Digital Designer

MAJOR PLAYERS ,
London, Greater London
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £40,000 per annum

Overview

Digital Designer (Permanent) Description Major Players are currently working with one of London's leading digital design agencies, they're on the lookout for a brilliant Digital Designer to join the fantastic studio. This is a unique opportunity to join the team to work on one of their key global accounts, a leading consumer electronics company. The work involves designing product pages and landing pages based on a modular page structure and guidelines. The right candidate will be highly organised and have a good understanding of product storytelling, excellent layout and artworking capabilities. Experience presenting to senior stakeholders and ideally a passion for electronics and gadgets. You will be working in Photoshop and Sketch to produce layouts and assets of a very high quality, including image retouching when necessary. Experience in Sketch and particularly working with Sketch libraries is essential. This is a great opportunity to be part of a tight-knit team, and to gain valuable experience with a global web operation that produces content for over 100 countries globally. Responsibilities include: ? Designing and creating responsive product pages, category pages and page banners ? Developing page concepts - translating product specifications into an engaging and informative page narrative ? Asset creation and adaptation (including retouching, diagrams and some illustrative work) ? Collaborate with and mentor junior designers, with support from senior creative team members ? Present regular status / review calls with the client, who is based overseas Duties include: ? Gain a thorough knowledge of the client's brand guidelines, including colours, layout, constraints, image sizing, etc ? Resourcing and retouching photography ? Creating demonstrative illustrations in Illustrator ? Laying out pages in Sketch, using a pre-defined component library ? Presenting work to client stakeholders and taking feedback ? Maintaining communication with the project managers to keep them up-to-date on all work being produced and let them know if problems arise Skills required: ? A strong grasp of client design guidelines ? Excellent knowledge of Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Google Suite ? Basic HTML understanding is a great advantage ? A keen eye for composition ? Proficient in layout and typography and retouching ? Experience working with Figma and similar tools is an advantage They are a digital agency with a focus on customer experience, branding, content, and technology. They create change through creativity, partnering with our clients to help them transform, innovate and grow. They're a team of 100 experts in London, New York and Chicago. Their clients include Sony, S&P Global, Tourism Ireland, Pfizer, Stanley Black & Decker and Thames Water. They are ambitious, sociable, collaborative and non-hierarchical.