Old Mutual Jobs in Cape Town – Graphic Designer

Job Description:

We are looking for a driven and creative Learning Experience Designer with possession of creative flair, versatility, conceptual/visual ability, and originality to develop innovative, pedagogically strong learning solutions that meet our business and people’s needs. You will own the overall creative vision for a range of digital learning projects. Graphics must capture the attention of viewers and convey a clear message.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide input into internal processes and digital methodology to aid continuous improvement
• Strong eye for typography, colour, composition, balance and hierarchy.
• Accountable for delivering visual design concepts and solutions to meet the needs of the business and its intended audience, in varying degrees of fidelity and detail.
• Maintain project documentation, course folders and workflow using relevant internal tools
• Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Collaborate with business Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to identify a business problem and obtain course content.
• Developing solutions for various content types, including but not limited to podcasts, interactive videos, microlearning, reinforcement learning, animations, infographics, rich media articles, guides, and gamification.
• Creating detailed design documentation, including storyboards and scripts.
• Perform internal quality assurance and support peer review
• Setting the standard for instructional writing to ensure that is creative, concise and persuasive.
• Highly conceptual thinking in both visual and interaction design.
• Contribute to or lead design | brainstorming | idea generation sessions to craft appropriate learning solutions
• Coach and | or mentor within your domain when required
• Identify and apply current trends and best practices for the web and mobile world and understanding of technology used in designing interactively.
• Outlining and developing interactive scenarios and case studies.
• Demonstrable graphic and UX design skills with a strong portfolio and a case study provided by recruiter.

Job Requirements:

• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills
• Up to date with industry-leading software and technologies (Adobe Creative Suite / InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, etc.)
• Ability to adapt to ad hoc requests, and scope changes and remain productive in response to a fluctuating and dynamic work environment.
• Excellent attention to detail
• A willingness to learn and a focus on continuous improvement
• Able to create high quality digital or blended learning course frameworks and storyboards
• Able to work in a highly pressurised and deadline-driven environment
• A minimum of 4 years of relevant working experience within e-learning, media, training or an L&D related role.
• Experience working in a virtual environment with national audiences and learners.
• Good work ethic and time management skills.
• A qualification in Instructional Design, Educational Technology, UX, ETDP, Technology, Learning Design QA or a related field
• A passion for process and standards with a focus on continuous improvement
• Strong lateral thinking skills and problem-solving abilities
• Experience in working with remote teams.
• A passion for storytelling

Job Details:

Company: Old Mutual

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, SA

Application Deadline: N/A