Digital Designer

Minimum requirements:

• 1-2-year experience within a Digital Design Role.
• Knowledge of Desktop & Website Publishing Tools.
• Adobe Suite (Premiere, After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop).
• Experience in DV360, Google Web Design, and WordPress.
• Layout Skills.

Advantageous:

• Degree/Diploma in Design.

Responsibilities:

 Web / Graphic Design Duties        

• Design, produce, and manage interactive online content, including Google promotional artwork and email templates etc.
• Prepare briefs for each project and present design ideas to team members.
• Ensure consistency in designs and content across all platforms.
• Collaborate with the digital and marketing teams to ensure that all designs align with the brand image, while also meeting usability and website/platform standards.
• DV360 Adverts - conceptualize, design, and produce for platform.
• Troubleshoot platform design issues.
• Continually be abreast of trends and research ideas, images, and concepts.
• Providing advice and guidance on the aesthetic for campaigns, projects, and promotional events.
• Reviewing product positioning and online marketing content to identify room for improvement.
• Ability to clearly present design ideas and concepts for campaigns and projects.
• Create images in line with the marketing strategy and brand strategy, aligned to internal company design preferences for customer accounts.
• Achieve deadlines and working as quick and efficiently as possible.
• Illustrates concept by designing rough layout of art and copy regarding arrangement, size, type size and style, and related aesthetic concepts.
• Obtain approval of concept by submitting rough layout for approval to team.
• Anticipate the type of design required based on experience and feedback.
• Determine the message the design should portray and work closely with the marketing function of the customer.
• Work on WordPress and custom-built website adverts.
• Comply with company policy and values.

People

• Effectively managing multiple projects concurrently.
• Timeously implementing changes to projects and tasks as required.

Compliance, Risk, and Quality

• Ensure logical saving of all work, designs, artwork, approvals etc.
• Ensure error free designs with accurate content.
• Ensure that designs are free from racial, gender bias, derogatory, defamatory comments.
• Adhoc functions and print design as needed.

Growth and New Markets/Products

• Maintains technical knowledge by attending design workshops; reviewing professional publications; participating in professional societies.
• Keep abreast with competitor activity, market innovation, market trends, customer trends.
• Ensure measures are put in place and steps are taken to achieve the short term, medium term, and long-term goals.
• Product innovation, new service offerings to customers.
• Source new customers.

Skills and competencies:

• Must be deadline driven.
• Must be creative and artistic.
• Ability to take accountability.
• Must display analytical skills.
• Must be results driven.