Creative Design Executive

Responsibilities:

Creative Ideation & Concept Development:

• Participating in creative briefing sessions and internal concepting workshops contributing original ideas, visual references, and design directions
  
• Developing mood boards, concept presentations, and visual language frameworks that articulate a creative direction clearly to the Creative Lead and to clients
• Researching global trends in experiential design, brand activation, event production, and digital visual culture bringing relevant references into the creative process at Tantacom
• Proposing creative solutions to design challenges that balance visual ambition with production feasibility understanding what can actually be built or displayed in a live event environment
• Generating multiple creative directions for a brief where required  giving the Creative Lead and the client genuine options, not a single forced solution
• You are expected to bring ideas to the table, not just wait for them to be handed to you. Creative contribution is valued and expected at every stage of a project  not only during the formal concepting phase.

Graphic Design:

• You produce visual assets across a wide range of formats  for events, campaigns, client presentations, digital platforms, and print production.
• Your work must consistently reflect Tantacom's premium market positioning and the individual brand identities of the clients we serve.
• Event branding assets: stage graphics, backdrop designs, signage layouts, environmental branding, banner systems, and wayfinding elements
• Campaign and activation collateral: key visuals, promotional materials, social media graphics, and digital display content
• Client-facing documents: pitch decks, concept presentations, post-event reports, and capability materials designed to a standard that reflects the Tantacom brand
• Brand identity work: visual identity development, logo adaptations, typography systems, and colour palette applications where required within project scope
• Print-ready files: accurately prepared for large-format print, fabric printing, and specialist production outputs used in event fabrication

Motion Graphics & Animated Content:

• Event screen content: animated openers, lower thirds, transition sequences, countdown timers, and branded display loops for live event environments
• Social media and digital campaign animations: short-form animated content for Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and other platforms adapted for different formats and specifications
  
•  Presentation animations: animated slides, kinetic typography, and motion-enhanced pitch and concept decks
• Brand motion identity: animated logos, brand idents, and motion language systems that extend a client & visual identity into moving image
• Collaboration with AV and technical production teams  ensuring motion content is formatted, exported, and delivered correctly for the specific display systems being used at each event

3D Animation & 3D Design:

• 3D venue and environment visualisations producing photorealistic or stylised renders of event spaces, stage designs, activation setups, and experiential installations before physical production begins
• 3D product and brand visualisation  creating detailed 3D representations of branded structures, custom fabrications, and physical installations for client presentations and production briefing
• 3D animation for events and campaigns animated sequences, product reveals, environmental fly- throughs, and immersive brand storytelling content
• 3D design for fabrication guidance producing dimensional references and spatial layouts that support the production team in understanding build requirements, material specifications, and structural intent
• Integration of 3D elements into motion graphics and video content  compositing 3D renders into 2D motion work for seamless hybrid outputs

Venue Intelligence & Spatial Design Awareness:

• Understanding the physical constraints and opportunities of event venues ceiling heights, column positions, power access points, loading restrictions, audience flow, sightlines, and ambient light conditions
• Designing with build feasibility in mind knowing what structures, materials, and installations are achievable within typical Nigerian event production budgets and supply chains
• Reading and interpreting venue floor plans, technical drawings, and site maps and incorporating them accurately into design concepts and 3D visualisations
• Anticipating how a design will look and feel at scale  translating a screen-based concept into an accurate mental model of the physical experience it will create
• Communicating design intent clearly to the production and technical team  providing references, dimensions, material notes, and spatial logic that support accurate build execution
• You do not need to be a production specialist. But you need to have enough practical event experience to design things that can actually be built and to understand when a concept needs to be refined for real- world feasibility.

Project Execution & Creative Delivery:

• Manage your own design tasks and delivery timelines across multiple active projects simultaneously flagging capacity issues or timeline risks to the Creative Lead proactively
• Prepare and deliver final assets in the correct formats, specifications, and file structures for each output type  print, screen, digital, or production reference
• Maintain an organised, version-controlled file system for all creative work  ensuring assets are retrievable, shareable, and backed up at all times
• Participate in design review sessions with the Creative Lead receiving feedback constructively, iterating efficiently, and delivering revisions without a drop in quality
• Support the Creative Lead in preparing client presentations  contributing designed slides, visual assets, and concept visuals that are presentation-ready without requiring significant rework

Brand Consistency & Quality Standards:

• Apply brand guidelines accurately and consistently across all design outputs both for Tantacom &  own brand and for individual client identities
• Maintain awareness of print production requirements: bleed, resolution, colour profiles, and file format specifications for large-format and specialist event printing
• Identify and raise quality issues proactively  do not submit work that you know is below standard and expect it to pass review
• Uphold typographic discipline, colour accuracy, and compositional rigour in all design work regardless of how tight the deadline

Requirements:

