Senior Designer

**Senior Designer - Tokokauneke**
- Are you ready to ignite your creativity and leave a mark on the design landscape?
- Based in Te Awamutu
- Permanent, Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
- Free health and life insurance, generous leave provisions plus additional leave based on length of service, free car parking.
- A whanau-friendly workplace with potential of flexible work options

**About us**

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWoA) is New Zealand’s second largest tertiary institution, and we’ve been providing transformational education opportunities to New Zealanders for nearly 40 years. Our vision of **‘Whānau transformation through education’** drives our commitment to being at the forefront of tertiary education underpinned by Māori culture and values.

Ko ngā uara (our values) are woven throughout the actions we take to achieve great outcomes for our tauira (students) and kaimahi (employees):

- ** Te Aroha**:Having regard for one another and those for whom we are responsible and to whom we are accountable.
- ** Te Whakapono**:The basis of our beliefs and the confidence that what we are doing is right.
- ** Ngā Ture**:The knowledge that our actions are morally and ethically right and that we are acting in an honourable manner.
- ** Kotahitanga**:Unity amongst iwi and other ethnicities; standing as one.

**About this role**

The primary purpose of the Senior Designer is to design, develop and produce creative content, in alignment with brand guidelines, for new online learning programmes and print resources.. The role will also take a lead in designing innovative creative strategies to diverse audiences and provide training and support to the team as required on these modalities.

**Responsibilities include but not limited to**:

- Provide professional design capability in specific disciplines, including graphic design, animation and motion design.
- Contribute to the development of brand and design guidelines for multiple programmes
- Develop, interpret and executive briefs and reverse briefing sessions with creatives and multiple internal clients and be a key point of contact with management and clients.
- Produce and manage end-to-end content creation
- Identify new and innovative digital design technologies and contribute to artistic design platforms that are fit for purpose.
- Design/develop visual concepts, storylines and storyboards, sketches, infographics and narrative as creative and innovative solutions for print/online/interactive projects
- Support all production planning including budgets, timelines and delivery requirements
- Assess content and asset requirements within each project
- Create innovative visual and interactive concepts for digital learning

**About you**

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor degree in media or related field
- Diploma in Te Reo Māori Level 5
- Full NZ Drivers Licence

**Experience**:

- 6+ years’ experience in brand and design
- 6+ years’ experience in graphic design
- 3 years’ experience in Digital Learning / E-Learning
- Experience and knowledge of iQualify / Akorau
- 3 years’ experience in Ako Wānanga / Ako Whakatere

**Āhuatanga Māori**:

- Knowledgeable in Te Ao Māori (Māori World) and is seen as a leader for Āhuatanga Māori (values, culture and tikanga)
- Actively engages in cultural activities and has an excellent understanding of āhuatanga Māori (values, culture and tikanga)
- Fluent in spoken and written te reo Māori and can provide guidance and leadership in this area (TARM level 4 or equivalent qualification)
- Prepared to increase knowledge, understanding and everyday use of te reo and āhuatanga Māori and support other kaimahi in the same endeavour
- Actively applies Te Wānanga o Aotearoa values in the workplace

If this sounds like an opportunity you’d be interested in, and you have the experience we need - we'd love to hear from you.

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