Creative Specialist

The Creative Specialist at Omni Channel Solutions is gifted and highly valued Graphic Designer. You execute creative activities through the overall conceptualization and implementation of design solutions that meet marketing strategies and support the revenue goals of the organization. You are responsible for driving the creative direction of campaigns though producing attractive and effective designs for our clients, within a variety of different creative programs. An understanding of typography, layout, illustration and art direction will be needed to help the team produce the best work possible. Being able to communicate progress and timelines effectively to clients and stakeholders is key, alongside contributing to the entire creative process and keeping a finger on the pulse of current trends.

You are recognized as being highly organized and possess a strong sense of speed to execution. You use your time effectively and efficiently and concentrate your efforts on the more important priorities. You have the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job to a high level of accomplishment. You pick up on technical things quickly and are good at learning new products, brands and increasing your technical knowledge. You come up with a lot of new and unique ideas, you easily make connections among previously unrelated notions; you are seen as original and value -added in brainstorming settings. You have a curious nature and combined with your strong communication and listening skills are able to ask the right questions to fully understand what the client wants and needs. You are a keen observer of people and culture. You have your finger on the pulse of design and are able to identify what styles are currently trending.

You are passionate about design and products, and flexible to work on a variety of assignments with the ability to learn quickly. You are confident when sharing your ideas in a team environment. You are open and willing to receive feedback to help improve your craft and you are happy to support others by doing the same for them. You are part of a team of talented and passionate Creatives across multiple disciplines. Together your focus is delivering high quality and commercial creative solutions that effectively tell our Clients brand story, build awareness and ultimately help drive conversion.

Essential Job Function

• This job operates in an office environment which routinely uses standard office equipment.
• The Employee is required to stand, walk, bend, use his/her hand to handle or feel objects, or tools, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear for extended periods of time.
• Frequently standing/sitting/walking up to 8 hours per day
• Frequently using hands/arms up to 8 hours per day
• Moderate noise level
• Frequently viewing a computer monitor screen up to 8 hours per day

DAILY TASKS

• Produce attractive and effective designs for all media to tell our Brands story
• Deliver high quality, on-brand, scalable graphics solutions and ensure consistent quality content is delivered on time, every time.
• Edit and refine graphic designs into finished products
• Regularly seek feedback and critique on work produced in order to further develop style and execution
• Liaise effectively with clients and other stakeholders are required
• Support the wider team throughout the execution of campaigns and projects
• Participate during Creative team meetings and share ideas
• Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to our clients and management
• Assist with ad-hoc projects and tasks as required.

Skills And Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Graphic Design or any related area of study
• Minimum of 2+ years as a Graphic Designer ideally working as part of a fast-paced Creative team
• Excellent Skills in Adobe Creative Suite Products
• Strong and effective communicator (written, spoken and visual)
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, ambiguous Excellent working knowledge in major social media channels like Facebook and LinkedIn
• Capable of understanding new and technical concepts and turn these into comprehensible and appealing content
• Proficiency in using standard office software (MS Office, Google Suite, etc.)
• Advertising/Marketing agency work experience is a plus