Job Description

- Responsible for creating design solutions that have a high visual impact - The role involves listening to clients and understanding their needs before making design decisions - Designs are required for a huge variety of products and activities, such as advertising, posters, product packaging, exhibitions, corporate communications and corporate identity, e.g. giving organizations a visual 'brand'. - Managing more than one design brief at a time and allocating the relevant amount of time according to the value of the job - Estimating the time required to complete the work and providing quotes for clients; - Developing design briefs by gathering information and data through research; - Thinking creatively to produce new ideas and concepts; - Using innovation to redefine a design brief within the constraints of cost and time; - Presenting finalized ideas and concepts to clients or account managers; - Working with a wide range of media, including photography and computer-aided design (CAD); - Proofreading to produce accurate and high-quality work; - Contributing ideas and design artwork to the overall brief; - Demonstrating illustrative skills with rough sketches; - Working on layouts and art working pages ready for print; - Keeping abreast of emerging technologies in new media, particularly design programs such as Illustrator, Photoshop, 3ds Max and Flash; - Developing interactive design; - Commissioning illustrators and photographers;