• Minimum 3 years in a professional creative or design role
  
• Direct experience working within an event production, experiential  marketing, or brand activation agency  this is non-negotiable
• Demonstrated proficiency in professional-grade graphic design across both digital and print contexts
• A portfolio that includes motion graphics work produced for events, campaigns, or digital platforms
• 3D Design & Animation Working proficiency in at least one 3D design or animation tool, with portfolio evidence of 3D outputs
• Venue Experience Direct exposure to live event environments whether through on-site production involvement, venue walkthrough participation, or event-specific design briefs
• A strong, current portfolio demonstrating work across multiple disciplines like graphic design, motion, and 3D in an event or brand context
• Graphic Design Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma, Canva Pro InDesign
• Motion Graphics Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro DaVinci Resolve, Cinema 4D (MoGraph)
• 3D Design & Animation Cinema 4D, Blender, or 3ds Max Unreal Engine, V-Ray, KeyShot, SketchUp Spatial & Presentation PowerPoint, Google Slides AutoCAD, Vectorworks, SketchUp
• You are genuinely interested in design  beyond your job scope.
• You follow global trends in experiential design, motion graphics, and visual culture, and you bring what you find into the work.
• You do not wait to be told what to design. You bring directions, references, and fully formed ideas to briefs.
• Your contribution to concepting is substantive.
• Your files are clean, your exports are accurate, and your specifications are correct the first time.
• Craft matters to you and it shows in your output.
• You think in three dimensions.
• You can look at a floor plan and picture the room.
• You design for how something will feel at scale, not just how it looks on screen.
• You receive creative direction and critical feedback professionally.
• You iterate without losing momentum, and you improve your work rather than defending your first instinct.
•  You deliver on time consistently and you communicate early when a deadline is at risk, rather than going quiet and missing it.
• You work well within a creative team. You share work early, ask questions when a brief is unclear, and support colleagues when workloads spike across the team.

Key Performance Indicator:

• Design work consistently meets or exceeds the standard set by the
  
• Creative Lead  assessed at review stage, not just at final delivery
• Deadline Adherence, personal tasks and deliverables completed on time across all active projects  measured per project with Creative Lead sign-off
• Creative Contribution Active, substantive participation in briefing and concepting sessions ideas contributed are documented and assessed by the Creative Lead
• 3D & Motion Output 3D visualisations and motion graphics produced to a standard that can be presented directly to clients with minimal rework
• Revision Efficiency Revisions are addressed accurately and efficiently measured by the number of revision rounds required before final sign-off per project
• File & Asset Management All project files are organised, version-controlled, and correctly archived  assessed during project close
  
• Venue Design Accuracy Spatial designs and venue visualisations accurately reflect real-world dimensions and build constraints assessed against production team feedback

Success Milestone: 

Within 30 Days:

• Full immersion in Tantacom's brand standards, design templates, project file systems, and active project portfolio
• Established working relationship with the Creative Lead, production team, and project management function
• First design contribution delivered on an active project to brief, on time, and at standard
• Software setup, asset library access, and file structure orientation fully completed

Within 90 Days:

• Producing design outputs across graphic, motion, and 3D disciplines without requiring significant rework or extended revision cycles
• Contributing meaningfully to at least one full project from concepting through to final asset delivery
• The Creative Lead can confidently assign briefs independently knowing they will be interpreted correctly and delivered to standard
• Venue intelligence applied practically at least one spatial or 3D visualisation produced that directly informed a production or client decision

Within 6 Months:

• A consistent contributor to the creative team  ideas, outputs, and execution are all operating at the level expected of a mid-level professional
• Motion and 3D outputs are being used in client presentations and event environments without modification by the Creative Lead
• A demonstrable body of work produced at Tantacom  case studies, portfolio assets, and project references that reflect growth and contribution
• Identified at least one area of creative or technical capability to develop further  with a learning plan agreed with the Creative Lead

Who This Role Is Not For:

• Designers with experience limited to a single discipline social media graphic design or digital-only work without motion or 3D capability does not meet the requirements of this role
• Candidates without direct agency or event industry experience understanding the pace, format types, and production context of events is a baseline requirement
• Those who have never worked in or around physical event environments venue intelligence cannot be taught entirely in a studio; some direct exposure is required
• Candidates who cannot demonstrate 3D design or animation capability through a current portfolio  claiming to have the skill without evidence is not sufficient
• Designers who require heavy direction and supervision on every brief  this is a mid-level role and a degree of independent creative judgement is expected from day one

A Note On This Role : 

• Great events are remembered because of how they feel and how they feel is determined, in large part, by how they look.
• The creative & design executive is one of the people responsible for making sure that every Tantacom project is visually distinctive, spatially compelling, and executed to a standard that holds up at scale.
• In the Nigerian and African event market, the gap between adequate design and genuinely exceptional design is wide.
• Clients who have seen what world-class experiential design looks like are raising their expectations.
• This is the role for someone who wants to close that gap and has the skills, the ideas, and the work ethic to do it.

Remuneration: NGN 400,000 - 600,000