Senior Graphic Designer

Description:

About us:

At Nkuku (Nuh–ku–ku), we create beautifully handmade home and lifestyle products. We work with artisans throughout the world, combining timeless design with traditional skills and natural materials. Our brand is underpinned by 3 core values: Ethical, Eco-Friendly and Handmade, and these values are integral to all that we say and do.

The sense of “family” is an important element that runs throughout the company. The culture is friendly and informal but professional and focussed. The emphasis is on team and working together for the good of the company. We support and respect each other and work together with a common goal.

About you:

We are looking for someone with experience as a senior designer or potentially a strong designer looking for the next step up into a Senior Designer role. You will have a solid knowledge of design for a variety of requirements across print and digital, as well as excellent organisational skills.

We’re an ethical and inclusive employer so want you to feel free to be yourself, also possessing the ability to bring our core values alive in everything you do.

About this role:

Reporting to our Head of Design this 12-month fixed-term role is focussed on business as usual and Tier 1 campaigns. You will be able to create fresh approaches to key campaigns as well as output quality BAU materials across print and digital. One of our current aims is to increase the quality of our digital and social ads, so a knowledge of motion graphics is important.

At times you will be required to support with project management and the multiple streams of work coming through the internal content agency, so being highly organised and good under pressure is a must.

About your key responsibilities:

• Supporting Head of Design in creation and rollout of:
• Tier 1 Campaign creative direction and assets
• Seasonal templates/creative direction
• Seasonal design asset libraries
• Digital design lead
• Email
• Digital / social ads – motion graphics/video/gif and static ads.
• Web UX/CX
• Print design lead
• POS
• Packaging
• Direct Mail
• Brochures
• Print production management – paper stock and working with print house