Integrated Digital Designer
| Remuneration: | negotiable cost-to-company |
| Benefits: | Within the cost to company package |
| Location: | Pretoria |
| Education level: | Diploma |
| Job level: | Junior/Mid |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Reference: | #Chris2216 |
| Company: | VGP Recruitment |
We have a wonderful Pretoria-based job opportunity for a talented, junior to mid-weight Integrated Digital Designer at an established production company specialising in video production and live streaming. We are looking for a talented and committed Designer, who is enthusiastic about their craft and explores alternative solutions.
Among other tasks, your responsibilities will include creating marketing material such as promotional graphics, online graphics, social media posts, posters, as well as programmes and presentations that accompany our virtual events and production ventures. The ideal candidate will have strong creative skills and a portfolio of work that demonstrates passion for illustrative design and typography. Go on and show us your portfolio Pretoria creatives!
Responsibilities- Receiving a brief, and maybe an outline for the design request
- Conduct research on the subject where and when needed
- Determine, decide, and manipulate text and visual elements
- Study the clients’ branding manual and understand it
- Prepare designs ideas and concepts where and when needed
- Illustrate and design graphics for video, live productions, production sets and social media
- Collaborate with the team to ensure consistency of designs across various media outlets
- Maintain awareness of current industry and technology standards, social media, competitive landscape, and market trends
Requirements
The successful candidate must have/be:
- Recognised Tertiary qualification in Visual Communications and/or Information Design
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience in designing in an in-house or corporate environment
- Extensive working knowledge of Adobe design software i.e., Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
- Experience in After Effects is highly advantageous
- Strong communication, conceptual thinking, typography skills and design skills
- A natural ability to understand design and design balance
- Understand branding rules and guidelines
- Creativity
- Attention to detail and professional mindset
- Self-driven
- Proactive and eager to create and establish new initiatives Fluent in English and pay attention to grammar and spelling
- Passion for creating video editing
- Continuous need to improve every project
- Able to handle extreme pressure and take initiative in stressful environments
- Understand that product quality is a result of teamwork
- Responsible with expensive equipment
- Top-notch time-management skills
- Multitasker.
Please submit a PDF/link to a relevant portfolio along with your CV on application.Should you not receive a response within 10 days, please consider your application unsuccessful. Company Description
VGP Recruitment is a specialist recruitment agency in the advertising, marketing, media, creative, digital, PR/communications and publishing industries.
Posted on 17 May 21:02, Closing date 16 Jul
