Creative Lead

ROLE PURPOSE

Serve as deputy to One Acre Fund’s Creative Director within Global Communications. Manage creative-support systems, oversee requests, enforce quality and service standards, protect the brand and develop a creative team of approximately five people.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct final reviews of selected public-facing assets.
• Give actionable quality feedback across writing, graphic design, photography and video.
• Ensure compliance with brand and quality standards.
• Support brand development and guideline improvements.
• Own and improve the Global Communications request and ticketing system.
• Review, prioritize and assign incoming requests.
• Monitor turnaround times and service-level agreements.
• Improve content-storage, sharing and template systems.
• Coordinate with Internal Communications, External Communications, Digital and Business Development.
• Contribute to campaigns, creative brainstorming and content planning.
• Manage approximately five creatives and directly supervise about three staff.
• Coach staff, delegate work and monitor quality and workload.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrated experience leading a creative team and providing final creative sign-off.
• Experience managing a high-volume request, ticketing or production system.
• Professional proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Google Workspace.
• Technical expertise in graphic design, video, photography or writing.
• Experience with Asana, Monday.com, Jira or comparable workflow tools.
• Specific degree and minimum years: Not specified.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Creative direction; quality assurance; brand management; traffic management; multimedia review; Adobe Creative Suite; workflow systems; SLA management; stakeholder management; supervision; coaching; actionable feedback and attention to detail.

CONTRACT DETAILS

Location: A One Acre Fund country of operation, including Nigeria. Nigerian city: Not specified. Preferred start: As soon as possible. Open to Nigerian citizens and permanent residents and eligible applicants in other listed countries. Benefits: Health insurance, housing and comprehensive benefits. Employment type, duration, salary and number of positions: Not specified.

EQUALITY AND RECRUITMENT INTEGRITY

One Acre Fund is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism. It does not request money at any recruitment stage. Role-specific safeguarding requirements: Not specified.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Apply through the official vacancy page by 26 August 2026. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Required documents: Not specified.