Graphic Designer

Are you looking to gain relevant corporate and financial services marketing experience in an entrepreneurial environment?

Houghton, Johannesburg based position available with established company in the insurance industry.

Join a dynamic team, reporting into the Head of Marketing at an established company in the niche insurance space, operating in the legal, funeral and health care markets. Our group of companies also operates in the credit and employee benefits space.

Minimum requirements:

• Junior- to mid-weight candidate with at least two years working experience with contactable references.
• Relevant qualification
• Existing portfolio for review
• Computer Literate (Adobe Creative Suite with working knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Microsoft office Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Social media content planning and creation experience

Duties and responsibilities:

• Manage development of, and ensure alignment with Corporate Identity (CI) across media, including but not limited to website, brochures, promotional material, newsletters, emails, advertisements etc.
• Conceptualise campaigns for roll-out across different mediums
• Bringing marketing/business brief and concept to life.
• Keeping budget, time and production constraints in mind.
• Preparing mock ups and presenting before deciding on a final design/concept.
• Create and prepare social media content (organic and paid campaigns) including animated material, with capability to roll out creative across various social platforms
• Communicating with internal and external stakeholders about progress of projects and any issues that may arise.
• Working with external departments to extend concept and visuals to other internal and external marketing-related material.
• Making sure artwork is correct and supplied in the right format/sizes/colour codes before being sent to production.
• Work on multiple briefs at the same time.
• Implement/Assist on marketing and business projects from plan to final delivery and reporting on success
• Work with external agencies (design, development, content and PR, UX, SEO, PPC) to communicate business requirements and drive delivery
• Sourcing relevant stock photography and video for campaigns
• Image and video editing
• Admin duties will include:
  • Setup for social media assets from content team brief
  • Project management of creative processes from brief to final delivery
  • Document management and control with regular review process
  • Ensure non-negotiable compliance with relevant legislation and regulations
  • Ensure 100% adherence to company policies, and brand requirements
  • Work closely with product heads, sales and compliance department
  • Liaise with branches

Desired characteristics and skills

• Must have existing portfolio
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Copywriting skills advantageous
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Strong administrative and organisational skills
• Creative and enthusiastic
• Ability to work well in a team, and see projects through independently
• HTML knowledge beneficial
• Experience with third party email platforms (e.g. MailChimp/Everlytic) an advantage
• Proactive
• Flexible
• Resilient

Please send applications, including an up to date CV and portfolio to careers@legalandtax.co.za