Multimedia Designer Job in Durban, Glenwood Jan/Feb 2024

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Multimedia Designer Job in Durban, Glenwood Jan/Feb 2024

UKZN Extended Learning – Multimedia Designer Job in Durban, Glenwood Jan/Feb 2024

Remuneration: Cost to company
Location: Durban, Glenwood
Education level: Degree
Job level: Mid
Own transport required: Yes
Travel requirement: Occasional
Job policy: Employment Equity position
Type: 2 years

 

Job description

To produce high-quality creative digital marketing material for use in electronic and online platforms and to format and anchor the online learner management system (LMS) content channels and system:

  • Updating and maintenance of UKZN extended learning (UEL) website, multimedia online courses and system parameters
  • Website administration (i.e. weekly updates, banners, adverts, latest products, competitions)
  • Creation and loading of monthly documentation
  • Ensuring all pages are search engine optimised (SEO)
  • Create links/banners to and from UEL website
  • Support and drive design changes on UEL website
  • Layout and design of monthly electronic newsletter, advertisements, online forms, questionnaires, flyers, etc.
  • Investigate, recommend and support e-learning platforms
  • Create a database segmenting customers by demographics, location, industry
  • Analysis of sales/marketing information, with recommendations to the management team
  • Monthly reports (table and graphical) – website usage using Google Analytics, customer segments using Softline ACCPAC, Softline Sage CRM + MailChimp and Business Intelligence tools
  • Provide technical support in direct media campaigns such as electronic newsletters, mail merges, mass emails, mass SMSs, etc.
  • Meet deadlines for submission of inputs to digital/online publications
  • Conversion of file formats from one form to another for reading, sharing, publishing
  • Provide technical support for social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter
  • Work as part of a customer-centric environment
  • Photography and video for online learning experience
  • Rudimentary animation skills for video
  • Streamlining workflow with technological solutions
  • Troubleshooting across media and ability to suggest technology solutions for problems faced by the company
  • Special projects/ad-hoc duties that may arise from time to time

Event management:

  • Setup of sound, projector and corporate video
  • Photography
  • Videography (event snippets)

 

Company Description

UKZN Extended Learning is committed to enrichment through lifelong learning, by providing high quality credit and non-credit bearing short courses and academic programmes in collaboration with schools and colleges of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
We are looking for a creative, passionate and innovative individual with the relevant qualifications and work experience, to join our Marketing team as a Multimedia Designer.

Requirements

  • Adobe Creative Suite experience and qualification (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Premier Pro, After Effects)
  • Degree in communication/marketing/digital arts or multimedia or related qualification
  • Three+ years of experience in digital media and graphic design and related new media
  • Solid understanding and track record of banner advertising and digital media placements with tracking

 

Advantageous

  • Previous work experience at a higher educational institution or commercial service sector environment
  • UX and UI design experience

 

Personal Skills/Attributes

  • Team player with excellent relationship building skills
  • Excellent project management skills, highly organised with the ability to multitask effectively
  • Excellent art-work capabilities
  • Copywriting and copy-editing skills and experience
  • Management and coordination of all parties involved with a project
  • Ability to translate a creative brief
  • High degree of literacy coupled with accuracy skills
  • Proficiency in all current major graphic design applications, specifically Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Premier Pro, After Effects, InDesign, and Acrobat
  • Creative flair with a high level of technical ability
  • Retouching of images/colour correction
  • Layout and typography
  • Knowledge of print production
  • Recording maintenance
  • Proofreading ability
  • Excellent communication skills
  • PC literate in all MS applications
  • Outstanding English writing skills
  • Ability to use initiative and to work unsupervised
  • Problem-solving abilities
  • Experience of HTML, XML, CSS and Web Standards a big advantage
  • Mobile application design skills and experience
  • Web development skills and experience
  • Content management platforms design and development (e.g. WordPress)
  • Onsite/offsite search engine optimisation (SEO) knowledge and implementation/management/tracking experience an advantage
  • Valid drivers licence

 
Contact details
Hassina Cassim
UKZN Extended Learning
+27 31 260 1234
cassimh1@ukzn.ac.za