Responsibilities
You may need to manage more than one design brief at a time and typical activities include:
meeting clients or account managers to discuss the business objectives and requirements of the job;
estimating the time required to complete the work and providing quotes for clients;
developing design briefs that suit the client’s purpose;
thinking creatively to produce new ideas and concepts and developing interactive design;
using innovation to redefine a design brief within the constraints of cost and time;
presenting finalised ideas and concepts to clients or account managers;
working with a range of media, including computer-aided design (CAD) and keeping up to date with emerging technologies;
proofreading to produce accurate and high-quality work;
demonstrating illustrative skills with rough sketches and working on layouts ready for print;
commissioning illustrators and photographers;
working as part of a team with printers, copywriters, photographers, stylists, illustrators, other designers, account executives, web developers and marketing specialists