Senior Digital Designer at Lattitude

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced, highly creative Senior Digital Designer that has excellent expertise in delivering and encourage stunning digital concepts to meet our client briefs and expectations.

The position requires the designer to aid the agency’s digital design capability through creativity and inventive concepts, and aim to set digital concepts apart from those of competitors. The fullest understanding of graphic design, typography and digital standards is as essential as the experience to execute projects of all sizes, and complete them with resourcefulness and dedication. The position requires a good conceptual thinker who has strategic understanding and an excellent eye for design and layout.

With a minimum of 8 years relevant experience, the candidate should excel in creative development, have strong communication skills and be able to work accurately and efficiently under pressure. The candidate must be able to manage an entire marketing campaign working independently or in a team. They must possess the ability to design for a print as well as digital. These may include internal communication, logo design, packaging, presentations, event materials, environmental graphics and various print collateral pieces.

Specific duties include:

• Developing engaging and exciting creative ideas for branding, print and digital projects.
• Presenting work and articulating creative executions to the design and accounts team.
• Staying up to date with industry trends.
• Creating and executing captivating digital ideas.
• Challenging clients on their requirements; in doing so, advising on best practice to optimize the effectiveness of their brand communications.
• Working accurately under pressure and to tight deadlines, always aware of budgets and time spent.
• Working closely with and encouraging junior members of the design team.

Skills required:

• A minimum of 8 years relevant experience (with at least 3 years' in a senior level)
• Must be fully Mac OS literate
• Must be fully proficient in InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator
• You have good knowledge of Office software (Word, PowerPoint and Excel)
• In-depth design capabilities, for both print and digital.
• A strong understanding of what makes good UI design, composition and usability
• A good understanding of user experience and of information architecture.
• Problem solving skills.
• The foresight to put themselves in the shoes of the user.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Software packages and languages:
• Candidate must be proficient in most or all of the below software packages and languages.
• InDesign
• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• Java script
• After Effects
• Dreamweaver
• PHP
• MySQL
• HTML Coding
• CSS
• Personal Skills/Attributes
• Entrepreneurial by nature
• Isn’t afraid of biting off more than they can chew
• Takes ownership and charge
• Can plan, structure and manage a multitude of projects
• Thrives under pressure
• Has broad interests
• Isn’t self-serving with an ego or high-maintenance
• Isn’t a bureaucrat or political game player
• Loves what they do with a passion for all things creative
• Proud of their work and holds it to a high standard

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