Senior Designer amp Animator - Enum Digital Technology LLC

We at Enum Digital (Digits that Define Growth) are a fast-growing and well-reputed Dubai's 1st Digital Experiential Marketing Agency. We activate businesses & brands for digital change and help global organizations and businesses procure cost-effective, reliable, and world-class software solutions, digital designs, and marketing services. At Enum Digital, we confidently deliver the customer desired figures in terms of engagement, leads, and sales. Working from offices in Dubai, Muscat, Middletown & Karachi, our team of 100 full-time staff specializes in delivering top-class digital services.

About this position:

This is an ideal position for a young and dynamic mid-career professional seeking a challenging and rewarding opportunity to join our fast-growing team. Ideal candidates should have more than 3-5 years of extensive experience using Adobe Creative Suite products and other suitable UX/UI design & coding environments. Among your main tasks will be to design custom UX/UI social media designs and collaborate with developers.

Job Description:

A growing web and digital agency is looking for an active and energetic Senior Designer & Animator.

We are looking for a dynamic web and social media designer to be responsible for designing the web and posting original content on online platforms. The responsibilities of a social media designer include posting content on social media, designing graphic material, and attracting consumers via social media.

To be successful as a web/social media designer, you should be highly motivated, creative, and possess solid knowledge of marketing competencies. Ultimately, a top-notch social media designer should be computer literate, highly organized, and able to work with little direction.

Throughout the design process, web graphic designers work closely with developers to ensure that frontend and backend elements work together as expected. The web graphic designer may provide notes on usability and functionality from the client and discuss how to integrate the client's needs with backend technologies and functions while also determining how the page's architecture will work with elements like images, text, and navigation menus.

Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of design projects.
• Design page layouts and templates.
• Produce design assets for use in social media and marketing channels.
• Develop and maintain consistent branding.
• Collaborate with UX, marketing, engineering, and other teams.
• Utilize data and analytics in making design decisions.
• Work with frontend web developers to deploy designs.
• Select and prepare imagery.
• Create and maintain a database of design assets.
• Study design briefs and determine requirements.
• Execute all visual design stages from concept to final handoff to engineering.
• Conceptualize original website design ideas that bring simplicity and user-friendliness to complex roadblocks.
• Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows, and site maps to communicate interaction and design ideas.
• Create logos, stationary, and social media posts.
• Ability to create animated GIFs and 2D animated video on After Effects will be a plus point.
• Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices, and standards.
• Create images that identify a product or convey a message.
• Keeping brand guidelines up to date with agreed revisions on the assigned artwork.
• Working with team members to ensure effective and timely delivery of marketing and communication collateral.
• Up-to-date experience with international web techniques and technologies.
• Expert in Adobe XD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, and others.
• Excellent communication and team handling skills.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• An understanding of the latest trends and their role within a commercial environment.
• Familiarity with current web standards and best practices within the web design and production field.
• Experience in professional website design, logo, brochure, etc.
• Drawing up detailed website specifications.
• Designing the website's visual imagery and ensuring it's in line with company branding policy or the requirements of the client.
• Editing content and redesigning web pages.
• Working with other web specialists including web developers and graphic designers.
• Continual professional development to keep up to date with new software development.
• Designing graphics, animations, and manipulating digital photographs.
• Creating creative designs for the company’s website, advertisement screen, social media presentations, and all other channels.
• Responsible for the clients' social media pages (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn).
• Responsible for the clients' print designs (profiles, flyers, posters, roll-up, etc.) and responsible for finalizing them in the best image within a time frame.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in graphic design or a related field.
• One to three years of professional web design experience.
• Portfolio of strong creative work.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud (Dreamweaver, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator).
• Experience with HTML, Javascript, and CSS.
• 3 years of social media and email marketing experience a plus.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: AED 3000.00 - AED 5000.00 per month

Application Question(s):

• What is your current salary?
• What is your expected salary?
• Please share your portfolio link for both design and animation, especially social media designs.
• How many years of Dubai experience do you have?
• Are you currently in UAE? Yes/No
• Have you ever used the Canva tool before?
• Have you been involved in photography and videography and creating UGC assets?
• Have you gone through the job description mentioned in the job ad?
• What’s your visa status and when is it going to expire?
• How soon can you join?

Experience:

• Social media designs: 3 years (Preferred)
• Video Animation & Editing: 3 years (Preferred)

Expected Start Date: 01/10/2024