Our client is currently looking for a designer, with more than three years of working experience in a digital industry, to work on a broad range of exciting current and new projects

Role Purpose:

  • As a team, our clientis down-to-earth yet ambitious, highly-skilled yet casual, friendly yet professional, strikingly different from each other yet bound by their common human values. Proactive people who thrive on change and are driven to improve themselves and others everyday are the kind of people that will love working with us
  • Our Client love for their new addition to be authentic, driven, professional and filled with purpose, with excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • If you are chosen, you will be accountable for designing collateral for any medium – apps, websites, illustration, videos, presentations, books
  • Their company is proudly headquartered in Umhlanga (KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa. Due to their way of working, this position is best suited to those who live in or are able to move to the Durban area

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 visualizing 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
  • Demonstrable portfolio of work created for clients and/or experimental creation

Advantageous skills:

  • Expert knowledge of the full Adobe Creative Suite, Illustrator, XD, InDesign, etc.
  • Keynote, Pages or similar applications
  • Video production, photography and sound editing
  • Animation using Blender/Lottie/Snap.svg
  • Content creation
  • Experience working with an app dev team
  • User interface design for mobile devices
  • Designing for responsive web and other platforms (email campaigns, social media, print media), using HTML, CSS and JavaScript
  • Proven track record for meeting deadlines
  • Previous experience working in an agency environment with multi-faceted teams and various levels of stakeholders

Send a detailed copy of your CV to Bonita ([Email Address Removed] – replace the AT with @)

Should you not be contacted within 7 days, please consider your application as unsuccessful

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