Digital Creative / Designer

Description

Key responsibilites:

Work and meet with clients, producers and or the Creative Lead to determine the scope of a project
Advocate of best practice, quality, and craft
Advise on strategies to reach a particular audience
Determine the message the design should portray
Create / source images that identify a product or convey a message
Develop graphics and visual or audio images for product illustrations, logos, and websites
Select colours, images, text style, and layout
Present the design to clients or the lead creative
Incorporate changes recommended by the clients into the final design
Review designs for errors before printing or publishing

Key skills and experience required

Excellent Mac skills, fully conversant with Illustrator, XD, InDesign and Photoshop
Excellent creative crafting skills – ideas, typography, layout, colour, composition, materials etc
Good knowledge artwork/repro/print/production/finishing processes where necessary
Knowledge of digital asset production processes
Proven experience in managing multiple projects at one time
Ability to realise a design based on a creative brief
Ability to inspect, clarify and execute a creative brief
Ability to develop designs and wireframes from scamps
Familiarity and interest in emerging design trends
Possessing of a wide design vocabulary and capable of thinking laterally to find solutions to challenges
Experience working across the whole spectrum of brand centred digital marketing deliverables including web, mobile, email and digital advertising projects
Experience with inspecting and complying with brand guidelines
Ability to infer brand guidelines from related design collateral
Attention to detail and determination to bring craft and quality to your work
Understanding of the requirements of campaign based web delivery including an understanding of user behaviour, experience with the crafting of effective calls to action and the implementation of user journeys
Experience working with design principles of animation and moving image
Very strong user interface and interaction design experience
Experience working in a fast paced delivery focused environment
Excellent and pro-active communication skills with the ability to clearly express a viewpoint on a given design challenge
Ability to accurately predict the time and steps required to solve a problem
Ability to work closely with other designers in multi-stakeholder projects
Ability to understand the interaction between design and content in the experience of the user

You will ideally be able to demonstrate

A portfolio showcasing best practice examples of digital campaigns across social channels
Excellent knowledge of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
In-depth understanding of best practice UX/UI
Experience of applying a 'mobile first' approach to all digital design projects
Strong working proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud – Photoshop, Illustrator, XD & InDesign.

Personal attributes:

Must instinctively think solutions before channel and have experience of all aspects of the comms mix
Must be forward thinking and embrace creative and digital innovation
An industry champion for diversity and inclusion in the workplace and whose working practices is reflective of this mindset
Great communication skills, both verbal and written
Must be persuasive and very articulate when it comes to directing or presenting, inspiring confidence and trust in colleagues and clients alike
Strong creative design and digital art direction skills
A real passion for creating truly accessible experiences online
Time management and organisational skills
Speed and responsiveness in responding to requests from clients and colleagues
Collaborative team player, open minded, transparent and non-political
Relentlessly curious about people, technology, brands, design and business
Self-starting, proactive and prepared to put in the hard yards to deliver excellent creative output
Able to balance a strong point of view with an ability to listen, learn and adapt
An infectious willing and enthusiastic demeanour
Energised by doing the right thing for our clients; solution and results focused
Positive, enthusiastic, unflappable
Strong motivation and drive to succeed