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Releaf

Palm oil processing and biochar production

Graphic Designer

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/17/2026
£40k - £50k
Mid
Remote in UK
Remote
Art, Graphics & AnimationGraphic Design, Motion Graphics

About the job

Requirements
  • A portfolio demonstrating a range of paid social creative that has run, plus brand and print or out-of-home work.
  • Proven animation and video capability, including motion graphics, short-form editing, sound, and subtitling for social.
  • Strong static design craft in typography, layout, hierarchy, and detail suitable for billboard scale.
  • Print production knowledge, including bleed, CMYK, resolution, artwork specifications, and designing for viewing distance.
  • An understanding of why advertising hooks work, not just how to execute them.
  • A scientific approach to performance data, using data to inform creative decisions.
  • Ability to produce high volumes of work and iterate without losing quality.
  • Comfort juggling briefs from several stakeholders and pushing back when a brief is unclear.
  • Proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, plus After Effects or Premiere.
Responsibilities
  • Produce static and animated creative for paid social, designed for performance and rapid iteration.
  • Design organic social content across feed, stories, reels, and short-form video formats.
  • Design out-of-home and print materials.
  • Work with the CRO Designer to brief and align on landing page creative, ensuring message match from ad to page.
  • Edit and produce short-form video, from user-generated-content assembly through fully motion-designed pieces.
  • Collaborate with the Social Lead on user-generated-content creative direction, ensuring briefs produce performing content.
  • Build and maintain templates, component libraries, and brand assets to help the team work faster.
  • Keep output consistent with brand guidelines while adapting it to each channel.
  • Iterate quickly based on performance feedback and stay current on platform formats and effective approaches.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in healthcare, healthtech, or regulated direct-to-consumer work, and familiarity with advertising compliance constraints.
  • Familiarity with AI creative tools.

About the company

Releaf connects smallholder palm oil farmers with large food manufacturers in Nigeria. It buys palm nuts from over 2,000 farmers and uses a proprietary Kraken de-sheller to process nuts 25 times faster with 95% purity, then sells high-quality kernels to consumer goods brands while offering farming financing and training; a USSD-based SITE software manages the supply chain. The company also turns palm kernel shells into biochar through pyrolysis, producing carbon removal credits verified with partners, while the biochar acts as a soil amendment and has shown yield gains in pilots. Its goal is to remove 700,000 metric tons of CO2e by 2030 and generate revenue from kernels, biochar, and carbon credits, setting it apart with a tightly integrated farmer network, faster processing, and a new climate-focused revenue stream.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$8M

Headquarters

Nigeria

Founded

2017

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What believers are saying

  • February 2026 Salesforce bought Releaf Earth’s inaugural 190-ton carbon removal credits.
  • May 2025 Cross River plant gave Releaf Nigeria’s first industrial biochar platform.
  • March 2026 Releaf raised $10 million, funding expansion across Nigeria and West Africa.

What critics are saying

  • Cross River biochar economics depend on steady shell supply and Carbon credit buyers after 2026.
  • Palm processors like Presco and local mills can squeeze margins before Releaf scales.
  • Single-site industrial exposure at Iwuru creates existential outage risk from fire, permits, or logistics.

What makes Releaf unique

  • Kraken processes palm nuts 25x faster than local equipment, raising 95% kernel purity.
  • Releaf controls farmers, processing, and financing across 2,000+ suppliers in Nigeria.
  • Releaf Earth links palm waste to biochar, carbon credits, and soil amendments.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Mental Health Support
  • Paid Holidays
  • Remote Work Options
  • Life Insurance
  • Professional Development Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

-23%
One Stop ESG
Mar 23rd, 2026
Nigerian agritech Releaf raises $10M turning palm waste into biochar and carbon credits

Releaf, founded in 2017 by Ikenna Nzewi and Uzoma Ayogu, has raised $10 million to scale its palm processing and climate technology in Nigeria. The company has evolved from early marketplace concepts to developing Kraken, a proprietary palm nut processing system designed for African conditions that improves efficiency and reduces waste. The startup has expanded into climate finance through Releaf Earth, which converts palm kernel shells and agricultural waste into biochar. This carbon-rich material improves soil quality whilst generating measurable carbon removal outcomes, enabling participation in international carbon markets. Releaf's dual revenue model combines processing income with biochar sales and potential carbon credits. The company aims to demonstrate that traditional agricultural systems can be redesigned into modern value chains delivering stronger incomes, better resource use and measurable climate benefits simultaneously.

Carbon Herald
May 7th, 2025
Releaf Earth Launches First Industrial Biochar Production Plant In Nigeria

To generate the carbon removal credits, Releaf Earth has partnered with the Riverse registry, which will monitor operations to ensure transparency and traceability.

LinkedIn
May 29th, 2024
Scaling digital Agriculture Innovations through Start-ups (SAIS) on LinkedIn: 💥Welcome to our new 2024 cohort who have just joined our SAIS IRP…

💥Welcome to our new 2024 cohort who have just joined our SAIS IRP programme!💥 We are extremely delighted to welcome 22 promising new African start-ups from…

HTL Vane
Dec 31st, 2023
Nigerian agritech Releaf gets more capital as it launches new tech for food processing

Nigerian agritech Releaf gets more capital as it launches new tech for food processing.

The Charlotte Observer
Jul 1st, 2023
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