Being a part of the Hollywoodbets Purple Team is an opportunity to become a part of one of South Africa’s biggest success stories. From humble beginnings in Durban, Hollywoodbets has grown into a powerhouse brand operating across Africa and the United Kingdom. And that’s just the beginning. Our talented Team is on a mission to increase our global footprint, ready to take on any challenge because at Hollywoodbets, not even the sky is the limit. Join our Team and let’s reach for the stars.

We have an amazing opportunity for a Graphic Designer (Senior). Do you think you have what it takes to be our newest Purple Star?

The core role is to support the team leader in overseeing the graphics department and create visual concepts, using computer software, to communicate ideas that inspire, inform, or captivate consumers. Develop the overall layout and production design for advertisements, brochures, magazines and publications, corporate reports and other marketing initiatives internally and externally. Ensure that there is compliance with all policies and procedures and strict adherence to internal controls.  Ensure daily, weekly, and monthly reporting is done accurately and timeously and contains appropriate content to enable effective decision-making. Ensure that purchase orders are approved, accurate, and completely created. Ensure achievement of the company’s strategic objectives, goal plans, and targets.

With Hollywoodbets You Will:

Innovate and create as part of a like-minded, authentic Team eager to achieve goals.

Embrace challenges and the thrill of working in a vibrant and fast-paced industry.

Grow with our development plans and culture that allows you to further your career.

You Bring:

• Graphic Design Skills.
• Desktop Publishing Tools.
• Layout Skills
• Photoshop

A Bonus To Have:

• Diploma or bachelor’s degree in graphic design

What You’ll Do For The Brand:

Operational

• General design work (posters, flyers, merchandise, and other marketing material).
• Determine the message the design should portray and work closely with the marketing function of the customer.
• Create images in line with the marketing strategy and brand strategy, aligned to internal company design preferences for customer accounts.
• Display a range of creative design techniques to materialise the concept and design required.
• Plans concept by studying information and materials to ensure all information is included.
• Liaise with the printers in terms of artwork and colors, layout, quality, paper etc.
• Approve the print run executed by the printers against the initially approved artwork.
• Achieve deadlines and work as quick and efficiently as possible.
• Updating adverts on the website and betting displays.
• Liaising with branch team leaders and managers with regards to any design work requested for their branch at customers.
• Photocopying and deep etching pictures in photoshop.
• Designing signage for customers.
• Signage application.
• Overseeing general design work.
• Review designs for errors before printing and publishing them.
• Illustrates concept by designing rough layout of art and copy regarding arrangement, size, type size and style, and related aesthetic concepts.
• Obtain approval of concept by submitting rough layout for approval by the customer.
• Prepare finished copy and prepare final layout by marking and pasting up finished copy and art.
• Complete projects by coordinating with printing and publishing.
• Anticipate the type of design required based on experience and feedback.

 
People

• Enforcing ethical, honest, transparent, fair work environment.
• Sourcing of training as and when needed for staff.
• Adequate recognition of staff efforts.
• Talent retention (through role creation, and career path planning).
• Sustainable morale and team building.
• Directing, supervising, managing, guiding, and mentoring junior and advanced graphic designers.

 
Compliance, risk, and quality

• Creating, maintaining, and enforcing company policies and procedures.
• Ensure logical saving of all work, designs, artwork, approvals, etc.
• Ensure that all artwork, designs, approvals, etc are chronologically saved/backed up.
• Ensure error free designs with accurate content.
• Ensure that designs are free from racial, gender bias, derogatory, and defamatory comments.

 
Growth and new markets/products

• Maintains technical knowledge by attending design workshops; reviewing professional publications; and participating in professional societies.
• Keep abreast with competitor activity, market innovation, market trends, customer trends.
• Ensure measures are put in place and steps are taken to achieve the short-term, medium-term and long-term goals.
• Product innovation, and new service offerings to customers.
• Source new customers.

 
What You’ll Bring To The Team: 

• Excellent Analytical skills.
• Able to Create designs that are artistically interesting and appealing to consumers.
• Use specialized graphic design software to prepare designs.
• Consistently delivers required business results; sets and achieves goals, consistently complies with quality standards and meets deadlines; maintains focus on organizational goals.
• Follows through and delivers results in spite of obstacles.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Excellent creativity skills.
• Ensure deadlines are met by using effective planning and coordinating within a high-pressure environment.

So, are you ready to level up, learn, and perform at your best? Apply now!

Please be advised that should you not be contacted within 30 days, kindly consider your application to be unsuccessful.