Multimedia Designer

We need your eye for detail, your artistic vision, your digital savvy and we need it now. You'll be working with a fun, dynamic team, pitting your artistic skills against the best in the biz, creating and evolving within the cutting-edge world of digital pay-tv.

Does this sound like an opportunity you may be interested in?

As a prospective candidate, you may need a dose of context when considering your application. There are a number of factors that may influence you and your work and these need to be taken in to account for strategic purposes. These factors all contribute to the dynamism of our industry; it's all part of the fun:

Web & application environment

Interactive & enhanced television environment

DVB digital broadcasting environment

Rapid organisational change

Rapid technological change

Creative technological environment

DStv subscribers

Client services orientation

Solutions driven

As the go-to person for all things visual, you'll be tasked with bringing your visions to a number of external and internal individuals and groups. These are the folks relying on your expertise, and they include:

Content suppliers and corporate clients, where appropriate

As a Multimedia Designer, we need your craft and cunning to help make us look good. You'll be called upon to sculpt and create a myriad of online products, services and programmes, so that in terms of visuals and aesthetics, they match the mission and strategy that makes us the great organisation we are. We'll need your artist's eye to help:

Interpret briefs, conceptualise graphic and layout solutions

Design user interfaces and online media for web, mobile and smart devices

Cut up and build rich media interfaces

Liaise with product owners, clients, imagery companies, agencies, production, facility and repro houses

Execute last minute demands

Meet deadlines & briefs

Work with team members to achieve collective goals; seek collaboration and understand the viewpoints and perceptions of others in the group; be sensitive to team dynamics and build trust and confidence in others

Share knowledge and contribute towards continuous improvement

What Do You Know?

If you've gotten this far, you may be visibly shaking with anticipation and delight at the mere thought of joining our awesome team. We're excited too, make no mistake.

But before we continue, we need to make sure you have the knowledge, skill and paperwork, too. It's a time-wasting procedure, we know, but it's a necessary evil, and the very reason why we've been able to maintain our world-class team of professionals.

Do you have proficient knowledge in any or all of the following skill-sets?:

Knowledge

Fundamental understanding of good design principles

Understanding of multi platform layouts and standards

Experience in designing and constructing website, application and mobile site interfaces

HTML & CSS knowledge and experience

Responsive and adaptive markup techniques

Understanding of usabiity and interaction design concepts

Brand development, including imagery and logo design

Multimedia presentation knowledge

Knowledge of hardware e.g. Mac, PC based platorms, etc.

Knowledge of software packages e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, etc.

Understanding of file formats, file transfer and optimisation

Competent in site management and organisation

Skills

Intuitive design

Interface mark-up skills (CSS,HTML)

Prioritising and planning/organising

Communication (verbal - written)

Will You Fit In?

So you've ticked all the boxes and are schooled in all aspects of digital design. That's excellent news and we're now one step closer to welcoming you aboard. Just one more hurdle.

We've refined our team as a family of fun-loving, hard-working professional people, and although we want you bad, we need to make sure you're going to fit in with said team.

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