Senior Digital Art Director/ Designer at Black Snow Digital

Job description

Black Snow Group is looking for the best Senior Digital Art Director/ Designer who exploits new technologies to create work that stands out amidst today's multimedia clutter and who is strategically minded but creatively driven.

Please note if you do not have Digital Design experience, your application will not be considered.

The ideal candidate will have with minimum five (5)+ years' experience in the creation, development and execution of digital solutions across online mediums - websites, mobile, and other online digital applications. But understands TTL advertising and branding as this is an intergrated design role/agency.

The Role:

Raising the bar on creativity, across the studio, will be the primary focus for the Senior Digital Art Director/ Designer. It's very much a people-oriented job, involving development of high-level concepts for design projects. It also involves working with internal and external clients, pitching designs, and understanding client needs.

Responsibilities:

• Lead creative sessions for project kick-offs
• Manage multiple projects from concept through completion
• Manage team members - both designers/developers
• Help define a creative vision or strategy (innovation and evolution) for their account
• Manage creative outputs according to this vision
• In-depth knowledge of all CI requirements and digital collateral elements (templates, buttons etc.)
• Be aware of all projects in production relating to that account
• Conduct brainstorms and ideation activities to conceptualise campaigns with the team involved
• Translate the brief and the strategic requirements into a compelling creative solution
• Design, direct and problem solve
• Maintain strict design guidelines and consistency standards
• Review and vette work before the going to client review

Assist in the planning of a project by:

• Defining production requirements, best approach, timings, content procurement lists etc.
• Work and manage outputs according to a project plan
• Troubleshoot and propose counter-measures or solutions as required
• Including ability to argue reasoning behind motivations, rationales and best practices

Requirements

• Must possess a thorough understanding of interactive communications and delivery systems, processes, and user interface design as well as industry best practices.
• South African citizen
• Reliable transport (own reliable vehicle essential)
• A portfolio demonstrating UX/UI design
• Strong understanding of both print and web design capabilities: must know how to work in both media for integrated campaigns
• Excellent writing, verbal and visual communication skills
• At least five+ years' experience in a digital design role

NOTE: Please kindly send through your CV in a pdf or Msword format with samples of your creative portfolio - either URL or in PDF format - or provide the URL's for each portfolio piece on application. Max file size 4MB.

Remuneration: R25 000 to R45 000 gross per month (Negotiable depending on experience)

Benefits: Yearly performance bonus

Advantageous

• Good knowledge of hand coding HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript
• Object-oriented programming (OOP)
• Bootstrap 3 framework
• Solid background in design (including animation & motion graphics)
• Strong understanding of user-centred design, information architecture and responsive design process

Personal Skills/Attributes

• Ability to supervise and train employees, to include organising, prioritising, and scheduling work assignments.
• Thrives under pressure, enjoys deadlines, change and challenges
• Ability to make evaluative judgments
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Very detail oriented
• A go-getter who always strives to deliver the best possible results
• Have great work ethic and be prepared to go the extra mile - a real team player
• Confident with a drive to succeed

Please submit samples of your creative portfolio - either URL or in PDF format - or provide the URL's for each portfolio piece on application. Max file size 4MB.

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