JOB DESCRIPTION



Title: Digital Designer



Reports To: Team Leader, Digital



Purpose: To design and build outstanding web deliverables for all clients

 

• To develop creative concepts independently or working alongside other members of the Creative Team
• To be able to design for Flash, HTML, Ad Banners etc
• Demonstrate knowledge and insight into User Experience and be able to apply this to your designs
• Be solely responsible for taking a creative brief, exploring relevant questions and ensuring all required information has been provided
• Be able to work independently on projects from start to finish, collaborating with others where appropriate
• Quality control - ensure that all work you develop is on brief and is fully functional from a visual and usability perspective
• Advise and manage the 'testing' process on all projects
• Offer creative and innovative (but workable) digital design solutions
• Manage expectations with regards to timeframes and deliverables on all your projects
• Ensure all projects are delivered within the agreed timeframes and communicate any issues in a timely and proactive fashion
• Keep updated on all relevant technology and how best to use it, communicate to the wider team. Drive the team to contribute to regular updates.
• Be able to train and advise colleagues on such technology (specifically Flash)
• Contribute to the development of 'best practice' processes for the Digital department
• Develop an understanding of clients business and use this to add value and insight into the work you do for them
• Communicate effectively with clients by phone on technical or design related issues
• Be capable of presenting work to clients and attending client meetings as the digital representative for the agency

People Management
 

•  Oversee and manage the work of junior designers, identifying areas for development.
•  Participate and feed in to performance reviews
•  Have day to day responsibility for the output of the junior team
•  To be fully responsible for personal workload - time management/role allocation/job management

Project Lead

 

• To be ultimately responsible for projects including output of all participants from a digital perspective.
• Identify objectives and milestones and monitor progress
• Develop constructive criticism and feedback skills