Senior Graphic Designer

Position: Senior Graphic Designer
Location: Ramallah / Palestine
Starting Date: Immediately

Background on Creative
Creative was established in 2009 and is specialized in marketing, advertising, social media, mobile application development, and movie production. Westrive to hire qualified, competent, professional personnel who will perform effectively in Clients’ Serviceand sales fields, andwho will be committed to the overall vision and target of Creative.
Under the supervision of the Client Service Supervisor and the Business Development Manager, s/hewill use their skills and experience to maximize Creative’s sales, ensure that the company delivers the highest standards of service to customers, and insurescustomer satisfaction.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Graphic Design

-Personally work on the graphic development as needed.
-Interact with different parties to develop creative concepts and executions of assigned product(s) and/or projects.
-Possess solid understanding of the science and market dynamics of assigned product(s).
-Work closely with Art Director to schedule and monitor all projects.
-Provide accurate time and cost estimates for each tactic.
-Perform miscellaneous tasks, as directed by Art Director.
-Work closely with the Account Managers to generate creative ideas and concepts to fulfill the client's brief;
-Produce sketches to communicate ideas to the client;
-Gain an understanding of the target audience and business that the advert is aimed at;
-Meet with the Art Director and Account Managers before presenting ideas to clients;
-Perform field visits and  assess locations for potential assignments;
-Work on location;
-Formulate basic layout design or presentation approach, and specify material details, such as style and size of type, photographs, graphics, animation, video and sound.
-Manage own accounts and projects, working within budget and scheduling requirements.
-Meet with clients to determine objectives, budget, background information, and presentation approaches, styles, and techniques.
-Work with graphic designers to develop design solutions.
-Review illustrative material to determine if it conforms to standards and specifications.
-Attend photo shoots and printing sessions to ensure that the products needed are obtained.
-Create custom illustrations or other graphic elements.
-Mark up, paste, and complete layouts, and write typography instructions to prepare materials for typesetting or printing.
-Negotiate with printers and estimators to determine what services will be performed.
-Prepare detailed storyboards showing sequence and timing of story development for movie production.
-Make sure that job deadlines are met in due time, ensuring that job quality is according to the company’s standards.

Secondary Responsibilities:  Client Relationships
-Advise client on all technical visual recommendations and/or issues.
-Help facilitate both the input and creative meetings.
-Assist in making presentations to client.

Qualifications:

Education: A minimum of an associates (2 year) degree in advertising, communication design, or visual arts.  A bachelor (4 year) degree is preferred.  
Experience: 4+ years design experience in an agency setting is required.

Specialized knowledge:
-Must possess exceptional computer skills.  Macintosh operating platform a must.  PC knowledge a plus.  Thorough knowledge of the following software applications is required, Quark X-press, Adobe Illustrator, scanning software, Adobe Photoshop, and any widely utilized word processing application.
-Demonstrated ability to think creatively and provide marketable solutions in conceiving, developing, and producing tactics.

Skills:
-Techniques in producing final pieces.
-Comprehensive computer photo-retouching and image development skills.
-Color theory and color relationships.
-Typographic terms that identify type forms and the specifications required to refer to typographic settings.
-Perspective and space relationships.
-Page composition and grid structures.
-Print production process, knowledge of production techniques, and correct procedures.
-Photography and the photographic process.
-Communicate thorough knowledge of assigned product(s).
-Provide effective direction through the process stages of each project assigned.
-Effectively collect electronic materials for output.
-Effectively handle multiple assignments at one time.
-Strong knowledge of image manipulation, illustration and animation.
-Broad understanding of marketing design and layout will also be expected.
-Ability to generate a reliable supply of original ideas and visual concepts
-Confidence to explain and support your thinking, both internally and externally
-Flexible approach and willingness to adapt your ideas to the needs of clients
-Passion for advertising and commercial art
-Keen eye for visual details and accuracy
-Resilience to perform under pressure and deliver high-quality work to tight deadlines.
-High level IT skills in the latest art and design packages
-Good awareness of digital media and evolving online platforms
-Innovative approach to the media and the ways in which advertising is carried.
-Stay current on industry trends.
-Keeping abreast of emerging technologies in new media, particularly design programs such as InDesign, QuarkXPress, FreeHand, Illustrator, Photoshop, 3ds Max, Acrobat, Director, Dreamweaver and Flash.

Additional requirements:
-Professional attitude, good social skills, and ability to work in a team.
-Reliable, open-minded, a positive attitude, and excellent in time management.
-Willingness to improve skills and knowledge.
-Problem solving, Strategic planning, Analysis, Time management, Training and capacity building, organizational skills and Critical thinking.
-Ability to work in a team, both as leader and participant.

Submission of applications:

Interested candidates are invited to send a Cover letter and CV no later than 26 January 2016 to: (email address:

[email protected]

Add: Senior Graphic Designer #1-2016 in the subject line otherwise your application will not be reviewed. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.


 

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