Wanted - Graphic Designer for Kwani?

Job Title: Graphic Design Intern / Assistant
Reports to: Arts Director, Kwani? & Special Projects Editor & the Managing Editor
Reporting to this position: N/A

This is a generic job description which is intended to describe a range of duties at Graphic Design Intern level across Kwani Trust. The scope of the duties are not intended to be exhaustive nor are they intended to infer that every post holder will be required to carry out the full range of duties at all times. The post holder will be expected to undertake any of the duties included in this job description, as instructed by the Arts Director, Kwani? & Special Projects Editor and the Managing Editor

Job Description

• To serve as Kwani Trust’s Graphic Design Intern/Assistant in coordinating graphics / images
aspect of Editorial projects and their delivery
• Coordinate the production of Editorial and other projects by maintaining contact with printing
houses and ensuring that all products produced fit Kwani Trust’s specifications. Further, to act
as interface between the Finance department and the said printing houses
• Create and distribute images specific to Kwani Trust’s brand identity : book stands, event
posters, brochures, business cards, Kwani Literary Festival merchandise ( laptop bags, etc)
• Liaise between the Arts Director and other departments, and assist with the creation of
images and design concepts for the Kwani? anthology
• Serve as the 1st point of call for any enquiries requiring the Graphic Design department’s
attention and coordinate the department’s activities as they relate to all other departments

This position will have to work closely with other Kwani Trust departments; in particular the Editorial Department, in order to synchronise activities and therefore create better synergy between The Graphic Design and other departments. The post holder will carry out all Design-related administrative and secretarial duties as required. This will include the recording of departmental budgets & costs, weekly task lists and team updates, weekly updates reported to the Managing Editor, quarterly reports, assembling and circulating design-related material as required.

The Graphic Design Intern/Assistant will further be involved with the design and creation of merchandise for distribution at the Kwani? LitFest in August 2008. You will first work as a trainee for a paid trial period of 3 months to grow into a full-time Graphic Design Assistant’s position.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Graphic Design
• Create Kwani Trust Branding Merchandise: Book marks, Brochures, Staff business cards, Kwani
LitFest job tags, etc
• Conversion of ideas from Editorial and other departments into images and graphics
• Creation of stand designs for media stores
• Creation of marketing promotional material as per briefs from the Marketing Department
• Archive all past Kwani? Anthologies, other book titles and promotional material layouts and files

Kwani Literary Festival (KLF)
• Design all publicity material for the Festival and coordinate the printing and delivery of these
and other required materials

Goonj Archive Project
• Liaise with key Goonj project coordinators and ensure delivery of all Kwani Trust material as per required format

Events• Open Mic & Sunday Salon monthly events
• Record short clips from both events on a monthly basis
• Provide Sunday Salon Ny team with monthly updates ( images and audio)
• Liaise with our events photographers in gathering material. Further, develop a system for, and
archive all event photography, promotional material and past journal layouts and files

Production
• Systematic uploading of all material scheduled for production to Kwani Trust printers in India
and provision of instructions to the same, ensuring all printed material meets Kwani trust
specifications
• Liaise with local printers for specifications and timelines for the completion of production of all
merchandise printed locally
• Act as interface between The Finance Department and Printing houses
• Liaise with Finance Department on the shipping and delivery of book titles and other products

Administrative
• Serve as liaison between Graphic Design and other departments (Marketing & Sales, Finance, Communications & PR, and Administration). Additionally, act as first line of contact for inter-departmental projects, all Kwani Trust administered projects and all writers & stakeholders
• Maintain a weekly log on all design-related activities and report regularly to the Managing
Editor on all activities
• Handle the design and production aspects on Kwani Trust projects that emerge from the
Editorial Department
• Co-ordinate within the Design department all commercial projects
• Update the Kwani Trust website with images on a weekly basis
• Act as liaison for all printing jobs and report to editorial team on progress

Knowledge & Experience
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills: Listening and persuasive communications
skills, with the ability to clearly articulate ideas and concepts to a range of different types of
people, both internally and externally
• A passion for edgy design and an ability to incorporate innovative technologies coupled with
excellent design sensibility and conceptual thinking
• Relentless attention to detail, a gifted eye for aesthetics, and the ability to quickly grasp and
distill highly complex matters are all crucial
• Intimate knowledge of relevant industry tools : Adobe Photoshop, flash, CSS and Illustrator,
among others
• Ability to work autonomously while communicating progress regularly to Editorial team

*DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS JUNE 21, 2008.
**Please email CV to: a.wachuka@kwani.org, with “Graphic Design Application” in the subject
box

URGENT - Proofreader needed IMMEDIATELY — NO LONGER

Thanks to all for the interest we received - the position has been filled.

