Junior Designer at Absa

Job Description

An exciting opportunity exists within the CIB Digital team for a Junior designer who will perform supporting functions in terms of visual design on projects. If you are successful in this role, you will be required to:

• Work with the internal clients from project outset to fully understand what the business wants and to produce clear creative briefs for the projects
• Work with other partners to deeply understand the needs and characteristics of target customers
• Provide useful input to other design disciplines
• Assist Lead Designer/Design Director in developing plans for projects, outlining the key tasks, the people responsible for them and the order in which they will be completed.
• Provide updates on progress to business stakeholders/other members of the team
   

Education And Experience Required

• Required: Diploma in Graphic Design or Previous Digital Agency Experience
• Preferred: Relevant B Degree (Fine Arts or Graphic Design)
• Preferred: Some experience of doing ‘hands-on’ visual design working on multiple projects across various platforms and devices – for example, desktop applications, mobile apps and web.
• Deeply familiar with relevant design software, particularly, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator (Indesign, After Effects and Fireworks would also be desirable)
• Preferred: experience of wireframing and prototyping using tools such as Axure, Omnigraffle and Flash
   

Qualifications

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas, Experience in a similar environment