Job Description

The Faircape Group constitutes a group of companies with interests in a number of activities including Inpower (Solar, Backup Power, Generators, Power Management), CCTV Technologies, Healthcare, Retirement Holdings, Telecommunications, and an ISP, Utility Management and infrastructure installation, Property Management, and related activities.

We are looking for a result-driven UI Designer to join our marketing team.

The successful incumbent will manage the various websites within the Faircape Group. You will be working across a diverse range of business units. The successful applicant will be responsible for visually appealing, intuitive, and functional interfaces that meet the needs for our diverse brands.

The ideal candidate should have an eye for clean and artful web design and will be able to translate high-level requirements into interaction flows and artefacts. They will be able to transform them into intuitive and functional designs.

Specific duties include, but are not limited to:

• Maintaining the appearance of websites by enforcing content standards.
• Managing and updating the Chatbots on the various websites.
• Designing visual imagery for websites and ensuring that they are in line with branding for clients.
• Digital retouching and image editing
• Communicating design ideas using user flows, process flows, site maps, and wireframes.
• Incorporating functionalities and features into websites.
• Designing sample pages including colours and fonts.
• Designing the arrangement of elements on a screen to optimise user experience, readability, and usability.
• Selecting and styling fonts to enhance readability and convey the intended tone and message of the interface.
• Designing interactive elements such as buttons, forms, and navigation menus to ensure a seamless and intuitive user experience.
• Developing wireframes and interactive prototypes to demonstrate the flow and functionality of the interface.
• Conducting or participating in usability testing to gather feedback and make improvements to the design based on user insights.
• Preparing design plans and presenting the website structure.
• Review and update the content and images on the website. Ensure that it's accurate, up-to-date, and aligned with your current messaging and branding.
• Analyse brand positioning and consumer insights
• Research and analyse target market, industry trends and competitors activities
• Research and identify various creative opportunities that can be implemented to our websites, and communicating your findings with the marketing manager
• Keeping up to date with recent technological and software developments
• Working with the marketing production team to ensure the websites are up to date

Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant field i.e. Degree in Graphic Design or Web Design

Experience and Knowledge:

• Experience with design tools, knowledge of Wordpress, Plugins and Adobe programmes, e.g. InDesign, Illustrator and Photosop
• Experience conducting user research, usability testing, and incorporating feedback into design iterations.
• Understanding of front-end development technologies (HTML, CSS, and basic knowledge of JavaScript) to collaborate effectively with developers.
• Experience in marketing with various industries will be a distinct advantage
• Extensive digital marketing experience (Social Media, Google Ads, running digital campaigns).
• Solid understanding of SEO development principles and best practices
• Excellent understanding of Responsive UX / UI Design
• Strong understanding of design principles, including layout, color theory, typography, and visual hierarchy.
• Ability to create user flows, wireframes, and interactive prototypes. Understanding of interaction design principles to enhance the user experience.
• Experience with the following frameworks would be advantageous: ReactJS / VueJS, GatsbyJS, Bootstrap / Tailwind CSS
• Good understanding of development principles such as MVC, OOP
• Experience integrating with 3rd party APIs
• Comfortable using Command-Line interface (CLI) and various tools and processors such as, NPM, Git, Sass, Composer, Webpack / Gulp

Skills & Attributes:

• Visual Design Skills
• Front-End Development Skills
• Discipline - with regard to task completion and accuracy of data
• Organised, with an eye for detail - be able to prioritise a varied workload
• Ability to professionally present information (verbal/written) to top management
• Project Management Skills
• Deadline and result driven
• Proven organisational skills
• Excellent computer skills
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, high demand, high-turnaround environment
• Be a team player with excellent interpersonal skills

Specific Requirements:

• Clear health record
• Clear criminal record
• Clear credit record
• Contactable references

We offer Barista produced coffee available all day to all our staff at Claremont.

Normal working hours are Mondays to Fridays from 08h00 until 17h00 with a 45 minute lunch break. The company allows employees, by approval of the direct manager, to work flexi-time between 07h00 and 18h00.

With centrally located and modern offices just across from Cavendish in Claremont.

Salary on offer is from R30,000.00 Cost To Company per month. The amount offered will be dependent on qualifications, experience and other market related factors.

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