Kwani Trust immediately requires a proofreader to work on large amounts of fiction, essays, creative non-fiction and interviews that are already edited but require a final ‘eye’ before publishing to ensure nothing has been missed by the copy editor.

The proofreader would carefully check the ‘proofs’ (which show how the final pages will be laid out), using either a printed (’hard’) copy or an on-screen version.

Main tasks include checking that:

-there are no spelling mistakes
-all the material is included and is in the right place
-page numbers are in the right order
-the document follows the approved ’sensibility’
-there are no confusing word, column or page breaks
-illustrations have the right captions and relate to the text
-Before marking any changes that could have a major effect on overall layout, you would discuss them with the Kwani? editors – at this stage the changes could result in unacceptable costs or delay.

Qualifications and Experience
We are more interested in experience than qualifications. Previous experience in publishing, journalism or other related areas will be a bonus. Attention to detail is a must.
Work begins 17/6/08.

Those interested, please call 254 20 235 7295, or 0711 859 441

Kenya International Film Festival - Calling all Films!

THE THIRD EDITION OF KENYA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (KIFF -2008)
When: October 22nd to November 1st 2008.
Theme: “celebrating our cultural diversity”

Film in Kenya will soon become synonymous with all things beautiful. For our time-honoured traditions to thrive, create an industry with environmental sustainability. The flora and fauna of Kenya are the environmental instruments of our films. Kenya is striving to be on the world map as the centre of Africa cinema. Kenya will also be the epitome of African culture at its best. The Kenya International Film Festival will represent who is who in African Cinema and the Best African Films.

Film and Music are what represents a community’s culture.

The festival will create a forum for filmmakers to:
• Network and share ideas on the technological and artistic development of the industry.
• Look for distribution networks both regionally and internationally.
• Capacity building in technical skills, cinematography and creative writing.
• Join associations to make lobby groups for more government assistance.
• Discuss policy matters and how to regulate the industry.
• Promote Kenyan films in the international market.

“Africa is the harmonic presence of music and film,
it is the land of great interpreters of Life, Love, Music and now Film”

HISTORY OF KENYA FILM INDUSTRY EXHIBITION;
The department of Film services (DFS) will be showcasing the history of film development in Kenya from the colonial era to the modern day at the main entrance of the Allaince. The exhibition will display different Camera and other equipments that the department of film services has used over the years. The department will also display assorted productions that it has been commissioned to make in the recent past.

Previous involvement:
Filmmakers from the African region namely, Uganda, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Ethiopia, Sudan, Rwanda, South Africa and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

MAISHA LAB –UGANDA. AT KIFF;
Kenya international Film Festival in collaboration with the Maisha Lab from Uganda have agreed to partner to organize a ten days training workshop for filmmakers during the festival. The workshop is designed to start before the main festival and will run for ten days. The Short Films (2minutes to 5minutes) from the Lab, will be screened at a special forum during the Festival at Alliance Francaise

INTERLLECTUAL PROPERTY WORKSHOP
A Workshop to create awareness of the need to understand the copyright and related right will be held during the festival. The participants will be lawyers with interest in Audiovisual Matters, Filmmakers, Musicians and Performing Artists. The workshop will be facilitated by Kenya Film Commission (KFC), the Kenya Copyright Board in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
CHARLES PETER ASIBA
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
KENYA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (KIFF)
MUTHANGARI DRIVE, LAVINGTON,
TEL: 254 (20)3866114/6/7
FAX: 254 (20) 3866117
EMAIL: asiba@kifftrust.org , info@kifftrust.org, kiff@filmingkenya.com
Website : www.kifftrust.org

PROGRAMME FOR KIFF 2008

For each of the screenings, there will be a performance by various local artists, who will journey with the audience through the various cultures in Kenya. The audience members will be shown the different cultural instruments used by the various cultures.

