Senior Designer

Outsurance; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company in South Africa is seeking a Creative Support professional to work with the Creative Leads on developing fresh and effective campaigns. The ideal candidate will have 5-9 years of design experience and be proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Responsibilities include supporting concept development, creating marketing materials, and ensuring design consistency across mediums. Candidates should provide a portfolio demonstrating their skills. This role requires attention to detail and the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.

Qualifications

• 5-9 years' experience in a professional design role.
• Ability to clearly present design ideas and concepts.
• A portfolio of previous design work to showcase creativity.

Responsibilities

• Support Creative Leads on concept requirements.
• Create marketing creative and mock-ups.
• Implement corporate ID consistency across executions.
• Analyze effectiveness and recommend improvements.

Skills

Design concept development

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Problem-solving skills

Attention to detail

Tools

HTML coding

After Effects

Job description

Job Purpose

Creative Support : To work with the Creative Leads to conceptualise and execute creative campaigns that are fresh, distinctive and effective. To craft design across a wide range of media elements which meet the company's internal and external communications needs. Including digital and traditional mediums. Work closely with the product / project owners to ensure creative and design consistency for each brand and product. Drive innovative and creative design concepts and solutions to improve user experience and client engagement processes. Work with the design team to execute on new campaigns across all platforms for all products (Personal, Business, Life, Funeral, Pet) that make the most effective use of each medium. Analyse and innovate to constantly build on the effectiveness within the creative team ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective support for the Creative Leads on all concept requirements, ensuring a fresh and contemporary design and art direction component of the conceptual mix.
• Assist with creating all marketing creative, including generating creative ideas and mock-ups that either take their lead from TV and other traditional mediums or stand alone.
• Contribute to discussion of effectiveness of executions and making appropriate creative recommendations going forward.
• Responsible for implementation and consistent use of corporate ID across all executions.
• Constantly strive to understand the company better in order to develop more relevant and effective strategies, concepts and executions.
• sure there is synergy between the ABTL work and its digital components.
• Vision and initiative – thinking out of the box.
• Excellent problem solving skills.
• Excellent administration & organisational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Dynamic professional self-disciplined & self-motivated.
• Stress tolerant.
• Customer service oriented.
• Deadline and results driven.
• Attention to detail and high design standards.
• Ability to work on multiple campaigns / projects at the same time.
• Needs to be open to working after hours to meet deadline if required.

Qualifications

• 5-9 years' experience in a professional design role.
• Experience with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
• Ability to clearly present design ideas and concepts for campaigns and projects.
• A portfolio of previous design work to showcase experience and creativity.
• Advantageous HTML coding and After Effects experience an advantage.

Additional Information

In accordance with OUTsurance Group Employment Equity goals, preference will be given to individuals who meet the job requirements and are from the various designated groups.