Senior Digital |amp| Graphic Designer

Description:
Aje was created in 2008 to translate the effortless Australian lifestyle into fashion.

Designed for an elegance grounded in ease, our garments empower our customers to feel relaxed, assured and beautiful.

Our company strives to invite freedom of self-expression in each architectural store environment, bringing our customers a confidence and beauty that elevates their every day to an occasion.

Join icon fashion house Aje as a Senior Digital & Graphic Designer at our Aje Head Office in Surry Hills.

This role will be a 12-month cover.

About this opportunity:
Ecommerce Design

Together with the Head of eCommerce, eCommerce Manager and Head of Brand Visuals, maintain an elevated and innovative online presence through exceptional design for optimised UX
Translate communication concepts and seasonal campaigns to engaging and optimized solutions for Aje ecommerce, working across all touchpoints of the ecommerce and digital marketing journey, to help ensure a high engagement across ajeworld.com
Design elevated and effective site experiences, driving innovation with an editorial approach
Work with the Ecommerce Manager to effectively communicate/brief functionality and strategy to external development agency for ecommerce requirements

Digital Marketing

Contribute to the development of our design system and style guide and advocate a consistent use of design standards across all digital marketing touchpoints
Collaborate with the CRM and email team on EDM concept and designs that drive CTR
Create content and layouts for social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram
Remain commercially focused, with a curiosity to understand the performance behind the images

Video/ Motion Asset

Create motion image design content for social media creative and ecommerce, including compelling clips from editorial video to use as social ads and homepage updates
Create gifs, motion text and motion graphic content

Marketing Collateral & Graphics - Press & Wholesale

Assist the PR team with the design of press releases and press packs for send outs
Execute graphic design for invitations to PR events, trunk shows, fashion week presentations, marketing initiatives, in store events and wholesale marketing initiatives

Marketing Collateral & Graphics - Retail

Create and execute store marketing materials, primarily for promotion, POS, direct mail (if applicable), and packaging, ensuring consistency across all channels for 360 degree marketing; complementing digital design
Create compelling visual graphics/concepts in the context of a physical retail environment understanding best practice execution for store signage

Marketing Collateral & Graphics - Internal

Creation of internal digital and printed documentation (i.e. Brand Guidelines, Ways of Working, Brand Emergence, Brand Credentials, Aje Aware, Seasonal Briefing, Wardrobe, text and image updates where relevant).

You will bring:
Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in a similar role, preferably for premium fashion or lifestyle brands
Strong knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, FinalCut/Premiere.
Experience in motion image design and the creation of (moving image) social media creative content
Eye for detail and strong visual understanding of brand DNA
Ability to organise and prioritize workload to meet several deadlines at the same time
Exceptional stakeholder management skills
A track record of delivering results against marketing, communication and digital expectations

What do we offer?

Generous salary packaging
It is hard not to embrace the Aje style with generous employee discounts, staff wardrobes, pre-order programs, clothing allowances and regular sample sales
Your growth is our growth, training and development programs are recommended and encouraged!
Career progression
Celebrate milestones such as, Birthdays with Aje leave benefits
Access to our comprehensive Employee Assistance Program designed to support your wellbeing
No key achievement and success goes unnoticed
Referral incentives