Graphic Design and Social Media Officer

YOD Abyssinia Traditional Restaurant, established in 2003, is one of the pioneering and most reputable traditional restaurants in Addis Ababa, introducing proudly the Ethiopian hospitality through diverse cuisines, cultural dance and music. YOD means witness or speak out in the Gurage ethnic group. And Abyssinia is the ancient name of Ethiopia and the region known today as Horn of Africa.

The Company currently is looking to hire dynamic, energetic and hardworking potential employee in the following positions as per specified job requirements. The Company currently is looking to hire dynamic, energetic and hardworking potential employee in the following position as per specified job requirements.

Brief Description: We are looking for a dynamic social media designer to be responsible for designing and posting original content on online platforms. The responsibilities of a social media designer include posting content on social media, designing graphic material, and attracting consumers via social media.

To be successful as a social media designer, you should be highly motivated, creative, and possess solid knowledge of marketing competencies. Ultimately, a top-notch social media designer should be computer literate, highly organized, and able to work with little direction.

Responsibilities:

Graphic Design:

• Design produce and coordinate marketing communication materials such as digital newsletters, flyers, promotional logos, and special projects.
• Work with Director, Growth and Strategy to establish effective design strategies, maintain these strategies and the corporate graphic standards in the implementation of design solutions.
• Maintain departmental archiving, documentation, and reporting procedures, generate project schedules, archive lists and project budget information as needed.
• Determine and maintain/grow relationships with the best vendors for projects based on cost estimates, quality, and timelines.
• Coordinate and/or produce light copywriting for marketing and communications materials.
• Assist with product/event photography and/or produce simple instructional digital videos as needed.
• Producing content to be posted online.
• Increasing traffic and appealing to target audiences.
• Creating posts, pages, and applications to attract customers.
• Using programming skills to build pages and applications.
• Measuring key performance indicators.
• Other duties as assigned.

Social Media:

• Coordinating with all departments across the Company to ensure the effectiveness and encouraging adoption of relevant social media techniques into the corporate culture and into all the company's products and services.
• Oversee social media campaigns, day-to-day activities and generate leads.
• Manage presence in social networking sites including Facebook, Instagram, and other similar community sites and promote same to generate more audience.
• Monitor effective benchmarks for measuring the impact of social media programs, and analyse, review, and report on the effectiveness of campaigns to maximize results.
• Assist with event photography.
• Other duties as assigned

Number of open posts: 1 (One)

Employment type: Full time after the successful completion of probation period.

Required skills and qualifications

• Exceptional creativity and innovative design skills
• Two or more years of experience (academic and professional) with design software, including Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Organizational and time-management skills for meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Desire to continue building skill set with education and training

Preferred skills and qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in graphic design, digital marketing, with a proven track record from well known company, preferably with a creative or marketing agency
• Bachelors degree (or equivalent) in graphic design, art, or related discipline
• Working knowledge of CSS3, HTML5, and JavaScript
• Knowledge of WordPress and content management systems
• We're excited to have you apply for the Social Media Designer position at our company!