Employee Experience Creative Designer and Communications Associate at Britam

Job Purpose:

• The Employee Experience Creative Designer and Communications Associate is responsible for creating and managing visual and written communications for employee engagement, culture transformation, and HR-led people initiatives. 
• This role requires a strong creative with an excellent understanding of graphic design principles, typography, and video editing, as well as the ability to develop concepts and ideas for telling great stories and communication.
• The ideal candidate will be a creative thinker with a passion for communicating stories and ideas in a visually appealing and engaging way using various channels and media.

Key responsibilities:
Creative Design:

• Own the creative process, including ideation, design, production, and distribution of creative projects for employee communication, culture transformation, and HR-led people initiatives.
• Study design HR briefs and determine requirements for appropriate outputs.
• Design artworks for social and digital media for HR projects and employee-related initiatives and campaigns.
• Shoot, edit, and modify videos, including inserting closed captioning, graphics, or other on-screen text as required for employee content projects.
• Develop strategic creative direction for graphic and visual campaigns for Employee initiatives and culture transformation.
• Provide art direction for graphic design, videography, and photoshoot projects to teams working on employee-related projects and initiatives on the People agenda.
• Create and design various materials for print and digital collateral with a wide range of media.
• Prioritize and manage multiple projects within design specifications and budget restrictions.

Communications:

• Develop content to strengthen our employer brand to champion staff engagement forums that amplify inspiring employee stories and experiences to drive improved internal branding and our talent brand externally as part of Life@Britam.
• Produce high employee communications including a variety of internal communications including announcements, advertisements, e-shots and campaign briefs, and collateral for people agenda initiatives to be delivered across a variety of communications channels.
• Write and edit a variety of internal communications, including announcements, social media posts, and employee newsletters.
• Develop and implement content marketing strategies to promote employee engagement and culture transformation initiatives.
• Manage social media accounts and create engaging content for employees.
• Work with the communications team to develop and implement internal communication plans.

Knowledge, experience and qualifications required

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in graphic design, communications, or a related field.
• 2-4 years of experience in creative and design work in graphic design and communications.
• Strong portfolio of work demonstrating skills in graphic design, typography, and video editing/ creative projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and also as part of a team.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• A keen eye for aesthetics and details.
• Knowledge of layouts, graphic fundamentals, typography, print, and the web.
• Knowledge of market-standard Graphic Design and Video Editing including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, InDesign, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Premiere pro, and other graphic design software.
• Versatility and agility with the ability to manage and deliver print, digital, photography, and video projects.
• Knowledge in designing for different media including print, digital, and video.
• Passion for design and keeping abreast with the latest trends in this area.

Leadership category responsibility framework (Core Competencies):
Individual Leaders in Britam need to:

• Keep up to date with the directions, vision and objectives of the department in order to align own expertise, advice and outputs.
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders in the business in order to achieve business objectives.
• Increase and aid in well-informed decisions through the delivery of expertise.
• Have a clear understanding of requirements and areas of specialisation through effective networking.
• Stay informed in area of expertise through the relevant research, literary review, seminars, publications as well as other relevant resources of information.
• Disseminate and analyse relevant information in order to inform and advise the business in terms of the best possible recommendations and decisions.
• Adherence to key performance areas, deadlines and goals in order to optimise operational effectiveness.
• Effectively communicate resource needs, possible opportunities and achievements to management.
• Effectively monitor priorities and objectives.
• Understand own objectives in relation to the larger organisational impact.
• Effectively disseminate knowledge within the correct context, towards management.
• Appropriately act out the company values.
• Access accurate and consistent information and services across all channels.
• Ensure a seamless experience for clients.
• Improve service delivery for clients.
• Engage in continuous brand building to become the trusted partners to clients.

Key Performance Measures:

• As described in your Personal Score Card.