Senior Graphic & Multimedia Designer

PLP Group; Randburg; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

PLP Group seeks a Senior Graphic and Multimedia Designer to lead concept development and deliver across multiple channels. You will craft digital assets, advertising and branding while steering video production from concept to final cut.

Collaboration with strategy, content and digital teams is essential, with a strong portfolio proving your cross-channel expertise. You will demonstrate years of multi-channel experience, a solid grasp of UX/UI principles, and the ability to sell ideas to

Qualifications

• Five years of experience working across multiple channels for various clients.
• A degree or higher diploma in design/marketing or a related field is a plus.
• Strong portfolio showcasing work across digital, print and video.
• Excellent conceptual thinking and ability to generate solutions on the fly.
• Solid knowledge of the digital landscape and how ideas evolve across touchpoints.
• Ability to present and sell ideas to team and clients.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualise and design big ideas for all executions and channels.
• Design digital marketing assets including websites, apps, social and ads.
• Create direct marketing materials like emails and notifications.
• Develop internal communications material.
• Design advertising across YouTube, outdoor and digital campaigns.
• Create collateral and branding assets, brand guides and merch.
• Collaborate with strategy, content, social and digital teams.
• Oversee video production from concept through final cut.
• Produce digital marketing videos for social platforms.
• Handle multiple projects and briefs simultaneously.

Skills

Graphic design

Concept development

Video production

UX/UI principles

Data analytics

Time management

Portfolio

Communication & selling ideas

Education

Design/Marketing degree preferred

Tools

Adobe CC

After Effects

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Job Description:

· Conceptualise and design creative big ideas and concepts and apply it across all executions and channels.

· Design digital marketing including websites, app creative, social media and digital advertising.

· Design direct marketing including email, desk drops and notifications.

· Design internal communication.

· Design advertising including YouTube ads, outdoor, digital campaigns, etc.

· Design collateral and branding including brand guides, brochures, publications, merchandising, etc.

· Collaborate with our team including our strategy and content teams, social media and digital team, campaign managers and digital developers.

· Oversee and manage all video production from selecting the type of video and building the story/script to sourcing footage and producing a compelling end product.

· Produce digital marketing videos (for use on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, etc).

· Work on multiple clients, projects and briefs at the same time.

As our Senior Graphic and Multimedia Designer, you must:

Have a minimum of five years’ experience working across multiple channels across a variety of clients.

Have some level of education in communication/ marketing or design. A degree or a higher diploma is a plus

Have excellent working knowledge of Adobe CC including Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator. After Effects is an added bonus.

Have excellent working knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel.

Provide us with a strong portfolio showcasing your working experience in the various areas we have highlighted for this role. Applicants without a portfolio will not be considered.

Be exceptionally strong conceptually with the ability to think on your feet.

Be smart and enjoy creating solutions for the problems our clients look to us to solve.

Have a wide understanding of the digital landscape: current and emerging. You will need to demonstrate an ability to take a seed of an idea and create a digital ecosystem: displaying how the idea works and evolves for each touch-point. It’s imperative that you have a firm grasp of digital design principles.

Have a solid understanding not only of the creative process, but also in selling your ideas and concepts to the team and our clients.

Demonstrate a need to learn and grow yourself. We are looking for someone who isn’t afraid to try new things, learn new methods and motivate the team to do the same.

Have knowledge of motion graphics and video production.

Have knowledge of UX and UI design principals.

Show equal understanding of design as well as the written word.

Have a good understanding of data analytics and reporting across social media and digital platforms, demonstrating how campaigns can be adjusted to improve data and maximise engagement and conversions.

Show an understanding of paid digital media such as Google search campaigns, PPC campaigns and display campaigns.

Have excellent time-management skills, always delivering work on time and ensuring the creative team does the same.