Designer – Black Bear Affiliates

DESIGNER | CREATIVE TEAM

The main focus of the Designer’s role will be updating and developing our online casino gaming brands and other affiliated websites. Creating and maintaining collateral required for the business marketing requirements. Will also be creatively involved with creating campaigns with various marketing strategies alongside the other teams within the business & our external development partner.

Job Details

Seniority Level
Mid Level
Industry
Gambling & Casinos
Marketing & Advertising
Job Functions
Graphic & Visual Design
UX & UI
Web Design
Site Mapping
Employment Type
Full-time
Location
JHB Office
Remote if right applicant

Skills

- Web Design
- Strong UX understanding
- Strong Collaborative Skills
- Attention to detail
- Creative Solutions
- Self-Starter / Independent
- Digital Marketing
- Adobe Creative Suite proficient
- Stress Management
- Conceptualisation
- Graphic Design
- Organisational Skills
- Front End Design
- Understanding and skilled in HTML, CSS, jQuery/JavaScript

Education & Experience

- 2-3+ years experience in web and/or product design
- A level equivalents
- A Marketing and/or Digital degree and diploma is an advantage
- Multi Channel Marketing is an advantage
- HTML Email coding experience is an advantage

The Department:

The Creative Department is responsible for creating and maintaining strong casino brands’ websites as well as other collateral the business requires for all marketing requirements.

Purpose of Job:

The main focus of the Designer role will be on our casino gaming brands, affiliate brands, and will be involved with the various internal teams to carry out design requirements to elevate and develop brands and retention and acquisition marketing strategies.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

The position will involve the following areas of responsibility:

Working alongside other Designers in the team to support projects across the business
Create strong relationships with internal team members within the Creative team; Design, Brand Management and Copy, as well as Retention, Player experience and Acquisition teams
Strong motivation to work alongside team to create strong campaigns
Creating and maintaining strong brand awareness and identity for each brand
Acute attention to detail
Ability to research to aid in the design process: Utilise research and asset third party platforms to build creative case
Flexible in work skill: Leaning towards Multimedia skills; Website design, UX & UI, Graphic and Visual Design, Site mapping and planning
Designing and developing websites with SEO best practices
Understanding and carefully following the brief
Conceptualisation and development of ideas, campaigns and action work as it comes in from Departments
Be able to present your work to justify it: Own what you produce
Understanding role of responsive design, Mobile first industry but be cogniscent of Desktop, tablet etc.
Have ability to design brand specific looks based on an established CI
Be able to prototype any design work with using XD or envision
Designing collateral for the team to use across the various marketing channels as well as creating content specific collateral for each Brand in target locations
Understanding and skilled in HTML, CSS, jQuery/JavaScript
Ability for Front End collaboration as well as understanding these requirements to implement work successfully for our internal development requirements as well as our external Development partner
Once established within the team, then work on and expand the current websites with new areas of functionality
Support maintenance of our internal brand websites
Proactively researching latest website functionality and digital marketing trends
Designing landing pages and areas on websites with best user experience in mind, conversion/ acquisition landing page designs
Accurate and efficient understanding of the relevant areas of the business
Following brand, company and legal guidelines throughout all tasks
Able to work in a high pressure environment where priorities may change or develop
Ability to organize yourself with multiple tasks and priorities
Clear understanding of the casino and Gaming industry

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities. The job holder may be required to complete any other reasonable duties in order to achieve business objectives.

Essential Criteria:

2-3 years experience in web and/or product design
Highly Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite primarily: XD, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
This position will involve collaborating with front-end developers so an understanding of CSS/HTML is a must
MUST include a strong design portfolio including case studies and samples of work
Front End Design knowledge and skills
Experience with Microsoft office programs such as Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Word

Desirable Criteria:

Multi Channel marketing is an advantage
Knowledge of Webflow site creation
SEO and Google Analytics understanding is desirable
Previous experience with handover software, such as Zeplin, is a plus
Previous experience Microsoft Teams & SharePoint
Premiere Pro and After Effects experience is desirable but not essential
Knowledge in working in Figma
HTML Email Development
Working with 3rd party APIs

Person Specification:

Confident without ego
The ideal candidate will be a self-motivated energetic individual
Value to attention to details
Organisation in the work produced
Strong work ethic
Enjoys the pace and ability to thrive in the fast pace of a startup business
Ability to work on multiple tasks
Confident in skills but also enjoy working and learning with others
Able to see constructive criticism as working together to stretch brands as well as thriving for best outcomes in tasks

Reporting and interaction:

Managerially Accountable to: Marketing Operations Manager
Key Internal Relationships: Senior Designer, Creative, Retention, Affiliate Marketing and Marketing Operations Teams
Key External Relationships: Development team

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