SENIOR DESIGNER
Umhlanga Rocks
Market related salary
 
If you are chosen, you will be accountable for designing collateral for any medium – apps, websites, illustration, videos, presentations, books.
 
Essential competencies

• At least 3 years’ relevant experience with graphic design in a digital industry, with a full and comprehensive portfolio
• User Experience and User Interface design for mobile devices, by producing user journeys, wireframes, prototyping and graphic design for final release
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Mac OS
• A strong understanding of design principles in web, mobile and print, typography and branding
• Ability to plan and prioritise work coming into the studio
• Grammar and proofing skills
• Experience working with clients to understand their business/industry, interpret concepts and ideas into a product brief, and translate into a visual solution
• Technical knowledge of design standards for various digital platforms, especially web and mobile app design
• Experience in a senior position accountable for providing creative direction to other designers and implementing designs with developers
• Employing digital media techniques to create original illustrations and icon sets
• Experience in articulating complex concepts and visualising data through infographic design
• Constant experimentation and adoption of new design techniques, software, and creative styles
• Accountability for testing of finished product to meet quality and usability standards

Advantageous skills

• Expert knowledge of the full Adobe Creative Suite
• Video production, photography and sound editing
• Animation
• Content creation
• Experience working with an app dev team
• User interface design for Android devices
• Software development on Android or any other web or mobile platform
• Designing for responsive web and other platforms (email campaigns, social media, print media)
• Proven track record for meeting deadlines

Personal attributes

• A natural-born creative who loves digital and lives design
• A professional who understands that best results are achieved through collaborating with others, and not just in working alone
• The culture of imparting knowledge to co-workers, regardless of years of experience, and to constantly acquire and adopt knowledge from others
• Broadly skilled with the ability to adapt to different tools or workflows according to the deadline or output required
• Passionate about keeping abreast of changes in your chosen area of technology
• The ability to ingest constructive criticism and work with team input while staying true to the product
• The maturity to work purposefully and steadily under pressure with all kinds of clients
• A strong online presence (you share your interests on social media) and innate drive to share your knowledge (active participatation in the community)
• Career-focused with the motivation to forge one’s own path to success within a high-performing team
• The drive to be the best in the industry in every task one undertakes
• The diligence and discipline to get things done, no matter the level or perceived cachet of the task
• A natural-born teacher who will do what it takes to up-skill the people around you, and has an opinion on what constitutes great work

Please send a detailed cv including availability, salary expectations and portfolio.