Who We Are
Topship is building ‘the shipping platform for African merchants. Our goal is to make it extremely easy and transparent for African merchants to ship from and within Africa. The approach is simple, combining seamless technology and data-driven operations to make international shipping extremely easy and transparent for our customers.
Our Team
You’ll be joining a team of highly motivated individuals who are earnest, formidable, relentlessly resourceful and work together to constantly delight our users. We are a diverse team from various backgrounds but constantly united by our desire to execute all the brilliant ideas we have.
When we’re not working, we spend time sharing TikToks in the general group or running into each other at South Social.
We’re currently hiring for two roles within our media team.
Social Media Manager
We’re looking for someone who lives and breathes content. We believe that content is key to our business objectives and user needs and we’re looking for someone to work around planning, designing, creating, editing and publishing relevant content to inform, entertain, inspire and engage existing and potential customers.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Responsible for owning our social media presence across channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok)
- Develop content calendars and be responsible for ideation around new content formats
- Interacting with customers and other stakeholders via the company’s social media accounts
- Develop creative strategies to boost engagement and social media presence
- Researching social media trends and infusing them into marketing activities.
We expect you to have
- Excellent writing skills
- Creativity lurking at the back of your head every now and then
- Strong client-facing and communication skills
- Proven experience in a similar role at a startup or an organisation is highly required
Graphics Designer
We’re looking out for a graphics designer to be responsible for the identity and visuals that define Topship to customers and stakeholders.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Create icons, illustrations, images, and videos for product announcements and communications.
- Re-evaluate existent brand guidelines for the company
- Understand requirements and design brief to conceptualize visuals
- Review layouts and amend designs from feedback received
- Test to ensure final graphics works across various media
- Ensure final graphic outputs are visually appealing and on-brand
- Stay up-to-date with design ideas and related trends
We expect you to have
- Excellent design skills across various formats: images, videos
- A compelling portfolio of illustrations and design
- Creativity lurking at the back of your head every now and then
- Proven experience in a similar role at a startup or an organisation is highly required
- Extra plus if you can play around with animation
