Location
Swansea | United Kingdom
Job description
The Role
NOTE: Please be sure to include a link to your portfolio if you wish for your application to be considered.
We’re looking for a designer who is passionate about gaming, content creation and everything in-between to join our rapidly growing team. You’ll be working with our wider creative team to produce thumb-stopping thumbnails, stream assets, transitions and other visual assets that our clients may need. We’re looking for someone with the design fundamentals to nail the basics, but with the creative flame to innovate and come up with concepts, ideas and an end product that makes jaws drop.
Daily Responsibilities
Your day to day responsibilities will include working with the wider creative team to collaborate on projects and tasks, taking initiative to continually improve our standard of work and provide our clients with a best in market result. Your responsibilities could include:
- Creating and collaborating on eye catching thumbnails, social media and livestream assets for our clients.
- Designing and creating reusable assets for the wider team to utilise.
- Conceptualising and designing advertising collateral for our clients.
- Assisting the wider team in the ideation process of projects.
- Designing pitch decks, and other internal/external documentation.
As part of our core team, you’ll be working independently or as a part of a small team. The ideal candidate is expected to:
- Take pride and ownership of your work and the content you’re producing.
- Work closely with the rest of the team, seeking feedback where required. We’re looking for a person that has strong communication skills and isn’t afraid to ask for help or voice their opinion when needed.
- Independently, and as a team provide accurate time estimates for projects and tasks.
- Be able to materialise complex thoughts into deliverables.
- Contribute to briefs and specification documents for the wider team to work from.
- From time to time, be able to work under pressure, and with tight deadlines.
Requirements
- A degree, relevant qualification, or industry experience in Graphic Design, Illustration, Motion Design, Visual Design or any other related or relevant fields.
- Have in-depth experience and knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite and Figma, or similar tools such as Adobe XD or Sketch.
- Have existent knowledge and understanding of gaming, gaming-related content, and the YouTube/Twitch/Facebook Gaming ecosystem. Bonus points if you’re an avid, or casual gamer!
- Exceptional organisational skills, able to set priorities, maintain overview and perspective, while contributing to multiple projects simultaneously.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Adobe Premiere, or After Effects
- Experience with Blender or similar 3D programs.
- Illustration & digital drawing/sketching.
- Experience managing a team of people.
- Experience with web and application design.
About Us
Zygo is the leading content production and management agency in the gaming and content creator space. We work with some of the biggest names across YouTube, Twitch and Facebook, supporting them and their content across all platforms. We have a very client-focused approach to everything we do, whilst maintaining a very relaxed and rewarding working environment, rewarding creativity and innovative thinking.
Working with us has its perks, literally. Joining our team means you can take advantage of:
- Work-from-home days
- Personalised work space (You get to choose your own equipment!)
- Discounts and exclusive promotions from many high street retailers
- Free drinks, the occasional team lunch and lots of tea & coffee!
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Salary
£22k - £26k per annum
