Digital Designer

Primary Responsibilities & Accountabilities 

• You will support the creative team on a variety of art-working briefs, primarily producing web assets to support e-retail and e-com including campaign banners, social media assets, digital templates and layout of seasonal selling tools for sales and marketing.
• You will have ownership of design briefs from ideation through to completion, delivering web assets that are both on brand and adhere to UX best practices.
• You will be responsible for the adaptation and resizing of all the above across multiple territories.
• You will proactively manage and be accountable for artwork quality, accuracy and consistency.
• You will ensure that all executions are produced in a customer-focused manner, focussed on readability, usability, functionality and performance.
• You will deliver against branding, UI interaction and performance guidelines.

Organisation ‘Fit’ & Values

• You will be an ambassador for Rat & Boa, actively promoting the company both inside and outside the business.
• You are outgoing, approachable and supportive. 
• You have a proven ability to manage workloads and conflicting priorities in a busy work environment.
• You view and welcome constructive criticism as a means for development and improvement.

Background & Profile

Essential skills:

• An avid fan of all things design, someone who is constantly researching and looking for inspiration.
• Proven experience in a web design role within an e-retail space, preferably in fashion.
• Proactive in carrying out responsibilities, bringing creative and innovative ideas.
• Strong website design UI design skills.
• Ability to translate wireframes into web components.
• Proficient in Sketch, Figma or InVision studio as well as Adobe packages.
• Experience working with design systems.
• Good understanding of e-commerce UX principles. Background in UX a bonus.

Desirable skills:

• 3+ years of fashion design experience working in Digital Design

Soft skills:

• Must be able to work well both independently and as part of a collaborative team.
• Excellent communication skills, able to provide clear direction and leadership on creative concepts visually and verbally.