Digital Designer

Digital Designer

A fulltime in-house digital designer position is available for a young multiskilled individual to join the London office of an international news media company. The successful candidate will be required to carry out design and project management tasks in the following areas:

Digital Design – Taking briefs, conceptualising and executing the design and overseeing production of a full range of collaterals in line with established corporate identify guidelines.

Website Design – Design and development of new and existing websites as well as content management and site hosting maintenance.

App Design – Conceptualising and developing new mobile application products for launch and the on-going maintenance

Video & Sound Editing – Preparing video clips and sounds bites based on briefs and incorporating them into the desired formats

The successful candidate is expected to carry out the project management of all above duties and report directly to their line manager. Wherever possible the execution of the above duties should be carried out in-house by the candidate himself or herself. In the event of outsourcing of tasks or use of an external supplier the candidate would be expected to project manage the entire process.

All candidates are expected to have the following:

• University degree in a relevant field of study (graphic design, web design, video editing, etc.)
• Minimum 3 years continuous professional experience in lieu of university qualifications
• Advanced proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite range of software (CS5 minimum). Particularly Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Flash Pro, Dreamweaver and Premiere Pro 
• Good at multi-tasking and prioritising workloads
• Able to follow briefs and work with a team to conceptualise ideas
• Self-starter able to work on assigned tasks independently
• Fluent English language ability, Mandarin speaking is a plus but not essential

All applicants must submit an e-mail friendly portfolio of their work along with their CV. Candidates called to interview are expected to bring along a full portfolio demonstrating their ability or experience in the four required areas (Digital Design, Web Design, App Design, Video & Sound Editing).

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