Digital Graphic Designer

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.takealot.com/">takealot.com</a>, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented<strong> Digital Graphic Designer </strong>to join our&nbsp; Marketing team in Cape Town.</span></p> <p>We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.</p> <p><strong>Your responsibilities will include:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Supporting the Marketing team with digital design executions for all retail media solutions including display banners, video, CRM and more</li> <li>Keeping abreast of advancements in new technologies and techniques, contemporary trends in design to deliver cutting edge work.</li> <li>Brainstorming and conceptualizing ideas as well as storyboarding.</li> <li>Participating in idea sessions to share new design perspectives and ideas.</li> <li>Adding effects/elements to enhance motion graphics.</li> <li>Creation of Retail Media Go-to-market materials (Pitchdecks, Flyers, Social posts etc)</li> <li>Working collaboratively with the design team, broader Marketing team &amp; the Retail and Promotions departments.</li> <li>Consistently delivering work on time.</li> <li>Working within the brand CI and templates.</li> <li>Working quickly and efficiently with exceptional attention to detail</li> <li>Implementing and delivering on feedback from senior management and peers.</li> <li>Improving the design &amp; retail media collaboration through process documentation and prioritization</li> </ul> <p><strong>Qualification &amp; Experience:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Graphic Design</strong></li> <li style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>3- 5 years’ experience in Graphic Design</strong></li> <li>Excellent self-management and communication skills</li> <li>Visual effects/ After effects or any other animation/video program knowledge advantageous</li> <li style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>Great Adobe Photoshop &amp; Illustrator skills</strong></li> <li style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>Good understanding of digital and mobile design principles&nbsp;</strong></li> <li>An understanding of typography, colour, composition and how these elements work together for a design solution</li> <li>Understand the importance of brand design</li> </ul> <p><strong>Attributes Required</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">:</span></p> <ul> <li>Excellent self-management and communication skills</li> <li>Visual effects/ After Effects or any other animation/video program knowledge advantageous</li> <li>Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite, notably Photoshop, Illustrator.</li> <li>Good understanding of digital and mobile design principles.</li> <li>An understanding of typography, colour, composition and how these elements work together for a design solution.</li> <li>Understand the importance of brand design.</li> <li>An understanding of generative AI prompting, model capabilities and how these elements work together for innovative and efficient creative outcomes is advantageous.</li> </ul> <p><strong>The Environment</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">:&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa.&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> We are short on ego and high on output.&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all.&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> We love what we do and what we are creating</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></li> <li>We seek to employ an <strong>Extra Ordinary Mind </strong>who&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: 400;">is </span>Smart, has Integrity,&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span>is Hardworking.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you meet the above you are an </span><strong>Extraordinary Mind </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">so come and join us!&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>