Senior Graphic Designer Jobs in Digital Outsource Services Cape Town - South Africa 2014

Job description
Is creating graphics for great user interfaces your thing?
Are you the proud owner of a portfolio packed with web, mobile, tablet or touch screen designs?
We're looking for a designer to create beautiful, pixel-perfect, and moreover - usable - interfaces and produce best-in-breed web, mobile, and print designs for our various digital properties.
Candidates must be incredibly well-organised, communicative, results-driven, and attentive to detail.
All that is required is a proficiency in the relevant design software, an interest in user-centered design, and a willingness to apply your graphical skills in an exciting new way.
Keywords: Visual Design, Graphic Design, User Interface, Digital Design, Web, Mobile, Tablet
About You:
• You have a great eye for stunning visual design
• You love to collaborate with other designers and writers, users, developers and product managers to create sites and designs that are a pleasure to use
• You get uneasy if something is a few pixels off
• You excel at taking features and concepts and turning them into clever and intuitive user interfaces
• You must be hands on, responsive, flexible, and able to succeed within a fast paced, open and collaborative peer environment
Job Includes:
• Website design
• Mobile Design: iOS, Android, and mobile web
• Web and Email Templates: headers, buttons, backgrounds, iconography, typography
• Print Design: physical collateral including folders, booklets, flyers, stickers, banners, etc.
• Tech: slice and annotate designs for use by Tech team in development as need be
• UX/UI: experience in user-experience and interaction design a plus
• Conceptualising new designs and user interactions that are both functional and user-friendly
• Constantly looking for opportunities to improve UX through design
• Developing creative content from scratch. Working within tight client briefs and with supplied assets
Must have:
• Portfolio demonstrating website design, mobile design (apps) and web-based UIs etc.
• Mobile UX/UI experience - responsive design/websites and native apps
• An ability to interpret business and user requirements into intuitive and logical design
• Passion for graphic design, human-computer interaction and interaction design
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Strong eye for typography, colour and hierarchy
• Proficiency in Photoshop/and other design packages
• Firm grasp of current trends and best practices for the web and mobile world and understanding of technology used in designing interactively
• Solid knowledge of web standards, cross-browser compatibility, and accessibility
• A commitment to producing quality, innovative work
• Excellent communication skills
• Deadline driven, able to work under pressure
• Work in a collaborative team environment or independently
• Service orientated and willing to go the extra mile.
• Possess initiative to address issues and identify opportunities
Nice to have:
Facebook/Social Media
• Video and sound editing
• Knowledge of HTML5 beyond the buzzwords
Should you meet the above requirements and are interested in applying for the position, please submit your CV to Chantel Bergh at chantel.bergh@digioutsource.com.
Contact details
Chantel Bergh
Digital Outsource Services