Graphic Designer (Fixed-Term)
Role Summary
Join One Acre Fund as a Graphic Designer to manage design portfolios and deliver high-quality materials for farmer-facing communications.
About the Organisation
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa's farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables any farmer to increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. To learn more, please see our [Why Work Here](https://oneacrefund.org/careers/why-work-here) blog post.
This role independently manages assigned country and organisational design portfolios, including stakeholder communication and the delivery of farmer-facing materials, reports, newsletters and other design collateral. The role oversees multiple projects from conceptualisation through completion with minimal managerial supervision, reviews project needs and recommends effective design approaches, and ensures high-quality execution, adherence to brand standards, and delivery within agreed timelines. The role also identifies and contributes to improvements in design processes, templates and ways of working.
Key Responsibilities
Essential function - Direct Design Production
Essential function - Stakeholder Communication and Project Management
- Independently manage and deliver high-quality, creative and brand-aligned design work across assigned country and organisational portfolios.
- Own design projects from initial brief and concept development through stakeholder review, production and final delivery.
- Review project briefs and recommend effective design approaches that respond to audience, communication and project needs.
- Ensure consistent quality, technical accuracy and appropriate adaptation across different materials, audiences and country contexts.
- Portfolio Management: Independently manage design portfolios for 2–3 countries.
- Serve as the primary Design team contact for assigned portfolios, managing stakeholder communication and aligning on briefs, deliverables, timelines and expectations.
- Ensure timely delivery of projects, maintain brand consistency, and align deliverables with stakeholder requirements across assigned portfolios.
- Independently prioritize and manage multiple projects, maintaining clear work plans and ensuring delivery within agreed timelines.
- Explain design decisions clearly, navigate feedback constructively and guide stakeholders towards effective design solutions.
- Proactively identify project risks, unclear requirements, competing priorities or potential delays, and communicate these early to relevant stakeholders and the manager.
- Identify and contribute to practical improvements to recurring design processes, templates, workflows, and stakeholders' ways of working.
Minimum Requirements
Across all roles, these are the [general qualifications we look for](https://oneacrefund.org/work-with-us/application-process/qualifications/). For this role specifically, you will have:
As soon as possible
Working Conditions
Health insurance, paid time off
Application Information
26 November 2026. Please note that we hire on a rolling basis which means that applications are reviewed and processed on a continuous basis until a hire is made.
- One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @*[*oneacrefund.org*](http://oneacrefund.org/) *address. Please report any suspicious communication here (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.*
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.*
- We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.*
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible candidates should possess graphic design skills and experience in project management. Legal right to work details are not specified.
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