator
Location: Lagos
Candidate Job Description

• Working closely with the strategist/copywriter to generate creative ideas and concepts to fulfil the client’s brief;
• Responsible for creating design solutions that have a high visual impact
• Use of innovations to redefine a designed brief within the constraints of cost and time
• Producing sketches or ‘storyboards’ (television) or ‘roughs’ or ‘scamps’ (print) to communicate ideas to the client;
• Gaining an understanding of the target audience and business that the advert is aimed at;
• Pitching ideas to clients;
• Briefing other members of the creative team;
• Working in editing suites to oversee the finished product;
• Maintains technical knowledge by attending design workshops; reviewing professional publications; participating in professional societies.

Candidate Qualification and Requirements

• Applicants should possess at least HND, BSc or other qualifications in related course or field. Professional Certification in Art direction and strategy is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 3 years working experience within Advert/media industry
• Must possess a strong sense of concept development, in addition to communication, collaboration, research, problem-solving and presentation skills.
• Must be proficient with Corel draw, Adobe Creative Suite applications and 3D software programs, and understand marketing and consumer tastes.
• Web design skills are an added advantage.
• Must be able to work with elements such as shape, colour, graphics and typography to create packaging that is unique, functional and appealing to customers.
• Must be able to Illustrate and be proficient with Corel draw, Adobe Creative Suite applications and 3D software programs, and understand marketing and consumer tastes.
• Must be able to multitask.
• Proficiency: Corel draw, Adobe Creative Suite applications & 3D software programs
• Age Range: 25yrs – 40yrs

Candidate Key Requirements/ Skills:

• Excellent teamwork, communication and interpersonal skills;
• Logic, creativity and imagination;
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines;
• Strong organisational skills;
• Self-motivation, flexibility, stamina and the ability to adapt;
• Confidence, enthusiasm and determination;
• Accuracy and attention to detail;
• The resilience to accept criticism of your work;
• Commercial awareness with the ability to understand the target audience;
• An interest in popular culture, new trends and styles;
• Good research skills;
• Administrative, IT and proofreading skills.
• Excellent self-motivation and adaptability
• Commercial awareness and good team working skills

Salary Range
1.8 Million – 2.0 Million.

 

2. Job Title: Brand Strategist/ Copy Writer
Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Job Description

• Liaising with clients and interpreting their briefs to the creative team;
• Find strategic ways to further enhance the branding of a product or service, as well as develop a marketing plan through analysis of current market data and trends.
• Developing creative ideas and concepts, often in partnership with the creative team;
• Writing and develop catchy, clear, persuasive, original copy that sells every client’s products or services.
• Presenting ideas to colleagues and clients;
• Use big picture thinking, storytelling, insights, criteria development tools and synthesis in the development of agreed-upon end-goals.
• Familiarising yourselves with our clients’ products and services, the target audience and their competitors’ activities;
• Proofreading copy to check spelling and grammar;
• Amending, revising or redeveloping adverts or campaigns in response to feedback from the creative team, account team or clients;
• Monitoring and overseeing the effectiveness of advertising campaigns through the production stage to completion, updating and amending campaigns according to feedback
• Working on several campaigns at once, sometimes under pressure and often to tight deadlines;
• Casting actors for TV and radio work and listening to voice tapes;
• Keeping up to date with popular culture and trends;
• Writing reports.
• Contribute ideas for new business and current clients’ ad strategies.

Candidate Qualification and Requirements

• The ability to write good, clear copy in a variety of styles with accurate spelling and grammar;
• Excellent teamwork, communication and interpersonal skills;
• Logic, creativity and imagination;
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines;
• Strong organisational skills;
• Self-motivation, flexibility, stamina and the ability to adapt;
• Confidence, enthusiasm and determination;
• Accuracy and attention to detail;
• The resilience to accept criticism of your work;
• Commercial awareness with the ability to understand the target audience;
• An interest in popular culture, new trends and styles;
• Good research skills;
• Administrative, IT and proofreading skills.
• Need to be forward-thinking to anticipate future trends and success of a product or service and be detail oriented, as well as be familiar with statistics and research analysis.
• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a reputable university
• Minimum of 2 years working experience within media industry
• Excellent self-motivation and adaptability
• Commercial awareness and good team working skills
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
• IT proficiency and strong command of the English language with an eye for spelling and grammar errors.
• Creativity and ability to produce innovatively original ideas
• Professional Certification in concept, copywriting, art direction and strategy is an added advantage.
• Age range: 30yrs – 40yrs
• 3 years in Agency work experience.
• Gender:  Male or Female.

Remuneration
Salary Range: 1.2 Million -1.5 Million.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV’s to: [email protected] using the job title as the subject of the mail.

Application Deadline  30th March, 2018.