What are the responsibilities and job description for the Junior Designer position at DEPT®?
Job Description: Junior Designer
WHO ARE WE?
The bigger picture: DEPT® is a pioneering technology and marketing services company that creates integrated end-to-end digital experiences for brands such as Google, TikTok, eBay, ASOS, Zoopla, Twitch, Patagonia and many, many more.
Our team of 4,000 digital specialists across 30 locations on five continents deliver pioneering work on a global scale with a boutique culture. We live and breathe our ‘big enough to cope, small enough to care’ ethos, providing an inclusive, supportive and an exciting place to accelerate your career.
This role is part of our Personalised Creative team. We create emotive yet conversion-focused ideas, products and campaigns at scale and speed. Our specialty is hyper-personalised, digital communications that change perceptions, shape new behaviours, and shift market share for our clients including eBay, Ancestry, Walmart, and more!
JOB PURPOSE:
As a Junior Designer, you will be creating engaging designs that start conversations between people and brands. You’ll work within a team of creatives and copywriters to deliver impactful designs that fulfil client briefs and communicate DEPT®’s standard of Design.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Understand project requirements and concepts; working on a brief from start to finish
- Produce final design solutions
- Creating marketing display banners from scratch
- Animate engaging and disruptive videos for social
- Work closely with the production team to deliver multiple campaigns at the same time
- Use feedback from your peers as well as leaders to improve standard of work
- Pitch creative ideas where relevant that enhance projects
- Liaise with the client and explain design thinking
- Research latest design trends to put into practice
- Apply industry trends and innovations to day to day work
SKILLS AND PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:
- You will have a genuine love for the medium, and in particular digital marketing
- Good eye for visual design and understanding of visual elements; layout, type and fonts
- Experience with design software including Adobe Suite (Predominantly Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects)
- Familiarity with design techniques (e.g. prototyping)
- Ability to design in small web placements
- Good typesetting & retouching skills
- Great communication skills
- Excellent team player and problem solving aptitude
- Self-driven with an inquisitive nature
WE OFFER:
- 25 days paid holiday exclusive of bank holidays
- Mental health support
- A flexible, hybrid working policy
- Possibilities to do what you do best and to develop your skills further with training, development and certifications
- Buddy Program: You will be paired with a ‘Buddy’ to help you through your first weeks’ at DEPT®
- Annual trip to the DEPT® Festival in the Netherlands: a chance to meet other people in DEPT®, see great talks from industry leaders, and have an all-expenses-paid weekend of fun!
- Global Annual DEPT® Cares Day which cadets can donate their skills to support local charities
- Other soft benefits including, refreshments provided in the office and a social calendar with weekly and monthly events on a team or agency level
DEPT® is committed to making a positive impact on the planet and since 2021 has been Climate Neutral and B Corporation certified.
DEPT® is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop, nurture and retain the most talented people from a range of diverse backgrounds, skills and perspectives. We encourage all applications irrespective of gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, nationality, marital status, and disability.
Learn more about our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts here.
