We are seeking a minimum two year commitment from an exceptional early career photo and video professional to lead multimedia strategy and development for our international automotive brand – a truly unique opportunity to create impact on a global scale. The role will require a working relationship with the venture's CEO, Marketing Associate, Organisation Associate and the Design, Sales and Operations teams. Specific duties include, but are not limited to:
Photography
- Conceptualise photographs that effectively convey the Mobius story, social impact and selectaspects of our operations – including the team, customer, build process and product.
- Capture photographs of the Mobius product, team, operations, environment and customer experience coordinating all associated logistics to ensure a smooth stakeholder process.
- Shortlist and edit photographs to world-class standards and ensure consistent alignment with the high-quality Mobius brand.
- Organise all photographic content in a clear and systematic structure, ensuring easy and timely access to content across the organisation.
Videography
- Conceptualise and storyboard video projects and films that effectively and compellinglyconvey the Mobius story, social impact and select aspects of our operations.
- Capture high-quality video and audio footage as part of agreed video projects and direct stakeholders to deliver associated content sequences against storyboard.
- Edit video footage to world-class standards and pair with appropriate audio content, ensuring consistent alignment with the high-quality Mobius brand.
- Conduct and film professional interviews with members of the Mobius team, our customers, specific suppliers and other select industry partners.
- Organise all video content in a clear and systematic structure, ensuring easy and timely access to content across the organisation.
Social Media
- Document stories from customers and end-users of our vehicles through written word,photography, graphic design, music and videography.
- Develop and lead our social media strategy, including defining content schedules and managing media partners.
- Create professional, compelling and thought-provoking content for social media through channels such as Twitter, Facebook, SMS and the Mobius Motors blog.
- Maintain our overarching social media presence, ensuring continual feed of appropriate information and timely engagement with our followers.
- Support Marketing Associate to design still image advertisements for publication in local and global magazines, websites and outdoor media.
- Support Marketing Associate to develop professional video deliverables for product advertisements on national television and online.
- Support Marketing Associate in the design and development of appealing automotive brochures and fliers that effectively communicate the values of the Mobius brand.
- Support Organisation Associate to create content for communications with funders and other external stakeholders on a periodic and ad-hoc basis.
Qualifications
An ideal candidate should combine outstanding artistic and design skills with excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with a multidisciplinary team. They should possess a strong skill set in setting a creative vision and producing world-class photographs, videos and marketing literature
Required
- Bachelors degree from a top university worldwide
- 2+ years experience in photojournalism, media, creative design, photography or film
- Strong and diverse photo/video portfolio (preferably award winning)
- Ability to take ownership and accountability of project timeline and results
- Ability to effectively communicate timelines and project progress with both internal and external management teams
- Ability to adapt to a dynamic working environment and work within a diverse team
- Excellent problem solving ability in a cross-functional and multi-cultural environment
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Extreme patience and a good sense of humour
- Excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively and build rapport with others
- Proficiency in Adobe Suite, including Photoshop, Lightroom and Illustrator
- Proficiency in professional video editing software such as Final Cut Pro
- Proficiency in Adobe, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Access to your own professional camera equipment (Mobius will not provide this equipment)
- A start-up personality; entrepreneurial, ambitious, independent, systematic attention to detail, structured thinker, goal oriented, flexible, and able to deal well with setbacks
- Comfort with spending 10-25% of time traveling within East Africa, possibly on short notice, and into rural areas (camping when necessary)
Desired
4+ years related experience in photojournalism, media, creative design, photography or film
Fluency in Kiswahili (the national language of Kenya)
