Digital Designer (Mid Level)

Company Description

Publicis Groupe is a global leader in communication.

The Groupe is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation.

Overview

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

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

A Mid-level Digital 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. Should a desire to transform companies by creating beautiful, intuitive, and human-centred products and experiences.

The successful candidate 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

Responsibilities (include but are not limited to):

• Be up to date with digital platforms
• Manage your creative process on projects
• Work with other disciplines (Strategists, Developers, Media, Accounts, etc.)
• Be a champion for digital innovation on every project you touch
• Participate in pitches for new business
• Define or apply the aesthetic of overall campaigns
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Generate ideas and sell them into clients or other members of the team
• Mockup creative ideas
• Design across multiple channels
• Consistently produce creative elements against a deliverables list
• Participate in brainstorms & conceptualization
• Lead the craft & design of your idea
• Compile presentations for clients and learn to present
• Attend client briefings & if required, present to clients

Qualifications

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Digital (i.e. Art Direction / Graphic Design)
• Minimum 3 years working experience as a Digital Designer in an Advertising Agency
• Proficient in MS Office (i.e. Word / Excel / PowerPoint etc.)
• Experience in both Digital and Print (advantageous)
• Experience in After Effects, InDesign, PPT, motion graphics, video editing and animation
• Experience in email design, e-newsletters and web pages
• Strong communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong presentation skills
• An eye catching porti that demonstrates a strong range of digital design across multiple platforms

Additional Information

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
• Indesign
• After Effects (Advantageous)
• KeyNote / PowerPoint
• InVision (UI / UX)
• Spark AR Studio
• AdobeXD (UI/UX)
• Figma
• Google Web Designer & DV360 (Advantageous)
• Facebook Creative Hub (Advantageous)
• 3D Animation & Production (Advantageous)

BUSINESS KPIs

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