Graphic Designer

SUMMARY:
Graphic designers create visual concepts, using computer software or by hand, to communicate ideas that inspire, inform, and captivate consumers. They develop the overall layout and production design for applications such as advertisements, brochures, magazines, and reports.

POSITION INFO:

This role is right for you if:

• You love design and have a great sense of humour and consider yourself witty.
• You live and breath art, design and creativity. You stay up to date with the latest trends.
• You are streetwise and have a good understanding of the South African pop culture
• You are self-motivated and can work remotely
• You’re a self-proclaimed design pendent
• You understand the difference between designing for online versus traditional
• You are unafraid to take risks and willing to learn from mistakes
• You place the user and their needs at the centre of all the designs/concepts you create, with the firm foundation of storytelling.

Key responsibilities:

• Capability to bring a brief from creative concept through to digital asset production and print-ready artwork.
• Understand creative briefs and seek stakeholder feedback when required
• Produce original design concepts with the corporate identity framework for brochures, leaflets, flyers, newsletters, websites, banners, invites, social media, direct mail, tenders, presentations, advertising, case studies, and marketing and sales collateral.
• Specialises in Social Media & Digital Graphic Design
• Visualising and creating graphics, including illustrations, assets, and animation.
• Creating responsive and animated assets.
• Work closely with the team to deliver design concepts to ensure consistency and accuracy across all assets to the agreed briefs and established brand values.
• Design artwork that will increase the CTR and open rates on all digital assets.
• Generate ideas, implement.
• Work directly with the content writers to produce content pieces such as infographics.
• Upload graphics to websites.

What skills will you require:

• Relevant qualification
• Minimum 1-3 years’ relevant digital and graphic design experience in an advertising or design agency, or internal studio.
• Excellent knowledge of Adobe Create Suite, Microsoft Office
• Good verbal and copywriting skills in English
• Ability to think on your feet and come up with quick conceptual ideas at a moment’s notice.
• Strong artistic skills and ability to translate complex briefs into intuitive and straightforward advertising to appeal to the desired target market.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams
• The ability to work well under pressure and manage workloads and multiple projects effectively.

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