Brand / Graphic Designer at Mottainai

Responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:

• Liaise with the content team to execute final designs/clients brief.
• Create engaging designs, and graphics including illustrations, logos, layouts and photos.
• Develop concepts, graphics, illustrations and layouts using design software.
• Use appropriate colours and layouts for designs.
• Amend designs after feedback.
• Ensure final graphics and layouts are visually appealing and on-brand.
• You'll be responsible for creating graphics including illustrations, logos, layouts, videos and photos.
• You’ll be the one to shape the visual aspects of the Mottainai Recycling brand.

Requirements
The ideal candidate must have:

• 4-6 years of experience working in user experience, product, or relevant design field
• A passion for systems, patterns and a keen eye for consistency and the best in class user interface design
• Proven track record of delivering quality design experiences and solving customers' problems through design
• Proficiency with modern product technologies (airtable, notion, github etc) and a passion for Figma as your design tool of choice
• Experience working with distributed teams in multiple time zones
• Portfolio showcasing experiences you’ve designed for varying platforms and devices (iOS, Android, Restorative Web. etc.)
• Have a well-trained eye for great visual design execution. You care about getting things right - one pixel off is a big deal.
• Passion for design; not satisfied with the status quo and always thinking of ways to improve
• Be a keen problem solver - you enjoy thinking through complex product challenges and care about solving the right problem
• A strong eye for visual composition.
• Effective time management skills and the ability to meet deadlines.
• Able to give and receive constructive criticism.
• Understanding of marketing, production, website design, corporate identity, product packaging, advertisements, and multimedia design

Nice to Have:

• Past projects that showcase designing in ecosystems that require any of the following: global or local accessibility standards, translation, internationalization, localization
• Experience working with design systems
• Strong user interface and visual design fitness
• A broad range of skills covering the design process end to end: user research, visual design, interaction design and prototyping
• Knowledge of platform-specific patterns (e.g. iOS Human interface guidelines, Android Material guidelines)
• Experience working with creative & art directors, motion designers, audio designers, and illustrators

Qualification / Experience:

• Proven graphic designing experience.
• A compelling portfolio of illustrations or other graphics.
• Proficient with design software (Photoshop, Figma, InDesign, Illustrator etc.)
• A keen eye for aesthetics and details.
• Sound communications skills.