Akin – Graphic Designer

As a senior designer, you should be confident in making creative decisions independently on the projects and accounts under your charge. You will work closely with our copywriters to create cohesive creatives to communicate the strategy put forth by our strategists. You should also grasp the principles and constrains from marketing that allows you to better highlight and feature your creative production (e.g. localising for online platforms or being mobile optimised etc.). Your previous role as a junior designer should give you sufficient understanding of the platforms used in our daily work, and the language to help you communicate well with our other disciplines. Broadly, you should be comfortable with the basic principles of the marketing mix (including but not limited to Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Hubspot etc.) and therefore be confident in discussing the implications of how your creative design or idea will tie into or support the broader strategy.

You will need to begin broadening your knowledge in the workings of marketing to allow your design to make an impact. You will need to have a keen sense of understanding campaign work and the function of design within. This will better allow you to create content to translate into meaningful growth for our stakeholders.

You will be assigned to helping mentor fellow team members and managing internal goals to help drive the business forward.

Responsibilities:

• Your key focus as a junior designer would be to amass the abilities and skill-sets required to execute projects efficiently and to a high standard.
• You are proactive in understanding the various types of design work, software and their application to our work.
• You will be an effective team member and work cohesively with others. When you progress to a senior designer, you will begin to pursue broader knowledge in marketing and business outside of your daily work, to help you develop content and creative ideas to complement the project or account strategy.

It is important from the start to develop softer skill-sets (AKÏN Values manifestation) to enable your personal growth and professionalism.