Senior Designer

  • Knewin
  • Jan 31, 2024
Full time

Job Description

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Kick-start your career in the online gaming world and experience the very latest in technology and innovation.

Do you see yourself as one of those "out-of-the-box thinkers", "Technical masterminds", "Outstanding creatives", or "Mind-boggling number crunchers"? If so, we want to welcome you to the Betway family and celebrate what makes you unique!

Our global customer base is exploding and we need your skills to support us on this exciting journey! Don't look back and submit your application before the opportunity passes you by

Please submit your portfolio with your application

The Department:

We're a multi-discipline team working across traditional brand marketing, sponsorship, PR, consumer insights and ambassadors - for the Betway brand and its portfolio of sub-brands - Sport, Casino and Esport, as well as other brands in the group. As a team, we're responsible for setting the global vision for the brand, working collaboratively across all country teams, internal departments, and agency partners to deliver long-term growth for the brands.

With customer welfare at the forefront of our strategy, we want to ensure all our customers enjoy our products in a safe and responsible gambling environment. If you want to be part of a team that's at the heart of our business, then we are the team for you.

Purpose of the role:

As a Senior Designer you will be leading the creation of brand assets and brand identities that range from digital to social and print for our portfolio of global brands. Able to think outside the box, be a problem solver, and expected to lead projects and communicate with senior stakeholders and team members. You will be the global brand guardian, providing support and creative direction where needed to the wider country teams and business stakeholders.

You will be responsible for:

  • Leading creative concepting and development for our global brand marketing projects, across all portfolio brands, sub-brands, products, features and promotions
  • Delivering new and innovative design work, as well as modifications to existing artwork as required
  • Leading design work across a variety of projects which include new brand identities, logo creation, ambassador and sponsorship campaigns, templated design solutions, toolkits and LED creative
  • Working closely with senior stakeholders in the team, and across the wider business through consistent communication
  • Being the 'go-to' brand guardian from a creative design perspective
  • Architecting, evolving and working within strict brand guidelines
  • Following principles of good design and ensure it is of the highest quality, focusing on attention to detail
  • Maintaining creative knowledge by attending design workshops and reviewing professional publications where possible taking a proactive approach to develop your knowledge and gain experience
  • Interpret stakeholder briefs, challenging where necessary, and communicate / deliver on them thereafter
  • Helping to support the leadership team in the development and delivery of key initiatives
  • Sharing knowledge and being open to learn from others, be they senior or junior to you

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities. The job holder may be required to complete any other reasonable duties in order to achieve business objectives.

You will have (Essential skills):

  • Lead on complex design projects
  • Experience in creating new brand identities which work across all online and offline consumer channels and formats
  • Experience in having oversight and providing guidance to other designers
  • Agency Experience
  • Excellent Typography/Layout skills
  • Experience creating HTML5 assets POD and leveraging bannerflow
  • Experience in presenting and engaging with senior stakeholders
  • The ability to work with remote teams
  • The ability to provide time estimations on jobs, and management of your own time and projects
  • Experience in brand photography - from conceptualising, setting the photography style, understanding of composition and lighting, as well as post-production process of retouching and layering for customisation
  • Champion the voice of the customer through all work and understand the audiences you work with.
  • Knowledgeable and comfortable working with brand guidelines, as well as creating them
  • Good knowledge of design processes and tools, for example, understanding and interpreting briefs, workflow tools like Workfront and digital asset management tools such as Brandfolder
  • Processes include, but are not limited to conceptualising, brainstorming, presenting your ideas etc.
  • Possess strong design and conceptual skills, as well as creatively being able to collaborate with others including brainstorming sessions.
  • A good working knowledge of responsive design and mobile first practices
  • Highly skilled and experienced in using the full Adobe Creative Cloud suite and other creative software
  • After Effects- Commercial experience in Motion Graphics.
  • Demonstrate consistent behaviour with the organisational culture
  • All behavioural competencies are also essential

It would be a bonus if you also had (Desirable skills):

  • A keen interest in online gaming
  • A keen interest in sports
  • A keen interest in keeping up to date with design trends

Behavioural Competencies:

Our culture is underpinned by core values that are linked to key behavioural competencies. Along with the below behavioural competencies, these are essential for all employees in order for you to embed in and drive our culture forward. These competencies are Adaptability, Ownership & Accountability, Initiating Action, Resilience, Customer Orientation, Integrity and Innovation

  • Be receptive to constructive feedback.
  • Able to manage stakeholder expectations
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Self-motivated and able to use your initiative
  • Highly organised with the ability to prioritise
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Good presentation skills
  • Must be able to work to tight deadlines in a high-pressure environment
  • Able to adapt and pick up new techniques
  • Able to work alone or within a team
  • Able to challenge the status quo

Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, please assume your application has not been successful.