Senior Designer, OkayAfrica

Areya Media; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

OkayAfrica is seeking a Senior Designer to lead the brand’s visual identity across editorial, social, and campaigns. You’ll shape creative direction and own design outcomes that resonate with a global audience.

Based in NYC with hybrid in-office and remote flexibility, you’ll collaborate with a passionate team to produce standout graphics, video assets, and newsletters that move our audience and shape the brand narrative.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a graphic designer, ideally with senior-level ownership of projects.
• Strong portfolio of brand design, editorial graphics, and campaigns.
• Comfortable producing graphics for video, social, and newsletters.

Responsibilities

• Built assets for paid social media campaigns.
• Designed for newsletters and editorial stories.
• Created graphics for editorial stories.
• Produced graphics and edited video for social media.
• Applied strong typography, color theory and layout.
• Designed websites with basic UX/UI chops.

Skills

Photoshop

Illustrator

Figma

Premiere Pro

Final Cut Pro

After Effects

Audacity

Audition

Pro Tools

Tools

Webflow

Job description

Design work that people actually stop scrolling for. As Senior Designer, you'll be a driving creative force behind OkayAfrica's visual identity — shaping how millions of people experience African music and culture across editorial, social, and campaign work. This is a seat at the table, not just a seat at the desk: your instincts and ideas will shape the brand, not just execute someone else's.

You'll conceptualize and create standout design work for the OkayAfrica brand — the kind that's sharp, culturally fluent, and unmistakably OkayAfrica. You'll bring high-quality creativity to every deadline, sweat the details that matter, and have a real voice in shaping creative direction and new ideas.

Programs (proficient to expert-level):

• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Figma
• Premiere Pro / Final Cut Pro
• After Effects
• Audacity, Audition, or Pro Tools

Nice to have:

• Webflow
• HTML & CSS
• Blender

Comfortable with:

• DSLR cameras for photo and video
• Studio lighting
• Podcast audio engineering

You're not just design-savvy; you're culturally fluent. You know what it takes to make a piece of work, or a brand, famous, newsworthy, and worth people's time and attention.

• Built assets for paid social media campaigns.
• Designed for newsletters.
• Created graphics for editorial stories.
• Produced graphics and edited video for social media.
• Applied a strong foundation in design principles, typography, and color theory.
• Designed websites, with basic UX/UI chops.
• Working in a music media environment or agency, you get the pace and the culture.
• 5+ years of experience as a graphic designer, ideally with senior-level ownership of projects.

You'll be shaping the visual voice of a brand that's already at the center of how the world experiences African music and culture. Expect real creative trust, a collaborative team that values your point of view, and work that will stand out in your portfolio for years to come.

• Hybrid — NYC-based with in-office and remote flexibility
• A standard 40-hour week, with some nights and weekends as needed for shoots and events
• Reasonable accommodations available for candidates with disabilities

OkayAfrica offers a competitive contractor rate:

• Rate Range: $2,500 - $3,500/month (depending on experience)

OkayAfrica is committed to defining and amplifying African music, culture, and the voices of the creators and communities driving it forward.

Our Creative team continuously innovates and amplifies OkayAfrica's brand narrative through bold multimedia and experiential programming centered on African music and culture.