Designer; FTC

This is a 12 month fixed term contract initially, with potential for extension.

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

This role is part of our Global Studios team. We create emotive yet conversion-focused ideas, products and campaigns at scale and speed. Our specialty is hyper-personalised, digital communications that change perceptions, shape new behaviours, and shift market share for our clients.

As a Designer, you will be creating engaging designs that start conversations between people and brands. You’ll work within a team of strategists, designers and copywriters to deliver impactful designs that fulfil client briefs and communicate DEPT®’s standard of Design.

• Working on a brief from start to finish.
• Contributing with innovative ideas at creative briefs.
• Creating high quality design work.
• Image sourcing and digital art working.
• Developing rich visual content for owned channels: onsite, app and email.
• Always striving to create work that contributes to client business goals.
• Staying current with design and marketing trends.
• Learn and grow from constructive feedback.
• Being able to mentor more junior members of the team.
• Taking accountability for flawless design output.
• Delivering work on time and within the scheduled time frames.
• Designing small animations for digital assets.

• Digital design experience on industry standard design frameworks like Figma.
• Self driven and resourceful.
• Good eye for layout, skilled in typesetting and retouching.
• A great teammate that supports their colleagues and doesn’t act as an individual.
• Very organised with attention to detail.
• Has a desire to embrace new skills and challenges.
• Motion and 3D experience is a plus.

• A flexible hybrid working arrangement policy to enjoy the best of both worlds.
• Early Finish Fridays, kickstart your weekend early with alternating early-finish Fridays.
• 20 days of paid holiday each year, plus relevant public holidays.
• Doona Day - 1 additional day off paid leave each year to enjoy some downtime.
• Birthday Leave, 1 day paid day off each year to be taken during your birthday week.
• Annual Leave Purchase Scheme.
• 12% Superannuation Contribution.
• Access to dedicated mental health resources including sick & carer’s leave scheme, employee assistance programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders.
• Dept Allowance, a dedicated company contribution towards professional development.
• Long Service Leave, provided in accordance with relevant state legislation.
• Enhanced Parental Leave.
• Learning and Development, continuous growth opportunities through internal training, and "inspirational talks" guest speakers.
• Buddy Program, you will be paired with a ‘Buddy’ to help you navigate your first weeks’ at DEPT®.
• A Certified BCorp Agency and is multi-award winning “Agency of the Year”.
• Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
• Global DEPT® Cares Month, an annual initiative where our teams donate their professional skills and time to support local charities and pr-bono projects.
• Talent Referral Scheme.

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.

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