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Communications Design Lead
YLabs
Nairobi, KE
Contractor
Posted 20 hours ago
Job Description
JOB SUMMARY
We are seeking a Communications Design Lead with a strong human-centered design background and visual communication experience. This role focuses on translating complex research, stakeholder systems, and strategies in global development/social impact contexts into high-fidelity frameworks and visual tools. The Communications Design Lead will be responsible for visual language and communication, collaborating across teams, partners, and funders, resulting in contextualized, thoughtful, and actionable design outputs. The role requires strong visual design execution, systems thinking, and front-end UI/UX fluency, with the ability to effectively and clearly communicate complex ideas from the boardroom to community level.
JOB TYPE
This is an independent contractor (Consultancy) position, ideally based in East Africa, though candidates from elsewhere in Africa or the surrounding region may also apply. This role is scoped for 40 hours per week.
This is a 3-month contract position, with the possibility of extension based on performance and project need. The ideal start date for this role is April 1st 2026.
SCOPE OF WORK
The designer will work closely with program teams to translate complex ideas, research insights, and systems into clear, usable, and high-fidelity visual communication tools and toolkits. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Design high-fidelity frameworks, toolkits, and visuals that support strategic decision-making, learning, and alignment across internal teams, partners, and funders.
• Translate complex research, program models, and frameworks into clear, accessible visual tools and toolkits.
• Apply strong fluency in fundamental visual design principles (layout, hierarchy, typography, color, accessibility) to guide design processes from concept through execution.
• Guide processes for understanding user needs, preferences, and behaviors, and organize these insights to inform design decisions that are aligned with organizational goals and contextual realities, ensuring design outputs are usable and adaptable.
• Maintain consistency with existing brand and visual systems while extending them thoughtfully to support new frameworks and tools.
• Design intuitive, accessible, and aesthetically coherent interfaces and front-end visual experiences where UI/UX skills are transferable to frameworks, tools, and digital outputs.
See full job post here:
https://www.ylabsglobal.org/jobs/communications-design-lead
We are seeking a Communications Design Lead with a strong human-centered design background and visual communication experience. This role focuses on translating complex research, stakeholder systems, and strategies in global development/social impact contexts into high-fidelity frameworks and visual tools. The Communications Design Lead will be responsible for visual language and communication, collaborating across teams, partners, and funders, resulting in contextualized, thoughtful, and actionable design outputs. The role requires strong visual design execution, systems thinking, and front-end UI/UX fluency, with the ability to effectively and clearly communicate complex ideas from the boardroom to community level.
JOB TYPE
This is an independent contractor (Consultancy) position, ideally based in East Africa, though candidates from elsewhere in Africa or the surrounding region may also apply. This role is scoped for 40 hours per week.
This is a 3-month contract position, with the possibility of extension based on performance and project need. The ideal start date for this role is April 1st 2026.
SCOPE OF WORK
The designer will work closely with program teams to translate complex ideas, research insights, and systems into clear, usable, and high-fidelity visual communication tools and toolkits. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Design high-fidelity frameworks, toolkits, and visuals that support strategic decision-making, learning, and alignment across internal teams, partners, and funders.
• Translate complex research, program models, and frameworks into clear, accessible visual tools and toolkits.
• Apply strong fluency in fundamental visual design principles (layout, hierarchy, typography, color, accessibility) to guide design processes from concept through execution.
• Guide processes for understanding user needs, preferences, and behaviors, and organize these insights to inform design decisions that are aligned with organizational goals and contextual realities, ensuring design outputs are usable and adaptable.
• Maintain consistency with existing brand and visual systems while extending them thoughtfully to support new frameworks and tools.
• Design intuitive, accessible, and aesthetically coherent interfaces and front-end visual experiences where UI/UX skills are transferable to frameworks, tools, and digital outputs.
See full job post here:
https://www.ylabsglobal.org/jobs/communications-design-lead
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