Digital Graphic Designer

takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Digital Graphic Designer to join our Retail Media team in Cape Town.

• →Supporting the Retail Media team with digital design executions for all retail media solutions including CRM (mailers, animated graphics for in-app and pop-up banners, display banners, video, and more.
• →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.
• →Participating in idea sessions to share new design perspectives and ideas.
• →Adding effects/elements to enhance motion graphics.
• →Creation of Retail Media Go-to-market materials (Pitchdecks, Flyers, Social posts etc)
• →Working collaboratively with the design team, Retail Media team, broader Marketing team & on occasion 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.
• →Improving design & retail media collaboration through process documentation and prioritization.

• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Graphic Design.
• 3 - 5 years’ experience in Graphic Design.
• Excellent self-management and communication skills.
• Motion effects/ After Effects or any other animation/video and motion program knowledge advantageous.
• Understanding of HTML 5 skills.
• Experience building, editing, and managing modular templates within CMS systems (eg Braze, Salesforce, MailChimp and Stripo etc).
• Great Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator skills.
• 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.

• Excellent self-management and communication skills.
• Motion effects/ After Effects or any other animation/video program knowledge advantageous.
• Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite, notably Photoshop, Illustrator.
• Basic knowledge of HTML 5.
• 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 is advantageous