Designer at AKQA

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• Deliver and inspire award-winning work, influencing change through ideas, creativity and the use of interactive media.
• Consistently deliver a number of successful solutions and high-quality work to clients on time.
• High level internal and external client and team satisfaction.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Learn new skills and stay abreast of technical and digital design developments and successfully apply these to work practices to help improve processes and procedures.
• Communicate and conceptualize innovative ideas, and deliver successful solutions, while collaborating closely with Creative Senior team members.
• Responsible for asset management, collation and archiving.
• Majority of this role will be based in Figma and Google Web Designer complimented by Illustrator, Premier Pro, Photoshop. After Effects is advantageous.

Qualities And Experience

• Proven experience working as a Designer ±4years, including web design experience.
• Experience working in a creative/agency environment is required.
• Experience with Figma/Sketch, Creative Cloud complimented with traditional print applications.
• Experience designing for paid media is required, Google Ads banners, social media ads assets.
• A grasp on basic animation and how these timelines work.
• A degree in Design, Interaction Design, Visual Studies or other design-related field is preferred.
• A strong grasp and understanding of brands and their visual impact on culture.
• Ability and experience to produce designs across a variety of formats, platforms and environments including logos, visual identities, apps and websites, out of home media, social media, physical environments and more.
• A keen attention to details and understanding of brand strategy and design.
• Expertise of branding and understanding design in a way that it can be relayed effectively through all components of a brand.
• Elements such as naming conventions, colour logics, font pairing and recommendations etc.
• Creation of presentations to share conceptual thinking and proposals.
• Understanding of digital Design Systems, design processes and front-end implementation.