Graphic Designer - Cape Town at Metropolitan

Introduction

Metropolitan is one of the oldest financial services brands in South Africa. With a 116-year legacy of serving the communities in which it operates, Metropolitan represents true empowerment in serving Africa's people through affordable financial solutions that create financial growth and security.

Metropolitan operates in South Africa, but the brand is also present in 12 African countries including, Namibia, Botswana, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Metropolitan provides financial wellness solutions that meet the needs of low income clients, including funeral insurance, health, savings, hospital cash-back cover, retirement solutions and life insurance.

Visit us at: www.metropolitan.co.za

Role Purpose

Conceptualise the creative brief to produce creative work within the scope of the brief that is aligned with the Corporate Identify (CI) of the brand

Requirements

• 3-5 years experience in Graphic Design in an agency or business environment (essential)
• Degree in Graphic Design, Art, Illustration or other related qualification
• Creativity
• Animation skills
• Communication skills
• Digital sketching
• Infographic creation
• Attention to detail
• Technical skills in using Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator at a minimum) and Dreamweaver
• Time management skills
• Managing projects end-to-end
• Business proficiency in English
• Exposure to and necessary competence level in using design software to produce creative work

Duties & Responsibilities

INTERNAL PROCESS:

• Provide input into the conceptualisation and design of the creative brief and campaign messaging.
• Conceptualise the brief using existing/new templates and formats and develop relevant material.
• Contribute to the development all visual communications and marketing campaign elements.
• Work within the brand CI and maintain the required brand elements while producing innovative, effective designs.
• Identify best practices through research and development and case studies to ensure that creative concepts and brand solutions stay relevant.
• Develop layouts, articles and documents based on the design brief, including images and logo usage.
• Quality check all images, text and layout as well as other formatting, to ensure quality production for media and print.
• Design work for web and other screen media and ensure that work is correct for the medium.
• Develop all visual communications and marketing campaign elements either individually or in association with an agency.
• Maintain archive of images, photos, or previous work products that ensures efficiency and accessibility.
• Comply with internal processes around approvals, inclusion and necessary disclaimers, to mitigate and manage risks.

CLIENT

• Provide authoritative, expertise and advice to clients and stakeholders.
• Build and maintain relationships with clients and internal and external stakeholders.
• Deliver on service level agreements made with internal and external stakeholders and clients.
• Make recommendations to improvement of client service within area of responsibility.
• Participate and contribute to a culture which build rewarding relationships, facilitates feedback and provides exceptional client service.

PEOPLE

• Develop and maintain productive and collaborative working relationships with peers and stakeholders.
• Positively influence and participate in change initiatives.
• Continuously develop own expertise in terms of professional, industry and legislation knowledge.
• Contribute to continuous innovation through the development, sharing and implementation of new ideas.
• Take ownership for driving career development.

FINANCE

• Contribute to the development of area specific budgets to minimise expenditure, in alignment with operational plans.
• Identify opportunities to enhance cost effectiveness and increase operational efficiency.
• Provide input into the risk identification processes and communicate recommendations in the appropriate forum.

Competencies

• Generating Ideas: Is creative in producing ideas; assumes an original approach when generating ideas and adopts radical solutions.
• Exploring Possibilities: Is conceptual when developing ideas; applies theories to problem solving and prefers to learn by thinking and identifying underlying principles.
• Inviting Feedback: Is receptive to feedback and acknowledges criticism; open to critique and critical thinking and gathers feedback from others.
• Meeting Timescales: Is target focused and meets deadlines; is punctual and keeps to schedule and is reliable in finishing tasks.
• Managing Tasks: Manages tasks by being organised and methodical; plans activities systematically and sets priorities for tasks.
• Upholding Standards: Behaves ethically and justly; is discreet and maintains confidentiality and meets commitments by acting with integrity.
• Producing Output: Is focused on activity and works quickly; keeps busy and maintains productivity and is comfortable multitasking to produce output.
• Taking Action: Takes action to make things happen; uses initiative to start things up; shows drive and invests personal energy.