Graphic Design Specialist

Job description / Role

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for creating high-quality visual content that aligns with the company's brand identity and marketing objectives, acting as a brand guardian to ensure consistent and impactful visual communication.
• Lead the design process for digital and print materials, supporting marketing campaigns, and ensuring a cohesive visual experience across all platforms.
• Act as a brand guardian, ensuring all visual materials adhere to brand guidelines and maintain brand integrity across all touchpoints, including subsidiary communications.
• Collaborate with the team to develop design strategies that support marketing objectives and brand positioning.
• Develop creative concepts and execute designs for digital campaigns, social media, web, presentations, email templates, and online advertising.
• Design print materials including brochures, flyers, banners, reports, and other collaterals.
• Design and produce all visual assets for company events, including but not limited to signage, banners, presentations, stage backdrops, promotional materials, and digital displays.
• Develop and implement visual branding elements for the office environment, including signage and internal materials.
• Create templates, visual libraries, and guidelines for presentations and documents to maintain brand consistency and ensure accessibility within the organization.
• Ensure consistency in branding and visual language across all materials.
• Manage multiple design projects from concept to delivery within set timelines.
• Collaborate with the content team to understand design requirements and deliver impactful visuals.
• Oversee photoshoots or videography shoots to ensure consistency with visual message and brand.
• Review and refine designs to meet high standards of visual quality and creativity.
• Provide art direction and feedback to junior designers or freelancers when needed.
• Manage supplier and vendor relations for the production of all branded materials including business cards, giveaways, etc., including sourcing, quoting, overseeing production, and ensuring brand guideline adherence.
• Track and manage expenditures related to design projects and vendor production, ensuring adherence to budget.
• Maintain and evolve the visual identity of the brand and design guidelines.
• Ensure all designs adhere to brand guidelines and enhance brand recognition.
• Research and recommend new design trends, technologies, and approaches to enhance the brand's visual communication.
• Stay current with design trends, techniques, and tools to continuously improve design quality and creativity and drive innovative and impactful design solutions.
• Recommend innovative ideas to enhance visual communication.
• Provide brand orientation sessions to various internal teams to drive brand awareness.
• Participate in ad-hoc marketing communications projects as needed.

Personal skills

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, or a related field.
• 2-5 years of professional graphic design experience.
• Strong portfolio showcasing both digital and print design work.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects).
• Experience in motion graphics and video editing is a plus.

Technical skills

• Strong attention to detail, creativity, and ability to think visually.
• Excellent communication and time management skills.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent command of English.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing.

About the Company

Giza Systems, a leading systems integrator in the MEA region, designs and deploys industry-specific technology solutions for asset-intensive industries such as the telecoms, utilities, oil and gas, hospitality and real estate among other market sectors. We help our clients streamline their operations and businesses through our portfolio of solutions, managed services, and consultancy practice. Our team of 1000 professionals are spread throughout the region with anchor offices in Cairo, Riyadh, Dubai, Doha, Nairobi, Dar-es-Salaam, Abuja, Kampala and New Jersey, allowing us to service an ever-increasing client base in over 40 countries.