Lead Designer - Birkenhead, United Kingdom - Zircom

Description

About the role:


About us:

Zircom is an award winning, global B2B marketing agency. We help brands communicate with their audiences, drive value, and make a difference. We innovate with integrity, communicate with clarity, and deliver with dedication.


Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist the team with ideas and provide them with creative input for new designs.
• Design interactive user interfaces and oversee all the necessary design changes that are to be made.
• Collaborate with development teams to make sure all the essential design specifications are implemented with accuracy.
• Ability to develop quick design ideas based on client's briefs and ensure that all deadlines are followed.
• Create design prototypes, features, and specifications for the company based on consumer / user insights.
• Be the first to respond whenever a good market opportunity shows up and spearhead the design team throughout the strategizing and implementation process.
• Communicate the concepts, ideas, and outcomes of the research to the entire design and development team to maintain a smooth flow of information.
• Assist in the recruitment of digital and interactive designers. Plan and execute their training.
• Staying in touch with the latest technology and strategies in the design and development industry and putting them to perfect use for the company's benefit
• Promote a spirit of innovation and creativity within the design team to ensure that new ideas keep coming.

The above duties and responsibilities are not exhaustive and may evolve over time.

You may also be asked to undertake other duties as may be reasonably required and which are commensurate with the nature and grade of the post.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in design or a related field is required.
• A strong design portfolio to showcase your creativity and familiarity with corporate design.
• Significant experience in leading digital design teams in a fastpaced working environment
• Strong negotiation and persuasion skills are required when interacting with our clients.
• An eye for detail and analytical skills to read and take inputs from the audience and market research data.
• Ability to cope with the stress associated with a challenging work environment driven by results and where deadlines are respected.
• The ability to work within a team and independently as required.
• Strong knowledge of various designing processes and prior experience in managing them
• Strong grasp of working on various designing software.
• Familiarity with the latest technology that has become standard in the industry.
• Proficiency in HTML5, JavaScript, CorelDraw, Photography, WordPress, Digital design, Adobe After Effects, In Vision, Figma, Adobe Illustrator.

NO AGENCIES THANKS

Location & commitments:

• Permanent fulltime role (Mon
• Fri) based at our Birkenhead office 3 days a week, 2 days working from home (37.5 hours per week). Walking distance to Hamilton Square station.

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Bereavement leave
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted or free food
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Free flu jabs
• Free parking
• Onsite parking
• Sick pay
• Transport links
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme

Education:

• Bachelor's (preferred)

Experience:

• Graphic design: 1 year (preferred)

Location:

• Birkenhead (preferred)

Work Location:
In person