Senior Designer
As highly talented Senior Designer, you'll play a key role in bringing ZURU's Pet brands to life across digital, print, motion, activations and in-store touchpoints. You'll take ownership of design projects from concept through to completion, ensuring every output is high-quality, on-brand, and delivered on time — while mentoring intermediate and junior designers and contributing fresh creative thinking to the wider team.
Roles & Responsibilities
Design & Content Creation
- Design Development: Create and develop innovative design solutions that align with project goals and brand guidelines across digital assets, print collateral and brand campaigns
- Briefs: Craft comprehensive creative briefs for both in-house and external creative teams
- Prototypes + Mock Ups: Produce prototypes, mockups, and wireframes to visualise design concepts and facilitate stakeholder feedback
- Project Management: Manage design projects from concept to completion, ensuring timely delivery and high-quality outcomes
- Quality Assurance: Ensure all designs meet technical specifications and are consistent with brand guidelines
- Handle colour correction, grading, retouching for images and videos and audio with videos where required
- Packaging: Minor updates to existing packaging artwork
- Other tasks management may deem appropriate from time to time
Collaboration & Leadership
- Team Coordination: Work closely with the Design Director and Design Project Manager to ensure smooth workflows and high-quality output
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with the Design Director, marketers, and other stakeholders to understand project requirements and deliver effective design solutions
- Leadership Development: Provide guidance and mentorship to intermediate and junior designers, helping them grow and improve their skills
- Project Leadership: Take the lead on design projects when needed, ensuring successful execution from concept to completion
- Conceptualisation and Innovation: Bring fresh and innovative ideas to the table. Lead and actively participate in creative brainstorming sessions, proposing creative solutions that align with project goals and market trends
Skill Development & Innovation
- Creative Opportunities: Identify and suggest creative opportunities within the Pet Vertical
- Stay Updated: Keep up-to-date with innovative design trends and techniques
- Industry Trends: Monitor key competitor trends and industry standards
- Pursue learning opportunities to improve technical skills in Adobe Creative Suite (or areas identified by you and/or your manager)
Skills & Experience
- 5–8+ years industry experience in a similar role
- A relevant qualification in Graphic Design from a tertiary level institute or similar
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly in After Effects, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop and Figma
- Illustration skills are an added advantage
- Experience in Adobe Premiere Pro and 3D design such as Cinema 4D are an added advantage
- Design: Excellent visual design skills with a keen eye for detail, typography, colour, and layout
- Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate design concepts and decisions
- Problem-Solving: Creative thinker with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to self-manage
- Time Management: Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Ability to work independently and collaboratively
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