South Africa: MIDWEIGHT DESIGNER posted by Talent Shore PTY Ltd

ROLE PURPOSE

To produce well designed, impactful, and thought-provoking creative solutions for our clients. To interpret and implement the creative vision across a broad range of projects ranging from digital, social, print, and motion.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Supporting the Design Director and/or Senior Designer to take the design project through from conception to delivery:

Interrogate, question, and understand client briefs and project requirements

Partake in regular brainstorming meetings and creative sessions with the team

Develop and deliver design concepts – by software or by hand – that accurately and precisely deliver the requirements

Present options for design treatments that are original, creative clever and executed to the highest standard

Amend designs according to feedback from both internal teams and the client themselves

Proofread and prepare designs ready for use

Where required, brief the Creative Artworker and work with them to turn your concepts into workable artwork files

Be involved in, and balance the needs of, a wide range of projects and executions, with timelines ranging from the immediate to the long term

In addition, you have responsibility for:

Personal development. 20% of your time will be spent on personal development to include strengthening your skills, keep up to date with the latest technologies/trends and on the job training.

Agency growth
o Support the team with communicating our learnings and successes both internally and externally (i.e. by contributing to case studies, work shares and
testimonials).
o Work with the internal marketing team to deliver design work for agency marketing (i.e. images for use on the blog and social media channels)

Client acquisition
o Identifying opportunities to grow existing client accounts
o Support the wider team with the creation of propositions

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

Day to day focus

Developing Conceptualising
design concepts creative direction

Expectations

On the forefront of design trends
Builds strong relationships with clients
Sales / business development
Successful people management
Influential to the board
Invested in the success & growth of the business

YOUR TYPICAL WEEK

How you spend your time:

70% – Billable work
20% – Personal development
5% – Agency growth
5% – Client Acquisition

People you work closely with:

Internal

You have a close and collaborative working relationship with the entire Studio team.

You work with members of the Client Services team. They are the people you receive client briefs and feedback from.

External

You work with freelance/agile studio resource and copywriters we bring in as and when required

Meetings you attend:

Internal

Studio department meetings, active participant
Weekly catch ups with your line manager, active participant
Scheduling meeting, active participant

Relates to Progression Indicators

Senior Designer

5 years relevant experience
Takes a more leadership role on the client, managing larger projects
Growing responsibility for leading and mentoring immediate reports
Seen as an expert within the agency

Mid-Weight Designer

3 years relevant experience
Able to interpret and implement the creative vision across a broad range of projects
Called on to be involved in a wide range of projects and executions

Designer

2 years relevant experience
Creates a wide array of graphics
Able to translate requirements into designs that inspire and attract the relevant target audience and communicate the right message

Requirements

Experience

You have a minimum of 3 years experience of translating requirements into a wide array of graphics/designs that inspire and attract the relevant target audience and communicate the right message. Ideally, this will have been at a similarly sized and/or paced creative agency, although you may have acquired relevant experience working as part of an internal studio team or freelance. Your portfolio demonstrates your experience of designing for multiple digital and traditional medias such as digital/interactive, video, social, branding, creative writing, presentations, packaging, books & magazines, advertising, experiential, exhibitions, signage and displays.

Qualifications & Achievements

You may have a related qualification, but this is not a requirement of the job. Rather, we are looking for someone who

Has the required working knowledge of industry standard software packages (see Knowledges, Skills & Abilities section below)

Can take a client brief and interpret and implement the creative vision across a broad range of projects ranging from digital, social, print and motion

Produces a high standard of work with less than two rounds of amends

Demonstrate the ability of creative thinking and original idea generation

Builds good working relationships with, and receives positive feedback from, key stakeholders

Brings fresh ideas and approaches by combining cultural awareness with an enquiring mind

Has a great attitude with a thirst to learn, take direction, and develop

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

A multi-skilled designer with experience across a range of disciplines online & offline, static & moving image and branding.

Knowledge of industry standard software packages
o A good working knowledge of the core Adobe Creative Cloud applications – to include Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, XD and Microsoft Office applications to include PowerPoint.
o Practical knowledge of After Effects and Premier Pro for video editing and animation would be beneficial but not essential
o Practical knowledge of Blender or Cinema 4D for 3D modelling and animation would be a nice to have but is not essential
o Although were looking for someone with digital design experience, experience of WordPress/HTML5/CSS3 is not required

Although not an artworker, artworking knowledge and the ability to see a project through from start to finish is essential.

An in depth understanding for designing for both UI & UX

An understanding of how print and pixel can work together

Creative skills. Brings creative ideas to the table.

Accurate and detail oriented. Ensures we achieve the quality and standard of design work that the company, and our client, expects.

Collaboration skills. Establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with the rest of the creative and project teams.

Communication skills. Confident communicating, both verbally and in writing, with people of all levels. Able to work with, and take direction from, both creatives and client services.

Listening skills. Able to take onboard feedback and constructive criticism and incorporate amends with limited rounds of revisions.

Teamwork skills. Works effectively and co-operatively with others. Values others input and expertise and is willing to learn from others.

Organisational skills. Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously, on time and to a high standard. Able to correctly judge priorities and ensure no balls are dropped.

Interpersonal skills. Able to quickly and easily build strong working relationships with colleagues at all levels.

Commercially minded. Identifies opportunities and takes action to build collaboration between design and other areas to help achieve business goals.

Personality Type / Character Traits

A genuine and demonstrable interest in a long and successful career in the graphic design industry

A design sponge, aware of the latest trends and absorbing everything thats new in the creative world and further afield

Works well under pressure and is comfortable working under deadlines

Motivated by continual learning creates learning opportunities to keep current in the field and any specific area(s) of expertise

Demonstrates the ability to learn, change and grow from experience, feedback, exposure, successes, and failures

Enthusiastic, positive, and engaging

Creative and artistic

Embodies our Values

Brave Youre not afraid to say what you really think or challenge clients, briefs, or assumptions. You dont do something because its always been done that way, you push boundaries and encourage trying new things. You bring fresh thinking and a brave, bold approach to inspire and create campaigns.

Human You use your heart as well as your head. Youre fun, friendly, and committed to making a positive impact on everyone you work with – clients, colleagues, stakeholders, and wider community.

Passionate You wholeheartedly love what you do, and who you do it with and for. You work hard to deliver and enjoy tackling a project or solving a problem. Youre enthusiastic about creating an environment where you thrive and where every day feels fulfilling.

Impactful You strive to make a positive impact in everything you do, be it for your clients, your colleagues, or the wider community. You are focused on delivering razor sharp results and tangible outcomes