Creative Designer - unikrn London, England
Job description
About The Role
Do you get excited by having the freedom to create innovative designs? Do you wants your visuals to be seen by thousands and thousands of gamers?
Join our creative team here at unikrn now to support our marketing, advertising and branding initiatives with your high-quality assets, used for both digital and traditional media.
In this role, you’ll get to use your creativity to develop and implement state-of-the-art design concepts. You’ll not only get to collaborate and mentor other designers in the team but will work very cross-functionally within a global marketing design team.
As part of your day to day, you’ll oversee the multi project production process, ensuring designs meet industry standards as well as legal requirements within betting and gaming regulations. You’ll present your design concepts to internal stakeholders and external partners, getting direct feedback.
Lastly, you’ll support with developing and expanding our brand guidelines, making unikrn truly stand out from our competition.
What you will be doing
Visual Asset Creation
- Create and design visual assets, including social media content, website banners, email marketing templates, display ads, and print collateral.
- Ensure all design work aligns with the company's brand guidelines and brand voice.
- Ensure all design projects meet legal and regulatory compliance requirements.
Process Improvement
- Identify areas for process improvement and work with the team to implement changes.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize tasks to meet project deadlines.
Communication and Collaboration
- Develop and deliver presentations that effectively communicate design concepts and solutions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver creative projects on time and align with business objectives.
- Work alongside and provide guidance to other designers.
Innovation and Learning
- Continuously research and explore emerging design trends and technologies to stay ahead of industry standards.
- Creatively challenge the brief and push the brand.
Marketing and Stakeholder Engagement
- Work with the marketing team to develop and execute design concepts and creative ideas that effectively communicate marketing messages. Present design concepts and ideas to senior management and key stakeholders.
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What we are looking for
- 5+ years of professional experience in graphic design, digital design, or related field
- Strong knowledge of design principles, typography, and colour theory
- Advanced skills in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects and work within a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Arts, or related field
- Strong understanding of branding and marketing principles, with a focus on visual design
- Experience in designing for digital and print mediums, including web, social media, email, and print collateral
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate design concepts and feedback to team members and stakeholders
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work under tight deadlines, effectively and efficiently
- Strong attention to detail and a keen eye for visual design aesthetics
- Experience in moodboarding and storyboarding
What makes you stand out to us
- Experience in scamping/sketching ideas
- Experience in gaming, esports or betting industry
Why Unikrn?
We are a fast-growing international company that is redefining the world of esports and gaming. We are committed to creating exceptional experiences for our customers, and we believe that design is a critical component of that mission. When joining us, you’ll get competitive compensation and benefits packages, flexible work arrangements and you’ll be part of a fun, fast-paced work environment driven by our core values:
- Maximum Effort to drive the business, build the brand and support your colleagues.
- We’re a Champion Team….not a Team of Champions
- Laser Focus
- Do What’s Right and act in a conscionable manner.
- Enjoy work and have fun
In 2021, Entain acquired unikrn to launch the company's esports practice. Unikrn is one of the world's preeminent esports betting platforms. Unikrn paved the wave in the sports betting industry by offering esports odds across 35 titles, as well as virtual esports and streamer betting. Unikrn also boasts a skill-based betting platform that allows players to wager on themselves in ranked matches in the world's most popular gaming titles.
At unikrn, your qualifications are key. Our company, brand and values do not differentiate between an individual's age, gender, race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic.
