BlackStar Communications Graduate Opportunity 2017

BlackStar Communications is offering an internship to a dynamic, young, creative junior graphic designer who has graduated from university or college.

We’re looking for passion, creativity, heart, and hunger. We want risk takers, rule breakers, and people who love what they do.

We want a designer with a passion for research, colours, and an eye for what appeals to clients. This is an opportunity to use a variety of different design skills working across a number of disciplines including writing and designing proposalsand strategic blueprints, web, and multimedia.

It is a varied and diverse role and we are looking for someone who enjoys the challenge of working in fast paced, team orientated environment.

It’s an excellent opportunity to join a small but growing company and would ideally suit a highly motivated and creative individual who is confident in their ability to deliver solutions to a design brief.

You must be able to work directly with other team members by assisting, designing, and producing design work (specs, comps, layouts and final realisation of projects) from full concept design, to preparing artwork, and brainstorming, and seeing projects through to completion and completing any other task that has been delegated to you by your seniors.

So are you a first-class design graduate with your sights set firmly at the top?

Do you have a solid foundation in design principles and strong typographic and graphic skills; both on and off-line?

Then this is your opportunity to develop your existing skills and make your mark.

Requirements

• Excellent typography and graphic design skills across different disciplines and formats, including digital
• Competent in Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign and Microsoft Office on a Mac platform
• Familiar with HTML/CSS (If not, it’s not a biggy. Skills can be taught but you cant teach someone to have the right attitude)
• Meet and set deadlines
• Research skills

Personal Skills/Attributes

• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong conceptual ability
• Must be enthusiastic, versatile, and willing to bring inspiration to a growing business
• Team player with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Highly organised and detail-oriented multitasker

Location: Johannesburg, Fourways
Job level: Junior
Job policy: Employment Equity position<
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Send your cover letter and CV to Kgomotso: [email protected].

Due to the nature of this position, no candidate will be considered without a diverse portfolio submission.

Candidates identified to continue in the process will be asked to complete a design task in addition to a formal interview.