Requirements: Excellent self-management and time managementGood communication skills to accurately convey your concepts to clients and team members - this includes presentation skillsEnthusiasm for being a part of a fast-moving start-up environment and passion for designHave a keen eye for detail and strong passion for design and advertisingKey software capabilities include Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD, Illustrator, After Effects, Indesign and FigmaExcellent understanding of design principles, not limited to but including layout, colour, contrast, typography, scale, and compositionExcellent understanding of digital design and print best practicesHave a strong, well-rounded portfolio that showcases your individual design aesthetic Qualifications and Experience: Relevant Bachelors Degree or Diploma in Graphic Design4 - 6 years' work experience (must have some advertising or design agency experience) The Environment:
takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.We are short on ego and high on output.We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all.We love what we do and what we are creating.We are all accountable. We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:
is respectful but forthrightis an expert at doing, who can not only design but also executeis analytical, able to use data to make decisionsis competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hoursis passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experienceis entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and fasteris business SMART.Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input;is curious and challenge the status quois innovative and enjoys iterationis collaborativewill be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.comthinks like an owner of the businessis SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKING
