Multimedia Designer

Publicis Groupe; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicisgroupe in Cape Town seeks a creative Multimedia Designer to join our dynamic team. The role involves designing engaging creative for social media and other digital platforms, ensuring adherence to brand specifications and deadlines.

Candidates must have a minimum of three years of experience in multimedia design, strong skills in Adobe Creative Suite, and a keen understanding of visual design principles. If you are passionate about creating impactful designs, we want to hear from you!

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years of experience in multimedia design.
• Strong understanding of best practice interaction and visual design principles.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Design social media and digital creative utilizing animation.
• Create presentation decks to showcase work.
• Manage multiple projects according to brief.

Skills

Design social media and digitally led creative

Strong communication skills

Creativity in presenting ideas

Time management

Problem solving skills

Tools

Illustrator

Photoshop

After Effects

Adobe Creative Suite

KeyNote / PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

Mid Multimedia Designer

Location: Cape Town

As a Multimedia Designer you will work with our passionate, multi-talented studio delivering on exceptional, integrated concepts and designs to exceed client briefs and expectations.

A Multimedia Designer can expect to be craft‑led and platform neutral conceptual thinkers, in particular having an understanding of all major social platforms as well as being comfortable executing work on these platforms as well as any digital format. You should have a desire to transform companies by creating beautiful, intuitive, and human‑centred products and experiences.

You will be tuned into all aspects of South African popular culture and the platforms and media it plays in, as well as have a strong point of view on what it takes to win in this space.

Responsibilities

Duties include, but not limited to:

What you’ll do everyday

• Design social media and digitally led creative, utilizing animation and digital design best practices with a good technical understanding for outputting files in the correct format, size (data and dimensions) with visual accuracy.
• Be able to work methodically and according to brief and brand specification.
• Be able break down brief requirements and timeously flag any potential issues that may arise.
• Create presentation decks to showcase work.
• Be able to collect and file artwork work correctly for archiving and handovers.
• Be able to accurately capture time against completed briefs.
• Define or apply the aesthetic of overall campaigns.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Design across multiple channels.
• Consistently produce creative elements against a deliverables list.
• Participate in brainstorms & conceptualisation.
• Lead the craft & design of your idea.

Qualifications

Operational KPIs

• Ability of design work (Show minimum of 4 examples)
• Must show an understanding of various programmes

Working knowledge of these tools

• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• After Effects and Adobe Creative Suite
• KeyNote / PowerPoint
• 3D Animation & Production (Advantageous)

Business KPIs

• Must be able to work on one sizable and one medium size project at any one time.
• Have the ability to attend every review on a project with 3 new ideas.

The Person

• Great time management
• Must have a minimum of three years of experience
• Ability to work under pressure & meet tight deadlines
• Adopt problem solving skills
• Strong communication skills with ability to provide rationales for creative choices made
• Strong presentation skills
• Working knowledge of existing and emerging technologies & platforms
• A strong understanding of best practice interaction and visual design principles
• An understanding of Strategic processes
• Able to work with team members