Circle

Nation Media Elections Reporting App

admin — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:01:44 +0000

A landmark web platform for Kenya’s 2013 general election. The App enabled 300 field agents to input live elections results into a database that automatically updated several platforms.

This included a desktop website with a highly interactive, colour-coded map displaying information down to consitituency level, a mobile web version with information on all key races optimized for speed and readability, and an interactive tocuh-screen map for TV broadcast.

The site recieved over 3,000 simultaneous users at its peak and nearly 2 million pageviews from over 100 countries within a matter of days.

Jobs

admin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:16:27 +0000

Circle Digital is a new digital agency operating out of offices in Nairobi and London. We build modern, HTML5 web and mobile applications and create and execute social media marketing strategies. We are currently looking for a front-end web developer/designer to work within our current design team. The position is full time and is based in our office in Karen, Nairobi. Please note that pure designers need not apply. We are looking for someone with the chops to design and code. And if you don't have a portfolio site, get working – you need one to apply. Salary is more than competitive and commiserate with experience. HOW TO APPLY Our Famous 4 step process...

Write a letter saying why you should have the job
Update your CV
Make a list of links to sites you have worked on
SEND THEM ALL TO JOBS@CIRCLE.CO.KE

DEADLINE Open-ended, we are always looking for talented folks. SKILLS You should be….

An expert user of Adobe design products, Photoshop, Illustrator and Fireworks.
Familiar with wire framing software. We use OmniGraffle but are flexible.
Able to hand-code HTML5 and CSS3 at an expert level.
Obsessed with pixel-perfection
Familiar with Javascript techniques, particularly the JQuery Library
Experience with Wordpress CMS or CodeIgniter Framework a bonus
Attuned to modern Agile Project Management philosophies
A nut for typography
An expert user of grids
A texture king
A killer photo editor
A lover of white space

PERSONALITY You should be…. Nice, funny, happy and willing to work in a nice, funny and happy team QUALIFICATIONS

1-3 years experience working in the digital sphere
Experience with other international organizations is an asset

Jeremiah Mbaria

admin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:59:43 +0000

Jeremiah is a programmer who has experinece in PHP as well as front-end technologies such as: jQuery, HTML5, Ajax, jSON and XML. He’s worked with popular frameworks and CMS’s such as WordPress, Joomla!, Codeigniter among others. He also has experience in Java, Python and Linux server.

Chester House Apartments

admin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:50:26 +0000

Chester House Apartments is probably Nairobi’s best kept hotel secret. It’s cheap, perfectly located, has free wi-fi, balconies in every room and the best staff this side of….actually just the best staff. The problem is that hardly anyone knows about them. Our goal is to change that.

We started with a website and a two day photoshoot. We wanted to show Chester House in all its glory, from the Penthouse with its incredible views over the city to the studio room with its magnificent balcony, we knew that the world didn’t quite know what it was missing. We added a section on service and location and came up with a clean, responsive and easy to use online booking system to complement the photography. Once we were done there — and traffic went up by about 50% so we think people liked it — we moved to Facebook where we created a Fan Gate for people who have liked the page and rewarded them with a 10% off coupon for their troubles.

Then we tracked down one of Nairobi’s budding young photographers, Mutua Matheka, and started a weekly campaigns about what we love about Kenya accompanied by Mutua’s amazing photography.

We are still working the Chester House case having recently started a Google and Facebook Ad campaign. We will keep you updated.

Kumbi Madzinga

admin — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 10:18:01 +0000

Kumbi is a front-end developer and web designer and his area of focus is web interface design and development in HTML, CSS and JavaScript. He also has experience working with non-profit organizations and educational institutions, including the African Youth Trust and the University of Nairobi, providing  web development and strategy support using tools such as … Continue reading →

Joseph Kenyua

admin — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:16:34 +0000

Kenyua is our General Manager who will be overseeing the development of our commercial and management processes. With a 10 year working background in both the private and public sectors having worked in the field of electric cable manufacturing and for the Kenya Revenue Authority, he is focused on applying the lessons learned in the management of larger organizations to the growth of Circle.

He holds a Masters in Business Administration and will pay particular attention to building our project management capacity, ensuring competitive costing and pricing of projects and cultivating our whole circle of relationships to keep our thinking and our work fresh and creative.

Castle Lite Digital Activation

admin — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:33:10 +0000

For the launch party of Castle Lite in Kenya, we build a tablet specific game based around trivia questions about the brand itself. Brand Ambassadors roamed the crowd with Galaxy Tabs encouraging people to sign up and take the challenge. There were real-time leaderboards up on big screen TVs. More than 100 people signed up … Continue reading →

Uongozi

admin — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:39:01 +0000

Uongozi is a cutting-edge reality TV series set for broadcast during the lead-up to Kenya’s 2013 General Election, and aims to educate the public towards policy-driven voting as opposed to personality-based

When we were first confronted with the Uongozi application design, it was a static default Limesurvey template. We rebuilt the whole thing to be a user-friendly, open, bi-lingual and modern application form. The conversion rate for the Uongozi page is out of this world, more than 20% of visitors end up applying. The lesson? Design matters, and not just for looks.

Miller Genuine

admin — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:44:59 +0000

We were approached by Miller 3 days before their launch party. Over the weekend we built a Facebook app counting down to the party. Over the next month the Miller page was the most talked about beer page in the region. We reached more than 2 million impressions and achieved 1000 likes all without a product in wide distribution. With very limited ad budgets, we tested multiple types of ads and went with the one with the largest conversion rate.

Impala Ecolodge Organic Social Media

admin — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:45:40 +0000

We developed an organic Twitter & Facebook engagement to publicize this exclusive destination’s launch party and drive bookings. We instituted a Facebook booking form and began a targeted international seeding strategy with no advertising. Overall, we reached 1.4 million global accounts within 2 weeks. Major international tweeters picked up and retweeted our hashtag as far … Continue reading →