Creative Graphic Designer at WFO International

Job Summary

• The ideal Creative Graphic Designer will be responsible for creating design solutions that have a high visual impact.
• The role involves listening to diverse stakeholders and understanding their needs before making design decisions.
• The graphic designer will work on a variety of products and activities, such as websites, advertising, books, magazines, posters, presentations, reports, exhibitions and displays, corporate communications and corporate identity, and thus enhancing the firm's brand equity.

Responsibilities

• Meet with internal and external stakeholders or account managers to discuss the business objectives and requirements of the job;
• Interpret business needs and developing concepts to suit the intended purpose(s)
• Develop design briefs by gathering information and data through research;
• Think creatively to produce new ideas and concepts;
• Using innovation to redefine a design brief within the constraints of cost and time;
• Present finalized ideas and concepts to stakeholders or account managers;
• Work with a wide range of media, including photography and computer-aided design (CAD);
• Proofread to produce accurate and high-quality work;
• Contribute ideas and design artwork to the overall brief;
• Demonstrate illustrative skills with rough sketches;
• Work on layouts and art working pages ready for print;
• Keep abreast of emerging technologies in new media, particularly design programs such as InDesign, FreeHand, Illustrator, Photoshop, Corel drawl, Acrobat, Director, Dreamweaver and Flash etc.
• Advise stakeholders on strategies to reach a particular audience;
• Incorporate changes recommended by the job owners into the final design.

Education & Experience

• The desired candidate should be a graduate (HND/Bsc/B.A) in a related discipline.
• Must have 4 - 5 years work experience as a core graphic artist.

Skills & Competencies:

• Must be IT savvy (Photoshop, Corel drawl) etc.
• Organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Reporting skills, deadline-oriented, time management.
• Reasoning ability, mathematical ability, and logical thinking skills
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of pre-press operations
• Must be able to do page planning and imposition