Motion Graphics Intern (Lagos, Nigeria)

Job Location: Lagos, Nigeria

About the team: Sun King’s in-house Creative Team drives the strategy for and creates all of the company’s consumer, corporate, and internal marketing and brand related assets. Ranging from customer-facing marketing materials, below- and above- the line campaign collaterals, to product images and videos, corporate presentations, the Sun King Creative team defines and upholds the company’s brand and produces all materials to support the brand’s market in more than 40 countries.
About the role:
We are looking for a Motion Graphics Intern to be part of our fast-paced team. He/She will deliver visual content that accompanies and complements the written aspects of communication materials. Work in close partnership with the copywriter, brand managers as well as work with other internal teams and senior management to create authentic, engaging and compelling animated communication. Create transformative, industry-defining work that helps set our Sun King brand above the rest. We are looking for talent, passion and willingness to learn. Department Marketing & Creative Employment Type Internship Location Nigeria Workplace type Hybrid Reporting To Design Manager, West Africa

What you would be expected to do:

Brainstorming visual and copy ideas with other members of the marketing/creative team. You’ll demonstrate initiative in attending to briefs, bringing ideas to life with a proactive approach. You’ll demonstrate originality in ideas, amending and redeveloping creative work in line with the creative direction provided by senior creatives E-commerce Listing Content Creating fresh designs for multiple platforms ranging from Jumia, Pepperfry, Croma, Amazon, Flipkart, etc. Designing seasonal advertisements, promotional & festive campaigns. Social Media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram) Posts: Festival creatives, Product promotions. In-App advertising designs 

You might be a strong candidate if you have

A degree or its equivalent in arts or related courses. 0 to 1 year of experience creating motion design graphics Done your NYSC BSC/HND in arts or related courses A portfolio of few of your creative projects (either during freelancing or personal projects). Knowledge of Adobe After Effects / Adobe Premiere / Illustrator / Photoshop Passion to design for web and emerging digital technologies. the curiosity about new trends, promoting an environment where ideas flow.

What we offer (in addition to compensation and statutory benefits)

An opportunity to grow as a professional in a dynamic, fast-growing, high impact industry. The chance to work in an open-minded, collaborative culture surrounded by enthusiastic Sun King employees who are driven by the challenge of continuously innovating and growing a smart, sustainable business with profound impact on the world. A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds. Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Sun King Academy.

About Sun King

Sun King is the world’s largest off-grid solar energy company with cutting-edge product design, pioneering fintech and a grassroots installation model that provides energy to the 1.8 billion consumers across Africa and Asia who lack access to reliable electricity. Founded in 2007, Sun King sets the gold standard for off-grid solar performance and design as part of its mission: powering access to brighter lives.Sun King’s 2,500+ staff and 23,000 field agents serve 100 million product users based in 65 countries around the world. With direct-to-consumer sales active in 11 countries, Sun King is growing rapidly. Every month, we equip 330,000 homes and businesses with power and light. The needs of energy consumers in Africa and Asia are diverse. From cost-effective and durable lamps to powerful home and business energy systems as well as modern entertainment and energy storage systems, Sun King's broad array of products unlock a higher quality of life. Whether devising safe and environmentally friendly electric-powered cookers or exploring the future of pay-as-you-go mobility and vehicles in Africa to concocting ever-more-powerful solar energy solutions, Sun King’s technology team nurtures and devises scalable, inventive solutions to pressing global challenges.Sun King’s innovative pay-as-you-go financing model dismantles the upfront cost burden that blocks low-income households from transitioning from polluting and harmful kerosene fuels and gas generators to clean, affordable and green solar energy. Sun King customers can purchase products using the company’s technology-enabled, pay-as-you-go “Easy Buy” financing service, which breaks payments down into regular, affordable instalments. These payments can be made via mobile money for as little as $0.15 a day. After one to two years of payments, customers own their solar equipment outright.Though united by a commitment to serving underserved off-grid families, Sun King comprises a broad, inclusive group of individuals working across 11 countries. Sun King’s world-class roster of product designers, data scientists, logistics experts, customer service professionals, operations gurus and marketing and communications strategists work together to devise solutions to the complicated and multidimensional challenges of energy access, climate action and social inclusion.Across the diverse countries where we operate and work, we build awareness of diversity and promote equity. Sun King is committed to gender equality in the workplace. Women represent 47% of Sun King’s workforce.