Senior Graphic Designer

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Creative Leadership and Design Direction

1. Design Conceptualization: Lead the creation of design concepts for various media, including print, digital, and social media. Develop original ideas and solutions that align with the brand’s identity and marketing objectives.
2. Creative Direction: Oversee the visual direction of design projects, ensuring that all work adheres to brand guidelines and communicates the desired message effectively.
3. Brand Consistency: Ensure the consistency of design elements across all marketing and branding materials to maintain a cohesive visual identity.
4. Innovation: Push creative boundaries by exploring new design trends, techniques, and technologies, keeping the brand’s visual presence fresh and relevant.

2. Project Management and Coordination

1. Project Planning: Lead the design process from initial concept to final execution, managing timelines, deadlines, and deliverables.
2. Collaboration with Teams: Work closely with other departments such as marketing, content, web development, and copywriting to create integrated campaigns and cohesive visual content.
3. Client/Stakeholder Communication: Present design concepts and deliverables to clients, stakeholders, or internal teams, gathering feedback, and making revisions as necessary.
4. Managing Multiple Projects: Handle multiple design projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery and maintaining high-quality standards.

3. Design Execution and Production

1. High-Quality Design Creation: Produce high-quality visual designs for a variety of mediums, including advertisements, websites, social media posts, brochures, posters, packaging, and presentations.
2. Design Software Proficiency: Create and edit designs using industry-standard software such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects), Sketch, Figma, and CorelDRAW.
3. Print and Digital Production: Oversee the preparation of files for both print and digital formats, ensuring proper resolution, color profiles, and file specifications for production.

4. Team Leadership and Mentorship

1. Lead and Mentor Junior Designers: Provide guidance, feedback, and mentorship to junior or mid-level designers, helping them develop their skills and grow in their roles.
2. Review and Approve Designs: Review work created by junior designers and provide constructive feedback to ensure that designs meet the required standards and project objectives.
3. Foster Creativity and Collaboration: Create a creative environment that encourages collaboration and innovative thinking among the design team.

Desired Candidate Profile

Responsibilities:

1. Provide expert graphic design support across our urbanism and planning projects.
2. Collaborate closely with a talented team of designers to deliver exceptional work.
3. Engage in the full project lifecycle, from initial design briefs to production.
4. Generate creative concepts and develop compelling graphics and layouts.
5. Strategically ensure cohesive messaging and visual identity in our designs.
6. Organize and maintain graphic/document templates and resource libraries.
7. Liaise with printers and assist in preparing bid/tender submissions.

Qualifications

1. Minimum 6 years of experience in a senior graphics capacity.
2. Excited to help change the course of communities, cities, and nations through design, planning, and infrastructure.
3. Demonstrable graphic design skills and expertise, with a strong portfolio (experience working for a similar architectural or design practice highly desirable).
4. Exposure to Architecture, Urban Design or digital software skills a plus.
5. Must be experienced in Adobe Creative Suite, with ability to power-use and create templates, and automation, and drive innovation especially in InDesign.
6. Experience in preparing proposals, talk decks, signage & diagrams.
7. Strong listening and communication skills with people from different disciplines.