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IOK Graphic Designer

Asalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,

The Institute of Knowledge is seeking a talented and passionate graphic designer to contribute to our mission of fostering a finer future for our community and beyond. As a graphic designer on our team, you’ll have the opportunity to directly support IOK’s impactful programming, attract people to well-rounded Islamic content, and enhance your skills in creative design, teamwork, non-profit organization, and educational content development.

We are excited to receive your application and pray that Allah blesses you with success in this life and the next.

Please fill out this form and a member of our team will reach out to you regarding your submission.
Job Responsibilities:
1. Create innovative and engaging digital and print designs to promote IOK's programs and initiatives.
2. Collaborate with the marketing team along with program admins to develop advertising campaigns and promotional material.
3. Manage creative projects from concept to delivery, ensuring alignment with IOK's brand identity.
4. Assist in the design of flyers, banners, social media content, and other graphic assets.
Required Skills:
Knows how to use Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop and has experience with them to the point of being ready to receive design requests and complete them from concept to delivery.
Understands the differences between raster and vector graphics and how/when to use them.
Has a keen eye for details and can identify patterns along with maintaining general design guidelines and brand styles.
Has knowledge of how to export images and files with optimal formats and settings for digital and print mediums.
Adept at writing professional and inspiring marketing material for promotional content to be included within graphics and/or to be posted on social media, printed, and so on with cohesive language/style across specific campaigns and general programs. Tools like ChatGPT can be leveraged but the candidate must be keen and have the insight to ensure the output is ideal or is adjusted for publication according to IOK standard usage, traditional Islamic language/vocabulary/messaging, and so on.
1. Adobe Illustrator
2. Photoshop
3. Basic Arabic literacy
4. Cohesive branding and brand styling literacy
5. Marketing literacy
Ideal Qualities:
1. Strong alignment with Islamic values and principles with a passion for the dissemination of Islamic knowledge and practices.
2. Proactive and self-motivated individual with a passion for design and creativity.
Ideal Candidate (in addition to required skills):
1. Knows advanced classical Arabic and has had some traditional Islamic Studies experience with the ability to understand, navigate and access scholarly works of Tafsir, Hadith, and the likes.
2. WordPress, HTML, CSS
3. SEO
4. Video Editing
5. Photography
6. Adobe InDesign
7. Prior experience working for a business and/or organization
Software Stack We Use:
1. Adobe Creative Cloud
2. Microsoft Office
3. WordPress
4. Canva
5. Google Docs/Sheets
6. Notion for project organizing
7. Tally

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