Junior Digital Designer
Remuneration: Competitive
Location: London or Newcastle
Role Type: Permanent
Key Work Benefits
We take the health and happiness of our employees seriously and we’re consistently searching for new ways to make mkodo the best place to work. From retirement planning to a wellness offering supporting mental & physical wellbeing.
Remote/Flexible working
Generous Holidays
Tech Scheme
Employee Assist Program
Bonus and Profit Share
Birthday Off
Team Socials
Pension Contribution
The Role - Junior Digital Designer
If this is the opportunity you have been waiting for, to work in a fast-paced company with cutting-edge technology, please send your CV to jobs@mkodo.com
Apply HereKey Skills and Attributes
Must haves:
- Proven graphic design experience
- Demonstrate production of work with a portfolio
- Good knowledge of design software including Adobe CC and Figma
- Video and animation experience
- A keen eye for aesthetics and detail
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work methodically and meet deadlines
Desirable:
- iGaming and lottery experience
- Experience of marketing a software product
- Apps and web design experience
About the Role
At mkodo the digital designer role is quite special. The Digital Designer gets to work with the whole spectrum of stakeholders within mkodo, but also external clients, giving them a broad experience of how a multitude of different teams, work. As well as creating beautiful, on brand, engaging design work the digital designer will be expected to have a broad design theories and practices knowledge and be aware of the latest developments and trends within the sector.
Main Responsibilities
A digital designer is accountable for creating and communicating design concepts to internal and external project teams. This includes the following responsibilities:
- Conceptualize and iterate visuals based on requirements and design briefs
- Graphics produced will capture the attention of the audience and communicate the defined message
- Testing graphics across various print and digital media
- Sales support to produce engaging and on-brand design materials and collateral
- Marketing support to produce engaging and on-brand social media campaigns and product collateral
- Maintaining an awareness of innovations in the creative arena to support new business opportunities
- Work with Creative Director, Product Managers, Business Analysts and Developers to design conceptual solutions to business problems.
- As part of the team, work collaboratively across the company to continually improve the quality of work produced
- Plan and execute the work within agreed estimate, time schedules and priorities
- Develop your skills using trainings mkodo offers and be willing to ask questions when you are not sure or when something is in your way
More benefits
mkodo is a great place to work, along with a competitive renumeration package we offer excellent benefits comprising:
- Hybrid Working
- Generous Holiday Allowance (increasing with service)
- Gifted day over Christmas period
- Birthday off!
- Performance Bonus & Profit Share Scheme
- Quarterly team events
- Group income protection
- Life Insurance
- Charity/Volunteer Day
- Tech Loan Scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Contributory Pension
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Home working expense payment
- Friday beers provided in each office!
- Relevant individual training budget.
- Digital Nomad Policy
- Generous refer a friend scheme.
Graduate development journey
Day 1
Grads onboarded as a cohort and focus on specific roles
First 2 weeks
Onboarding sessions and initial training
2 weeks
Grad team project with mentoring support
3 months
Grads present project to execs/senior leadership team. Start more compex project.
6 months
Present second project to the execs/senior leadership team. Grads join a client project team. Tech debt and support issues.
9 months
Start contributing to client deliverables.
12 months
Graduate from Grad scheme and become billable resource.
or send your CV to jobs@mkodo.com
Recruitment Process
For our web, Android and iOS engineering roles, we follow the below process:
For our roles, we follow the below process:
For our graduate roles, we follow the below process:
Review
We review applications and screen against our requirement criteria
Intro call
Successful applicants are invited to a 30-minute chat with a member of our team to get to know you a little, and tell you more about the role
Technical Exercise
You will be invited to a partake in a Pair Programming session with two of our Engineers, to assess your level of technical and coding abilities
Final Interview
A final meet with our HR team, and a Head of Engineering - also the chance to ask any questions about the role, and what it's like to work at mkodo
Offer
We make an offer to the person we feel most suitable for the role and business
Review
We review applications and screen against our requirement criteria
Intro call
Successful applicants are invited to a 30-minute chat with a member of our team to get to know you a little, and tell you more about the role
Skills Assessment
You will be invited to a second stage in the process to meet with more members of the team, and to show off your skills in your area of expertise. There will be the opportunity to ask any questions, and find out more about the role, and also to discuss your experience in more detail.
Final Interview
A final meet with our HR team, and a Head of Engineering - also the chance to ask any questions about the role, and what it's like to work at mkodo
Offer
We make an offer to the person we feel most suitable for the role and business
Review
We review applications and screen against our requirement criteria
Intro call
Successful applicants are invited to a 30-minute chat with a member of our team to get to know you a little, and tell you more about the role
1-hour interview
You're invited to a second interview with developers you'll work with. It's a no-code whiteboard session to evaluate your problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills. Show us how you tackle challenges!
Offer
We’ll make offers to the successful graduates to join the cohort in early September
or send your CV to jobs@mkodo.com
Graduate Developer Scheme
mkodo operates its own 4-time, award-nominated graduate developer scheme across London and the Northeast. Check out our grad scheme page to learn more.
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