Graphic Designer - City of Cape Town, Western Cape

Job summary

We are looking for a full-time, multi-faceted Graphic Designer with native Arabic skills, based in Cape Town, to help us deliver creative campaigns for global sporting brands and federations.

Responsibilities

• telling stories by creating engaging graphical content primarily for Arabic audiences, such as illustrations, infographics, presentations, videos and animations and multimedia design
• managing graphic design projects (largely digital) from conception to delivery,
• utilising your skillset across multiple design disciplines within those projects, including but not limited to video and image editing, animation/motion design, post–production and illustration,
• delivering those projects across various output formats and surfaces, from product and promotional assets to social media posts (and everything in between), to defined deadlines,
• closely collaborating with our Production Manager, assisting with the liaising with clients and business partners across various countries in the Middle East, taking the lead on all language-specific tasks,
• being part of a team of designers focused on ensuring quality and brand consistency standards are always met.

Qualifications And Skills

• be a native-level speaker in both Arabic and English (other European languages are a plus),
• have at least 3 years of relevant work experience, with a notable element within the sports industry (ideally soccer),
• have a native proficiency of the various design-relevant tools within the Adobe creative suite,
• have an eye-catching portfolio with design projects that showcase the variety of your skills and experience,
• possess a proven track record of social media campaigns within that, ideally with a sports audience in mind,
• are a proven storyteller, able to combine engaging narratives with striking visual assets,
• can work autonomously, can execute ideas quickly and have no issues to plan your time around deadlines,
• are a team-player and always open to feedback from colleagues,
• possess, in best case, an understanding of responsive grids and the implementation of your designs (e.g. through HTML and CSS).

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