Current Opportunities

Art Director/Senior Designer — Filled

Stuck in a dead–end job, where your creative talents are being stifled? So bored you could chew your arm off? Don’t let your creative juices dry up, let them run free. Show us what you’ve got!

We are on a quest to find an Art Director/Senior Designer with the chops to forge their own design footprint in this fast–growing creative agency. We want you to wow us. Make us gasp and swoon. Go on, you know you want to. We’re looking for an ideas person; someone with a slightly offbeat perspective, who is interested in redefining design and challenging the status quo. We need someone who understands the rules of design, but knows how and when to break them.

The role calls for a professional who can take the lead creatively, but as we are a smaller agency, we need someone that can work in production also. You will work directly with August clients and management and will be given the scope and freedom to make the job your own, and to push your creative talents to the max! In fact we will insist on it.

Our preference is for a designer with a strong web folio; however we have been known to make exceptions for the insanely gifted, because just like you, we know when to bend the rules.

You will be working on a range of projects including print and web, with clients ranging from SMEs to large multinationals; lots of variety here! You’ll get to work with our uber–talented team of designers, developers and communications professionals, who you can also use to expand your Facebook friends list.

Tell us about your inspirations: manga, Mark Ryden, Guitar Hero, decoupage — whatever it is, we want to know.

Your Responsibilities

• Design concepts and art direction for various projects, including identity, web and print
• Intelligently interpret and respond to internal and client briefs
• Work closely with August developers and key team members
• Keep up–to–date with emerging, relevant design trends

Skills Required

• Currently employed in similar role in a digital/design agency or large corporate
• A multimedia/design background
• Extensive digital portfolio
• Working knowledge of HTML and web standards
• Good understanding of web usability and information architecture
• Photoshop and Illustrator skills (we want you to ‘wow’ us)
• High–level of professionalism (this is a client–facing role)
• Passionate about design and the digital industry

Optional Extras (not mandatory but highly regarded)

• Well–honed negotiating and liaison skills
• SEM skills and strategies
• Experience with video production

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