Senior Graphic Designer needed at Adams & Adams

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Job title : Senior Graphic Designer

Job Location : Gauteng, Pretoria

Deadline : January 13, 2025

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Duties and responsibilities

  • Think creatively to produce new and fresh ideas.
  • Design a wide variety of printed and digital collateral such as the firm’s corporate identity, stationery, indoor/outdoor signage materials, newspaper advertisements, promotional materials, PowerPoint presentations, web layouts, social media elements, outdoor media, internal and external communications, stationery, etc.
  • Communicate ideas with relevant stakeholders through meetings and feedback that results in approval of designs prior to implementation.
  • Create designs that are artistically interesting and appealing to clients and consumers.  Produce rough illustrations of design ideas, either by hand sketching or by using a computer program.
  • Manage a full suite of visual collateral for each project from typesetting through to design, and final digital (including social media platforms) and/or print formatting.
  • Create Internal and external communication mailers such as invitations, confirmations, product updates, birthdays, religious holidays, sport events etc. with quick turn-around times.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
  • Liaise with external printers and digital service providers on a regular basis to ensure deadlines are met and material is produced to the highest quality.
  • Keep abreast of emerging technologies in new media, particularly design programs.
  • Produce accurate and high-quality design work on time.
  • Manage database of stock images, files, photographs and reference material.
  • Ability to proofread own work to produce accurate and high-quality work.
  • General administration work within the portfolio
  • Regularly research new media, particularly design programs/applications, online software, plug-ins, etc.

Requirements

Skills and knowledge

  • Excellent IT skills, especially with design and photo-editing software
  • Excellent design and layout skills
  • Exceptional creativity and innovation
  • Excellent time management and organisational skills
  • Fast turnaround of design work – essential
  • Accuracy and attention to detail
  • An understanding of the latest trends and their role in a commercial environment
  • Professional approach to time, costs and deadlines
  • Ability to work in a multi-task and multi-deadline environment, under immense pressure.
  • Ability to work independently/self-manage briefs and activities yet collaborate with other team members.
  • Good communication and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to make limited changes to website.
  • Good understanding of designing for and using direct mailer software such as Everlytic or Mailchimp
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
  • Advanced knowledge of pre-press and print production
  • Ability to make changes on the back end of a WordPress / Umbraco website or other CMS platforms.
  • Both Mac and PC hardware/software

 Qualification/s

  • Grade 12 (Matric) or equivalent
  • Tertiary qualification in Graphic Design is required
  • Approximately 5 – 7 experience in similar environment

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