REGULAR SCREENINGS & COMMUNITY SCREENING:: Four (4) venues within Nairobi: Alliance Française Auditorium, Goethe Institute-Nairobi, National Theatre and the National museum auditorium. The screenings will start at 10:00 am to 10:00 pm daily at all venues. “A film festival without a good audience is not worth its salt”. The target for community screening will be crowded slum areas of Kibera, Kangemi, and Mathare

CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOPS: Five (5) workshops on the following topics: Script writing, cinematography, concept development, film criticism, music for film and pitching and access to film funds

STUDENTS’ FORUM: The interaction of professional filmmakers with students

FILM PREMIERES: KIFF/ KFC/ ROYAL MEDIA GROUP and NUMETRO CINEMAS will host a ‘Red Carpet’ Film Premieres for the best African Films at Prestige Plaza.

THE ARTIST CAFETERIA: Brainstorming, interaction with fellow artists, at The Goethe Institute and Alliance Francaise.

WOMEN’S PANORAMA: The Women’s Panorama is intended to provide a real and dynamic space within the Festival for women and their concerns. The Panorama becomes essential to the Festival from this perspective, it serves to promote and encourage a broader scope of vision and perception on critical issues, thus enhancing the desired culture of democracy, which underlies the notion of culture.

EAST AFRICAN FILMMAKERS FORUM: Roundtable discussions with like minded people of the East African Community. The newly formed “Forum for East African Filmmakers” will have their first meeting at the Festival. The Main Agenda is “Lobbying the Governments for support.”

THEME NIGHTS: Cuban, Mexican, French, Asia, South Africa and, of course, Kenya.

MINI FESTIVAL WITHIN FESTIVAL: We recognize that other festivals are equally important. We have previously partnered with AMAKULA and ZIFF to showcase their product. This year we expect AMAKULA, ZIFF, Rwanda Film Festival and Sudan Festival. LOLA-KENYA SCREEN is also expected to showcase their best product during the festival.

PRESENTATION: Among the presentations will be The C.E.O of the Kenya Film Commission, Mr. David Maingi who will elaborate more on the state of the Kenya film industry.

AWARDS: The competition will have eight categories as follows;
STUDENTS FILMS;
DOCUMENTARIES;
SHORT FEATRUES;
Deadline for film entries: 15TH JULY 2008
LONG FEATURES;
ANIMATION;
BEST EAST AFRICAN FILM
BEST KENYAN FILM

SPECIAL AWARDS:
JURY AWARD- BEST KENYAN FILM;
AUDIENCE AWARD- BEST KENYAN FILM;
THE JOURNALIST AWARD- BEST OVERALL KENYAN FILM.

Poets Ignite Wasanii Restaurant, KNT - Thursday, June 12

Dennis Dancan Mosiere, aka Grandmaster Masese, a Kwani favourite at Open Mic and many other lyrical events, has taken the reigns of a Toronto-based initiative called Ignite Poets and brought it home to Nairobi. Ignite Poets uses poetry to inspire youth, allowing them to work together and collaborate for worthy causes.

The first Kenyan showcase takes place this Thursday, June 12th, at 7pm in Wasanii Restaurant (Kenya National Theatre). Proceeds will go to the Hawkers Market Girls Centre in Parklands, Nairobi , which focuses on educating young underprivileged women. The centre provides girls with opportunities to hone their skills and talents so that they can eventually be self sufficient. Attendees are asked to donate what they can, with a 200 bob minimum.

“People have often told me, ‘Violent action speaks louder than words of peace. How can words make a difference?’ This is a question we’ve all struggled with - and perhaps there is no definite answer. However, I do know that words have united two poets from two vastly different countries together. Oceans and miles will not limit the possibilities for educating and inspiring. Words can and will make a difference- if we only act upon them.”
-Sheniz Janmohamed, founder of Ignite Poets in Toronto, Canada
www.myspace.com/ignitepoets

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