#Vacancy: Snr Graphics Designer Job at Kaymu

Started by Jobrib, Aug 11, 2014, 01:31 PM

Jobrib

Job Title: Snr Graphics Designer

Company: Kaymu

Job Type: Full Time

Qualification: BA/BSc/HND

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Job Field: Art / Crafts / Languages ICT Media

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Kaymu is a one of Nigeria's most exciting and promising Start-Ups, driven by individual passion and excellence, united by our ambition to empower small and medium business and continue on developing eCommerce in Nigeria. Our state-of-the-art website and performance driven atmosphere are unrivaled. We offer more opportunities for initiative, creation and leadership than any other company to young professionals that want to be part of a new industry.

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Our offer: – An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders for our future internet ventures – A unique experience in launching and scaling new internet concepts within Nigeria – Becoming a part of a highly professional and dynamic team working around the world – An attractive salary package – A unique experience at working with the best brains and sharpest minds within Nigeria and on the international scene.

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The Sr. Graphic Designer is responsible for developing design deliverables that elevate, differentiate, and function on-brand and on-strategy. Deliverables include website creative, landing pages and banners for multiple browsers and devices. This team member interacts with all other functions and is ready to the take lead.

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Accountabilities: – Interact with all functions to maintain optimum communication between teams and design lead. – Participate in design sessions and contribute through creative concepts and creative input. – Be involved in conceptualization and design of graphic applications from concept to completion. – Oversee onsite interaction design. – Coordinate newsletter design – Oversee and manage approval process for all graphic design pieces – Schedule, manage and prioritize graphic design work – Supervise a team of graphic designers – Maintain and continuously improve brand guidelines – Design press kits and seasonal catalogues. – Create designs that are consistent with our brand guidelines including look, feel and tone. Be accountable for brand consistency across campaigns and assets — web site, email and other marketing programs. – Build creative assets from scratch, bringing together brand photography assets, on and off figure imagery, and unique typography. – Assist in storyboarding concepts in which to showcase creative work. – Execute eCommerce design projects that include production work and image optimization. – Conceptualize and develop creative for A/B tests. – Balance and manage own workload according to established business priorities. – Be detailed in organization of projects. This includes management of project briefs, awareness of project specs, deadlines, etc. – Cooperate and interact well with other designers and seek feedback/input. Train/ assist designers as required. – Assist in maintaining efficiency by sharing knowledge of problems, solutions, and new opportunities. Assist in upkeep of the technical manuals and systems information. – Keep abreast of emerging technologies in new media, particularly design programs such as InDesign, QuarkXPress, FreeHand, Illustrator, Photoshop, 3ds Max, Acrobat, Director, Dreamweaver and Flash.

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Desired Skills and Experience: – Minimum 2-3 years in graphic design, with strong focus on digital, eCommerce – Ability to lead by example & articulate ideas to the design team. Knowledge of web design best practices, including image optimization, responsive design, HTML and CSS. – High level of proficiency in Typography – Experience with branding and identity design – Excellent time management and organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple projects concurrently and operate in a fast-paced work environment – Experience supervising junior graphic designers would be considered an asset – Self-motivated with good initiative – Open-minded and able to use constructive feedback – Strong portfolio.

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Key Measures (Performance indicators): – On time delivery of design project – Contribute to the achievement of design process.

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