Creative Designer

Responsibilities include
•    Interacting with clients to understand their campaign, goals, and desired deliverables.
•    Create design materials, both offline and online layouts and the overall presentation of a campaign.
•    Thinking creatively to generate visuals that connect with an audience.
•    Conducting market research.
•    Presenting drafts to the client and making requested updates to the design.
•    Run Company social media campaigns on various platforms (Twitter, Facebook etc.).
•    Launch optimized online adverts through Google AdWords, Facebook etc. to increase company and brand awareness.
•    Working on layouts and the overall presentation of a campaign.
•    Study design briefs and determine requirements.
•    Design and maintain all company’s websites.
•    Design and produce motion graphics.
•    Shoot and edit video footages.
•    Conceptualize visuals based on requirements.
•    Develop illustrations, logos and other designs using software or by hand.
•    Use the appropriate colors and layouts for each graphic.
•    Amend designs after feedback.
•    liaising with clients to determine their requirements, timescale and budget.
•    working with clients’ ideas and managing their expectations.
•    keeping clients up to date, listening to and acting on feedback, and explaining the rationale behind graphic design decisions.
•    Coordinating with external printers or production teams, web designer, marketing, and colleagues to ensure deadlines are met and material is printed or presented to the highest quality.
•    Reviewing final layouts and suggesting improvements when necessary.

Graphic Designer Requirements
•    Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field.
•    Experience as a graphic designer or in related field.
•    Proficiency with required desktop publishing tools, including Photoshop, InDesign Quark, Dreamweaver and Illustrator.
•    Exceptional creativity and innovation.
•    Excellent time management and organizational skills.
•    Accuracy and attention to detail.

Key Skills
•    Ideation- generate and develop new ideas that align with the client’s needs.
•    Branding-understand key components that make a brand and how they work together to communicate with an intended audience.
•    Understanding of marketing, production, website design, corporate identity, product packaging, advertisements, and multimedia design.
•    Communication-From client meetings to coordinating photoshoots, a creative designer may have to communicate with a variety of different people. Additionally, you must be able to use designs to convey the intended message.
•    Problem-solving-o troubleshoot challenges especially When a client isn’t pleased with a design or a photographer misses a deadline to provide assets, you’ll need to manage these issues and find quick solutions.
•    Proven graphic designing experience.
•    A keen eye for aesthetics, details and for visual composition.
•    Ability to work methodically and meet deadlines.
•    Effective time management skills and the ability to meet deadlines.
•    Able to give and receive constructive criticism.