Graphics Designer job at Media Challenge Initiative

About Media Challenge Initiative (MCI)

Media Challenge Initiative (MCI) is seeking a creative and culturally sensitive Graphics Designer to be based in Karamoja. The role focuses on visual storytelling that supports MCI's work in media innovation, narrative shaping and local/rural journalism.

You will create high-quality visual content that amplifies youth and community stories, strengthens brand presence and makes complex ideas accessible for both digital and community-level audiences in Karamoja and beyond.

The Role: Graphics Designer

We are looking for a designer who can translate lived realities in Karamoja into visuals that inform, dignify, and move audiences — from social feeds to community events, from reports to campaigns.

Key Responsibilities

1. Visual Content Creation

• Design graphics, illustrations, infographics, social media visuals, posters, and campaign materials that align with MCI's brand identity
• Create visual assets for news stories, training materials, reports and community outreach activities
• Produce simple motion graphics or short video edits when needed to support storytelling

2. Campaign and Project Visuals

• Develop visual concepts and materials for thematic campaigns (e.g., health, climate, youth, culture)
• Design print and digital collateral for workshops, events, exhibitions, and awareness activities in Karamoja
• Ensure all designs are culturally appropriate and effectively communicate with local audiences

3. Brand Consistency

• Apply and maintain MCI's visual identity guidelines across all design outputs
• Contribute creative ideas to improve the visual presentation of MCI's work in rural and regional contexts

4. Documentation and Asset Management

• Document local stories and activities through photography and visual recording
• Organize and maintain a digital library of design assets and visual materials from Karamoja projects
• Prepare design files for both digital and print production

5. Capacity Building Support

• Share basic design skills and visual storytelling techniques with young journalists and apprentices during workshops and daily work
• Provide design feedback and revisions to ensure quality and consistency

• Design graphics, illustrations, infographics, social media visuals, posters, and campaign materials that align with MCI's brand identity
• Create visual assets for news stories, training materials, reports and community outreach activities
• Produce simple motion graphics or short video edits when needed to support storytelling
• Develop visual concepts and materials for thematic campaigns (e.g., health, climate, youth, culture)
• Design print and digital collateral for workshops, events, exhibitions, and awareness activities in Karamoja
• Ensure all designs are culturally appropriate and effectively communicate with local audiences
• Apply and maintain MCI's visual identity guidelines across all design outputs
• Contribute creative ideas to improve the visual presentation of MCI's work in rural and regional contexts
• Document local stories and activities through photography and visual recording
• Organize and maintain a digital library of design assets and visual materials from Karamoja projects
• Prepare design files for both digital and print production
• Share basic design skills and visual storytelling techniques with young journalists and apprentices during workshops and daily work
• Provide design feedback and revisions to ensure quality and consistency

• Graphic Design
• Visual Storytelling
• Illustration
• Infographics
• Social Media Visuals
• Poster Design
• Campaign Material Design
• Motion Graphics (basic)
• Video Editing (short)
• Cultural Sensitivity
• Photography
• Visual Recording
• Asset Management
• Design Feedback
• Design Revision

• A detailed CV
• A cover letter (maximum 1 page)
• A portfolio link or PDF (maximum 10 pieces) showcasing relevant design work, especially any related to community, youth or development themes