Job Purpose:

To support the Marketing team to design Print collateral and Digital interfaces to help achieve business goals

Key Accountabilities:

Design:

• Create visual concepts and designs to convey the required message
• Develop both static and animated graphics for offline and online product promotion, ads, illustrations, logos, presentations, infographics and social media platforms
• Think creatively to recommend creative direction and content approach based on solid understanding of business objectives
• Prepare rough drafts to present design ideas

Digital Design:

• Design email templates, online ads, facebook posts, banners and other Web images to be a part of integrated digital marketing campaigns.
• Understand and incorporate digital design specifications, restrictions and best practices in the creation of digital interfaces and any artwork to be published on digital and social media channels
• Contribute to the conceptualization and creation of new digital user experiences, including webpages, emails and online ads.
• Contribute to the creation of interactive ads or animated online banners using relevant tools, i.e.: Adobe Edge Animate / HTML5
• Contribute to UX recommendations for our external digital design partners based on knowledge of usability and user-friendliness best practices, while gaining the necessary knowledge to implement similar recommendations on in-house projects.
• Stay up to date with new digital design trends, online advertising formats and UX/Design best practices



Qualifications, Experience & Skills

Expected Qualifications:
Degree in Arts, Graphic Design, Multimedia/Digital Design, or similar field

Expected Experience:
4-6 years total work experience in a graphic design role
Relevant portfolio in both print and digital projects for large companies
experience working with digital platforms including Google, Social platforms, DMP providers are digital media agencies

Job-Specific Knowledge & Skills:
- Master of Adobe Creative Suite, with a focus on Illustrator, indesign, & photoshop
- Plus: Experience with video / motion graphics tools (i.e.: Adobe premiere pro, premiere rush & After effects)
- Good knowledge of presentation software such as MS Powerpoint / Keynote
- Knowledge of basic User Interface / User Experience concepts
- Strong creative mindset
- Strong skills in typography and layout design
- Attention to detail
- Able to work under pressure, multi-task and meet tight deadlines
- End-user / audience focus
- Strong time management skills and well-organised
- Strong communication skills
- Experience with using Arabic language in design artwork (fluency in Arabic a bonus)
- Plus: Knowledge of interface mockup tools like Balsamiq, Omnigraffle or similar
- Plus: Prior knowledge of HTML5 animation tools (i.e.: Edge Animate)

- Plus: Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS knowledge is a plus
- Plus: Basic understanding of Web Content Management Systems, webpage creation tools, drag-and-drop webpage creation interfaces (i.e.: SendGrid, Unbounce, Instapage, etc…)

About Your Benefits
About GEMS
Trusted for over 55 years and now a third generation education family, GEMS Education began in a single school room in Dubai. Today, we have the privilege of educating over 190,000 students from over 176 countries through GEMS owned and managed schools globally; over 270,000 students access resources through our services division; and we will impact 20 million by 2020 students through the initiatives of our Charity partner Varkey Foundation.