Creative Brand Manager

Black Pen Recruitment's client is an American-based company expanding globally by being one of the first movers to bring cryptocurrency to Africa and the Middle East at large. Its mission is to make cryptocurrency/blockchain and other FinTech services more accessible, and affordable, than ever before. The team's client’s vision strives to form a committed team of forward-thinkers who collectively create a supportive, welcoming, and highly innovative environment for all.

Responsibilities

External Comms

• Work with the brand team to produce new ideas for company branding, promotional campaigns, and marketing communications.
• Invent innovative ways to introduce the company to its customers, iterating on creative based on what resonates across owned channels
• Art direct video production efforts, with the social promotion in mind
• Concept and design for all communications projects (blog posts, infographics) with an eye to invent processes and systems built for scale
• Supervise the department's daily workflow, assign project workload, and monitor deadlines and budgets.
• Give and receive feedback from other designers to constantly raise our bar for quality

Internal Comms

• Create the brand system for corporate communications, including templates for executive presentations, messaging, and internal visual culture
• Ensure all internal communications are meeting the design quality (Photography, posters, etc)
• Handle internal design requests and maintain a repository of design assets

• Extremely high polished visual portfolio of design work
• Understanding of what makes great brands thrive and how design plays the role
• 5+ years experience designing impactful brand experiences
• A broad understanding of using different mediums/channels to get your message across
• Skilled at telling the same story across multiple channels
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with ever-changing priorities
• Have clear communication, strong analytical skills, and the ability to work with urgency, while maintaining a positive attitude
• No prior experience in cryptocurrency needed

Blackpen Recruitment is a global recruitment agency that targets European, African and American Markets with headquarters based in Malta and Cape Town. Blackpen specialises in FinTech, Cryptocurrency, Startup and iGaming Recruitment.