Interactive Art Director & Digital Designer for LAL Language Centres

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  • London  
    London, United Kingdom
    perm, remote  
  • Company
    LAL Language Centres  
    Start date
    ASAP  
    Duration
    n/a  
    Wage
    COMPETITIVE DEPENDENT ON EXPERIENCE
  • Closing date
    17 November 2017  
    Posted on
    19 October 2017  

We are seeking a highly skilled and talented Interactive Art Director & Digital Designer, to play a key role in the launch of a new company division. You will lead the refresh of our brand and creation of all marketing and content visuals, as well as a major website project. 

Your charge is to deliver remarkable visuals across all touch-points, including a new multichannel, content driven marketing initiative. Video and interactive content are the foundation of the program. 

Reporting to the Head of Marketing, your role covers *everything* under the Art / Brand / Design umbrella, including conceptualization through to execution, for: Creation of a comprehensive brand and visual language system, multi-channel / multi-media art direction and creation of all digital assets. (Print assets handled by you or production designers). 

You will have a team to co-lead and collaborate with in support of your vision, including: a web developer, a UI designer, a cinematographer,  graphic production designers and a content marketer/social media manager. 

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Act as Art Director and Digital Designer for development of new brand design and entire visual system

• Mood-Boarding, Story-Boarding.

• Production of all assets for exhaustive array of formats across digital, motion, print, environment.

• Design and develop standard and complex digital content including static web pages, animated HTML5 content,  responsive and mobile, animated GIFs, cinemographs, banners, email graphics, social media, infographics and iconography.

• Full Execution / Production (actually produce / assemble assets 

• Manage the collaborative and review process, staging links, quality control.

• Define timelines for new projects to schedule development sprints.

• Researching and staying current with development standards for all formats and design trends. 

Person Specification:
Essential:
• University Degree or equivalent 
• Masters Degree or equivalent 

Experience, Skills, Knowledge and Abilities 
• Motion graphics ability with Adobe After Effects and/or Cinema 4D.

• Practical knowledge of brand storytelling

• Mark making , look and feel development, typography, strong layout (grid systems) and visual system work . 

• Ability to apply these across a range of touch points, including digital, environmental, and print

• Expert skills in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe Animate, CSS & HTML5.

• Intermediate/Advanced skills in Photoshop, Adobe After Effects and PowerPoint or other presentation tool.

• Working knowledge of: Adobe Animate, HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS.

• Basic understanding of Microsoft Office Suite.

• Exceptional portfolio - your work should showcase multiple comprehensive visual brand systems with style guides and a high level of design knowledge for web/digital and an up-to date aesthetic taste 

• Digital Illustration (For branding) with portfolio. (For example: Headspace, Porter airlines, Monocle)  

Personal Attributes 
• Willingness to work non-standard hours when necessary A strategic thinker, creative problem solver, able to execute vision into final deliverables. 

• Excellence-focused attitude, you are very competitive and continuously strive to the best in your field.

• Appreciation for entrepreneurship. Long-term vision, patience and strength to see projects through to delivery.

• High-performance mind-set, highly driven, able to handle high pressured environments.

• Self-motivated and able to work independently.

• Excellent time management, ability to prioritise time and resources efficiently 

• Ability to line manage, mentor and lead others. 

• Emotional Intelligence and advanced communications skills 

THIS ROLE IS LONDON BASED, BUT OPEN TO REMOTE WORKING. 

All applicants must have their own portfolio website (under their own domain), and will be asked to provide a cover letter targeted to this post. Tell us how you will bring value to our projects and why you're a good fit. Applications without a cover letter will be rejected.

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