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Takealot is South Africa’s #1 shopping app, on a mission to change lives for the better through e-commerce We’re looking for a highly talented Design Graduate to join our Brand & Communications team in Cape Town.
We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us!
Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!
- Scale: Over 4 million happy shoppers shop online at Takealot. Show them what you can do.
- Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some. Work alongside industry leaders and upskill yourself in record time.
- Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com, TFS and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.
Requirements:
Qualifications & Experience:
Bachelor Degree or Diploma in Graphic Design
The skills we need:
- Excellent self-management and communication skills
- Visual effects/ After Effects or any other animation/video program knowledge advantageous
- Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite, notably Photoshop, Illustrator.
- Good understanding of digital and mobile design principles.
- An understanding of typography, colour, composition and how these elements work together for a design solution.
- Understand the importance of brand design.
- An understanding of generative AI prompting, model capabilities and how these elements work together for innovative and efficient creative outcomes advantageous.
Attributes required:
- Highly organised with meticulous attention to detail and a well-structured thought process.
- Ability to multi-task and to meet tight deadlines.
- Very strong interpersonal skills and experience of marshalling cross-departmental resources towards daily goals and objectives.
- Proficiency in Google Workspace
- Ability to project manage across brand portfolios
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Key responsibilities:
- Supporting the marketing team with digital design executions for social media, promotional an merchandising, and CRM related tasks.
- Keeping abreast of advancements in new technologies and techniques, contemporary trends in design to deliver cutting edge work.
- Brainstorming and conceptualizing ideas as well as storyboarding.
- Social Media experience on digital platforms.
- Participating in idea sessions to share new design perspectives and ideas.
- Adding effects/elements to enhance motion graphics.
- Working collaboratively with the design team, broader Marketing team & the Retail and Promotions departments.
- Consistently delivering work on time.
- Working within the brand CI and templates.
- Working quickly and efficiently with exceptional attention to detail
- Implementing and delivering on feedback from senior management and peers.
- Adhering to design team processes and standards.
This is a contract position
High Level:
At the takealot Group, our Graduate Programme will help you build both technical and soft-skills to launch your career, learning from the best in the business. The Graduate program will prepare you for a career in a large-scale and fast-paced environment.
Every selected Graduate gains unique insights into the e-commerce environment with vast amounts of practical experience from daily exposure to a broad range of skills. The program consists of various technical and soft skill courses where you will receive training on a variety of areas.
You’ll be working with some of the strongest professionals South Africa has to offer who bring experience from a multitude of Great Industries.
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