Strip Pte Ltd – Senior Designer

The role

A junior designer will be ready to develop their existing skills by working with senior creative staff on a range of ambitious and innovative projects. Responsible for helping to drive the creative direction of campaigns, an understanding of typography, layout, animation and art direction will be needed to help the team produce the best work possible.

A good knowledge of the following tools is usually required:

• InDesign
• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• After Effect

Good to have:

• Premiere Pro
• Cinema 4D

Communication is a big part of the job, so the junior designer must feel confident enough to contribute to the entire creative process. Keeping a finger on the pulse of current trends is also key when moving towards promotion and recognition.

Typical activities

The specific details of a junior designer’s role will vary depending on the role, but common activities include:

• Graphic designers create visual text and imagery concepts, by hand or using computer software to communicate ideas that inspire, inform, or captivate consumers.
• They develop the overall layout and production design for advertisements, brochures and posters.
• Graphic Designers design (or create) graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs, such as packaging, displays, logos, or imagery for print and digital uses including banner ads, social media posts, website graphics, etc.
• They will use a variety of mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects and often select the type, font, size, colour, and line length of headlines, headings, and text.
• Graphic designers also decide how images and text work together in a specific layout. They will have to work closely with the marketing team.

Skills required

A junior designer needs a wide range of design and creative capabilities. These include:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Adeptness with leading design software packages
• A determination to achieve and succeed
• Some creative industry experience
• The ability to meet deadlines in a high pressure environment
• A background of working as part of a design team
• The ability to see projects through from inception to production
• Consistency regardless of project size
• Good organisational skills that support the rest of the team
• The motivation to maintain and improve design standards
• The willingness to listen to feedback and use it to improve

From time-to-time a junior designer may need to work hours that aren’t typical, so a flexible approach is needed to get the best from the job.