Mid-Weight Designer, Social London, England
Hypebeast
Full Time
London, England
29559 - 53436 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Hypebeast Ltd. started from a sneaker website founded by Kevin Ma in 2005 to a publicly listed media company in 2016. With a total reach of over 44.6M users across all platforms, The media group boasts a global readership across Asia Pacific, North America, Europe and more, with the flagship platform available in five languages. The group has expanded its publishing brands to a wider scope in recent years, encompassing Hypebeast and its multiple content distribution platforms, HBX, our e-commerce and retail platform, and Hypemaker, our global agency.
Hypebeast Ltd. has been featured in Forbes’ “Asia’s 200 Best Under A Billion” in 2020.
HYPEBEAST is looking for a highly creative, skilled and agile Mid-Weight Designer. The fast-paced nature of HYPEBEAST is amplified by the faster-paced nature of social media and requires applicants who can operate swiftly within our space, and both understand and dictate movements within culture and social media. The Social Media Designer will serve as an integral part of our growing Social team and help further the growth, reach and cultural impact of HYPEBEAST.
Responsibilities:
- Assist the development and execution of HYPEBEAST’s social media design needs with a clear focus on - and understanding of - different social media platforms, their unique audiences and creative requirements
- Create, develop and edit premium platform-specific content with a focus on innovative, compelling storytelling to drive growth, community engagement and traffic to .com.
- Collaborate closely with social media teammates to realise their design ideas
- Work with other internal design and creative teams to contribute to concepts, briefs and branded-partnership projects
- Analyse social media design trends and anticipate opportunities (e.g. adopting new platform features early, TikTok trends etc.)
- Work across multiple projects at the same time and be able to produce high standards of finished work in a timely manner.
- Working with Creative Director, be a key stakeholder in social media creative, challenging the status quo and striving to drive improvement of social.
Requirements:
- 2-4 years of experience working in a design-related field, preferably with a social media focus (agency, brand or freelance).
- Exceptional portfolio of digital designs.
- Strong understanding of typography, colour and layout; and of how photo, video and graphics can be used to tell stories
- Strong sense of initiative, a collaborative spirit and an ability to work independently.
- Know how to develop visual direction and concepts for advertising campaigns.
- Strong Experience with design applications e.g. Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effectst), Figma and Keynote.
- Experience in motion graphics development preferred.
- A passion for innovation and discovering the latest digital trends and technologies.
- Must speak meme.
If you think you’ve got what it takes, please provide your portfolio, cover letter, CV and expected salary.
This position is based and located in London. Candidate must be eligible to work in UK.
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Hypebeast
www.hypebeast.ltd
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Kevin Ma
Unknown / Non-Applicable
201 to 500 Employees
Company - Public
Publishing
2005
