Graphics Design Officer Job at Smart Partners Consulting Limited

Smart Partners Consulting Limited is a leading indigenous HR Consulting Firm in Nigeria located in Lagos with services offered in Recruitment, Outsourcing, Training and HR Consulting. We are a growing firm providing services to top leading companies across the Oil & Gas, IT, Banking Industries and many others using our world class recruiting process with vibrant, talented and passionate team.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Graphics Design Officer

Job Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• You are expected to use the entire process of defining requirements, visualizing and creating graphics including illustrations, logos, layouts and photos.
• You’ll be the one to shape the visual aspects of websites, social media, and more.
• Your graphics should capture the attention of those who see them and communicate the right message. For this, you need to have a creative flair and a strong ability to translate requirements into design.
• The anility to communicate well and work methodically as part of a team is high require. The goal is to inspire and attract the target audience.

Responsibilities

• Participate in design discussions and give feedback during planning and strategy meetings.
• Quickly translate ideas into sketches, wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes.
• Test assets and optimize based on their performance.
• Research industry trends to present ideas and concepts for timely digital innovation.
• Develop illustrations, logos and other designs using software or by hand.
• Use the appropriate colors and layouts for each graphic.
• Amend designs after feedback.
• Iterate new designs based on company’s feedback.
• Create digital assets video, images, animation and graphics for platforms (social, display advertising, websites).
• Design and develop homepages, landing pages, and email concepts.
• Create and execute concepts for digital advertising.
• Assist in the completion of assigned projects and prioritize assigned tasks including web development, social media, graphic design, photography, videography, signage and research.
• Assist with promotional activities for new product and new community launches.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Ensure final graphics and layouts are visually appealing and on-brand.
• Translate product positioning, existing research, and offline/online marketing strategies into effective designs.
• Performs special projects as requested.
• Contribution in outdoor and indoor task.
• Contributes to team and company effort by providing assistance as needed.
• Ensure delivery of excellent client service, consistently with the O+E brand.
• Provide design support to other business lines to create product graphics, logos, identity design, or other similar offline graphics.

Requirements

• College Degree or commensurate experience preferred.
• Experience in Graphic Design
• Experience in the design thinking process, agile development, and lean startup methodologies.
• Experience working in a collaborative team environment.
• Good use and handling of a camera.
• Strong knowledge of current digital design, best practices, trends and web production techniques.
• Experience with user-centered design, rapid prototyping, and user testing.
• A good understanding of visual design principles.
• Proven digital content skills.
• Experience working directly with developers to implement designs.
• Expertise with standard digital design tools, including Sketch, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD, InVision, etc.
• Working knowledge of CSS and HTML.
• Photo and video editing expertise.
• Experience creating digital assets for a variety of target audiences.
• Strong portfolio showing the breadth of digital design capabilities.
• A strong portfolio of illustrations or other graphics.
• A keen eye for aesthetics and details.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal skills
• Ability to work methodically and meet deadlines.
• Proficient in using the Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Illustrator, and InDesign Graphics Suite and other necessary and required tools.
• Skilled Graphic Designer.
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills.
• Demonstrated experience in managing multiple tasks
• Good team player.
• High attention to detail.
• Ability to self-motivate and work independently.
• Creativity/Willingness to experiment.
• Ability to contribute individually and lead, manage or participate in cross-functional teams.
• Persuasiveness.
• Ability to create great working relationships with all levels within the company and across multiple disciplines.
• Strong project management skills.