Senior Designer

Who We Are

Job Description

The Senior Designer fills an important role in the design team to help deliver effective design solutions that will create business advantage for our clients.

The role of the Senior Designer is to explore and conceptualize design options and solutions that maintain DIA’s creative vision.  The Senior Designer will work either independently or in conjunction with other designers to evaluate design options, develop and push to find ‘big ideas’ based on design strategy and the creative brief.

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Overall responsibility for:

·       Supporting in the translation of briefs and the development of concepts.

·       Development of creative digital design solutions to the highest design standards.

·       Contributing to the overall creative and digital development of the company and the DIA brand, to enhance its reputation with clients and in the design industry.

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Essential Duties:

Creativity and Design

•       Explore and conceptualise solutions in conjunction with Creative and Client teams

•       Explore and conceptualise design alternatives from initial route within a specified time frame to final design direction.

•       When assigned, supervise photography sessions to ensure the best photo/image is captured, by providing art direction where necessary.

•       Develop and apply a specific understanding and capability in UI/UX design strategies and activation.

•       Learn to develop a point of view on the work of others.

•       Participates in meetings and critiques; explain and substantiate existing or potential design directions.

•       Proficiency in all key creative software programs.

•       Develop an understanding of brand strategy and Digital Strategy.

•       Be able to support the wider team to develop competitive and breakthrough design strategies and plans.

•       Has developed a sense of design.

•       Plans and conducts design research.

Administration

·       Attend regular studio meetings to agree weekly objectives and work allocation.

·       Ensure all correspondence, materials, presentations, proposals, etc., seen by prospective and existing clients are error-free, of highest quality and always relevant to the client’s issues.

·       Partner effectively with all departments to ensure delivery of on-time and high-quality deliverables that address all relevant prospective clients requirements.

·       Communicate findings and recommendations in a clear and compelling manner in written, oral and presentation forms.

·       Ensure back-up and archiving of projects.

·       Share and import best practices and resources with peers within the DIA Group.

·       Interact in a positive, professional and motivating manner

People and Team

·       Seeks out opportunities for personal creative growth by working outside area of expertise.

·       Becomes a valued team player across all disciplines within a team.

Commercial Awareness

•       Adheres to hours assigned to established budgets and schedules.

•       Works efficiently and effectively.

Organisational Skills

•       Prepares for internal and external meetings

•       Maintains and organises files and project materials

•       Organises necessary resources, materials, venues, etc.

•       Efficiently backs up in an organised manner on the server

What we offer

A vibrant and flexible work environment, time off for self learning, acquiring new skills, and a generous leave policy, We exchange our best learnings and experiences over lunch and breakfast from time to time, and get external partners and speakers to train our teams on growing areas of talent and skills. We support each other and like to keep a congenial, collaborative and happy work culture.

Our teams are based in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia. We are diverse, driven and do really impactful work for some of the best and notable brands in and around APAC.