Creative Design Specialist

Company Description

The Warehouse Group looks after some of Aotearoa’s most famous and beloved retail brands, including The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery and Noel Leeming. They stay famous and beloved because we’re always working to deliver relevant and exciting customer experiences to New Zealanders. We have recently embraced a brand-led model, ensuring we remain laser-focused on our customers and markets specific to them. Retail is more competitive than ever, and we need to bring our A game.

Market Media, is The Warehouse Group’s Retail Media Network. Our platform bridges the gap between brands and consumers, enhancing engagements both online and in-store, providing the smartest, most effective ways to reach Kiwi shoppers for our clients and partners.

We’ve grown at an incredible rate in a short 3 years - with strong backing, even greater things are in play and we have a new brilliant opportunity for a real self-starter, Creative Design Specialist to join our passionate, retail obsessive and energetic team

Job Description

As Market Media’s Creative Design Specialist you’ll be an essential cog in getting our campaigns to market, our communications looking sharp and keeping our brand accurate and as it should be

Reporting to the Head of Strategy & Marketing, you’ll be a team player, but able to work independently and bring your own design chops to our work. We expect you to bring thinking and ideas vs just being a paint by numbers kinda person

You’ll love great design and understand how design and function intersect to create effectiveness and impact and how it can drive not only our business, but our clients business forward.

Qualifications

We are looking for individuals who take personal responsibility, initiative, and ownership for the work they deliver and have a thirst to learn. You’ll be working with our clients and teams to create vibrant, on-brand campaign assets to execute best in class, modern marketing. In your toolkit you will possess:

- Strong understanding of design principles, including typography, colour theory, layout, and composition.
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects), Figma.
- Proficiency in creating animations and motion graphics using tools like Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, or similar.
- Ability to create engaging animated content, such as banners, GIFs, and short videos.
- Strong attention to detail, ensuring that all designs are pixel-perfect and consistent with brand guidelines.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, meeting deadlines while maintaining high-quality standards.
- Excellent communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including developers, marketers, and content creators.
- Ability to interpret briefs and translate them into compelling visual designs.
- Expertise in designing visually appealing presentations using tools like PowerPoint or Keynote, enhancing internal and client-facing communications.

Additional Information

Working with The Warehouse Group | Tā mātou tāpaetanga

At TWG, we believe in giving people the opportunity to grow, develop and realise their career ambitions.

When you join us, we offer a range of benefits that work for you, your lifestyle and your career which include:

- Discounts across our brands
- Paid birthday day off for permanent team members
- Free parking at our Northshore support office
- We value collaboration & flexibility - embracing hybrid working - up to 2 days working from home per week
- Onsite gym and café at our Northcote support office
- 26 weeks paid parental leave for permanent team members
- A range of wellbeing support and development opportunities

If you’re driven, adaptable and passionate about design and marketing, let’s work together | Me mahi tahi tatou
- Please note: Valid NZ right to work is required in order to be considered for this role.

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