Description:
We are currently looking for an experienced Creative Designer with a multi-channel portfolio to join our busy in-house creative team to drive design and provide creative output across the firm's marketing activities. Working with a variety of business professionals throughout the firm from lawyers to heads of department and under the overall direction of the Creative Services Manager, you'll cover a spectrum of creative work where no day is the same.
Central to this role are four main areas – solid graphic design production, motion graphics/animation, creative direction and brand guardianship. The successful candidate will enjoy managing a variety of tasks and multi-discipline projects within these key areas to enhance the firm’s visual messaging and to support its market position. Sophisticated, modern and impactful designs are key principles to how the firm communicates with the market.
Responsibilities:
In this role you will:
- Work with our marketing team to produce effective visuals and assets to support marketing activities.
- Design and artwork creative solutions across a broad range of projects including digital and print marketing campaigns, events, advertising, and design through motion graphics, reports, presentations and infographics.
- Produce your work at fast pace and with quick turnaround.
- Plan and produce motion graphics/animations using After Effects.
- Use your sense of design trends to help shape the direction to advance our brand and marketing output.
- Lead functional design conversations as a creative brand ambassador and ensure brand coherency and consistency across all creative output in the firm.
- Be reliable, enthusiastic and a team player.
- Like wearing the many hats that comes with being part of a small creative team.
- Create and push for the highest standards of work.
Education
- Relevant undergraduate degree (2:1 classification or above preferred)
- Expert working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite CC - i.e. InDesign, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro and Illustrator.
- Advanced use of design in PowerPoint.
- A strong multi-channel portfolio which demonstrates strengths in layout and typography, infographic creation, video and animation.
- Excellent attention to detail, especially working within brand guidelines, and can work on own initiative
- Comfortable working with tight deadlines and is therefore highly organised, good at multitasking, prioritising work and overall project management.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Proficiency in MS Outlook and Word.