The Local Project is Australia, New Zealand, and North America's fastest growing design publication, celebrating extraordinary local design to our global community. With a focus on uncovering and understanding the impact that design makes on everyday experiences, The Local Project celebrates honest and human-centred design through premium print, digital, editorial, video and social content, with over 100,000,000+ impressions per month across our owned, operated and third-party platforms.
Role Introduction...
As Senior Graphic Designer you'll work on every aspect of our creative outputs whilst helping mentor and coach the wider design team.
Some of the things you'll be working on...
- Digital content creation for web and social media: designing and managing assets for our website and social media channels including EDMs, social media content, web banners (static and animated)
- Lead and mentor an established team of talented mid level designers
- Delivering high-quality design for print collateral and our tri-annual print publications: The Local Project, The Commercial Project, The Local Marketplace
- Creating and managing documents and presentations for clients as well as internal use
- Working collaboratively with the wider design team to deliver outputs on time and to brief
Experience you'll need...
- Proven experience as a Senior Designer, ideally with a minimum of 2+ years operating at a senior level
- A motivated leadership style with a can-do attitude.
- Advanced skills across the Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator
- Intermediate knowledge of After Effects, Premiere Pro, Figma and Woodwing
- A strong portfolio of work across web, print and social media channels
- Previous experience in print publications highly regarded, as is knowledge or interest in architecture
Application process
At The Local Project we believe that skills and potential come in various forms. Don’t be discouraged if you don’t meet every single requirement in our job posting, we recognise that every candidate brings a unique set of skills, experiences and perspectives. We’re interested in potential, enthusiasm and dedication to your craft, as well as your experience, so if you believe you can make a meaningful contribution then we encourage you to apply. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people of any race, sexual orientation, gender, age or ethnicity, and those who are culturally or linguistically diverse, gender diverse, neuro-diverse or living with a disability.
