Tekkie town jobs

Tekkie town jobs

BECOME A TEKKIE TOWN WARRIOR

At Tekkie Town, we pride ourselves on giving you the opportunities you need to WalkYourWay by building your career with us.

As we grow and expand our 400+ stores as the largest branded footwear, apparel & accessories retail chain in Southern Africa – we want you to be able to grow and progress with us in providing our customers with the widest range in their favourite brands of lifestyle & sporting goods.

Our warriors strive to deliver to our customers our great brands at great prices with enthusiasm, dedication and positive energy.

IN-STORE OPPORTUNITIES

This is where all the action takes place and if you want to join our passionate team of in-store Champs:

– Click on our Store Locator to see which stores are closest to you.

– Drop your CV off in-store and introduce yourself to the store manager.

Do you feel that this is an environment you could succeed in? View our current vacancies or simply register your CV, so that we can let you know about any future opportunities in the many different types of careers at Tekkie Town

Job Description

An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced Graphic Designer.  The Graphic Designer role is responsible for co-ordinating studio activities and internal design projects from concept to delivery. This includes ensure that the company CI is maintained and applied, creating original artwork according to business needs across in store campaigns / digital campaigns and internal stakeholder projects.  As the senior designer in the studio, this role is also responsible for assisting and guiding the junior designers in creating and reviewing artwork as briefed.

Qualifications

Grade 12 Certificate/Matric

Bachelor’s degree / diploma in graphic design or related field

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Minimum of 7 years’ experience in a graphic design role.

Minimum of 3 years in a senior studio role (agency / in house design team)

Ability to work across various design programmes

Knowledge of printing processes

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Hands-on, self-motivated and naturally organized

Strong time-management skills and profound respect for deadlines.

Extraordinary attention to detail.

Problem solver both creatively and strategically.

Proactive, task driven and positive attitude.

Team player and happy to collaborate with a cross-functional team.

Understanding of marketing, production, corporate identity, advertisements, and multiple design.

Ability to give and receive constructive criticism.

Proficiency with required desktop publishing tools, including InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and CorelDraw.

Key Responsibilities

Ensure that design trends/ customer trends are understood and incorporated into concepts / options created

Creation of campaign elements across all necessary mediums

Represent and work with creative agencies integrating design criteria and principles for consistent brand experience

Ensure creative for brand execution and in store / digital / stakeholder execution is aligned and consistent

Design and concept creation for internal campaigns as required by business (HR / Finance / Projects)

Application and management of corporate CI into the greater Pepkor group as requested by group marketing / design requirements

Responsibility for corporate CI execution and roll out across company and group brands to ensure integrity and brand rules are met

Responsibility for supplier brand CI and execution of supplier brands within the Tekkie Town / Group

Review of junior design team’s work to ensure briefing is met and designs are compliant and relevant

Manage studio output for future reference

Administration of key campaign designs for future reference

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