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CareersDigital Designer (3-4 years experience)
Glow is an established, progressive and tight-knit team, specialising in creative marketing communications. We work across all media and are looking to strengthen our digital capability to meet existing and ongoing demand. This is an opportunity to join a small, thriving and fun business to help us to build our reputation for excellent and creative digital work.
We are looking for a talented and creative digital designer to work alongside and assist the Creative Director. You will have 3-4 years of commercial digital design experience, evidenced through a strong portfolio.
You need to be passionate about new media and emerging technology, but perhaps more importantly, focused on developing new and exciting creative ideas. You should have a strong conceptual ability, and be able to demonstrate that you have a good understanding of brands and marketing communications.
You should be flexible, fast working, have excellent communication skills and be able to work under your own steam. We are a fun and down to earth team so a good sense of humour is also important!
Note that your portfolio/website is as equally important to us as the experience you list on your CV.
The role
- Design and build websites and web content, which includes front-end design and final production using HTML, CSS, Photoshop and Flash, acting as lead designer as and when necessary.
- Liaise, consult with and take briefs from the Creative Director and/or the Account Team.
- Attend client meetings as required, talk through and present ideas as needed
- Deliver on-brief, consistent, high quality design and artwork across a range of projects, from cutting edge products and services to the more sober corporate marketing projects
- Keep abreast of new trends, styles and technologies within the design arena and share the latest innovations with the Creative Director and the team generally
Team
- Work closely with the Creative Director to ensure the creative approach meets client needs and share ideas with the wider team as needed
- Work with the account team to ensure project work is delivered to deadline and update agency systems/time-sheets as appropriate
- Maintain appropriate filing and storage of artwork and files on the agency network
- Take an active role in team meetings
- Ensure all artwork is signed off by the Creative Director & Lead Account Manager
Skills and competencies
- Exceptionally competent in: Adobe CS3-CS4 (Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, (After Effects beneficial)) MS Office, Macs and OSX.
- Good, broad understanding of all common web technologies and associated issues such as HTML, JavaScript, CSS, AS3 and web standards to deal with issues such as accessibility.
- A sound understanding of web usability and information architecture, including a knowledge of wireframes, mock-ups and prototyping
- Must have worked within a creative agency and have a good understanding of common agency principles and practices
- Demonstrable passion for brands and interactive design.
- A self-starter, comfortable working individually or as part of a project team
- Excellent communication skills
Next steps
If you would like to be considered for this opportunity, send us your CV and a link to your portfolio, marked for the attention of Claire Wilkins.
We will try and respond to all applicants but if you haven't heard from us within 10 working days of your application, you will not be required for interview.
