Digital Designer

Calling all creatives! EC English Language Centres we've got the perfect opportunity for a passionate, self-starting, and innovative Digital Designer with a driven attitude, who wants to be part of our small-but-mighty in-house marketing team!

Job Role:
Reporting to the Head of the Studio, the Digital Designer will be responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing all digital content. The Digital Designer will play a crucial role in ensuring our digital campaigns' smooth running and improving the performance of our desktop, mobile, and tablet websites. The ideal candidate is a skilled creative professional that thrives in a small team environment and has a passion for crafting beautiful and functional digital experiences, embracing design and creativity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Development of creative strategies aligned with sales briefs.
• Creating, overseeing, and curating the campaigns in collaboration with the other marketing team members.
• Ensure the regular updating of pages in compliance with international standards and that hyperlinks direct visitors to relevant pages to give our users the best onsite experience.
• Employ A/B testing to enhance discoveries after reviewing pages from the perspective of a wide variety of regions and cultures.
• Assist with UX, UI, and SEO procedures by working with internal departments and external agencies, ensuring that the B2C websites meet the highest standards.
• Work with the Design and Digital teams to implement strategies engaging the users and opening new data collection opportunities for direct sales through innovative website solutions.
• Work as part of the Studio team, developing innovative, inspiring concepts to support outbound marketing campaigns.
• Apply an excellent understanding of design principles, keeping up to date with current trends as well as the output of the competition.

Education Required: 

• Bachelor’s degree
• Design qualification.

Education Desired:

• Master’s degree in Design/Design Strategy
• Adobe Certified Expert
• Google Studio Certification.

Experience Required: 

• Experience in working experience with different styles and techniques of design.
• Experience in managing multiple complex projects, from conception to production, meeting the requirements of various stakeholders.
• A strong portfolio showing a wide variety of powerful online designs.
• Experience in adherence to and development of brand guidelines
• Experience in creating assertive communication through visual design.
• Understanding of on-site building processes.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to communicate with senior management directly, and collaboration with internal teams while assuming a leadership role.
• Familiarity with design platforms and software.
• Attention to detail, especially to visual aspects.
• Solid time-management skills and ability to deliver projects within agreed deadlines.
• Familiarity with monolithic solutions or headless CMSs.
• Experience with building landing pages using appropriate tools (e.g., HubSpot).
• Solid knowledge of UX, on-page SEO, and front-end management techniques.
• Ability to brief regional teams on alterations to the website's functionality.
• Excellent organization and time management skills, ability to work in a team, and problem-solving capabilities.

Experience Desired: 

• Fully conversant with the Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office
• Understanding of UX principles, research, and implementation
• Knowledge of HTML would be an advantage.
• At least five years of relevant role-related working experience.