At Monocle, we believe work is more than a job. It is a chance to make a difference in the world of finance. An opportunity to fulfil your potential. To make friendships with ambitious, positive, like-minded people. To gain invaluable industry experience and learn critical skills that will set you up for a successful career in marketing.
Monocle is a people-centric, independent consulting firm, specialising in banking and insurance. We understand that our greatest asset is our people and because of this, we do things a bit differently.
Monocle offers:
- Unparalleled growth and exposure - Monocle is uniquely positioned in the market to undertake projects across a wide spectrum of critical and exciting areas of the financial services industry. Our managers deliver mission critical projects at the most prestigious banks and insurers in Johannesburg, Cape Town, London and Amsterdam.
- Unlimited training and development - Investment in our people's development is at the heart of Monocles company ethos. That is why we prioritise the upskilling of every employee.
- Unique and vibrant company culture - At Monocle, we believe friends work better together than colleagues. We love nothing more than partaking in a wide variety of activities through our company sponsored clubs.
- Ultra-competitive compensation - At Monocle, we want the best talent to join our team, so we understand that those individuals need to be recognised and rewarded for their true value.
Monocle is an industry-leading management consulting firm specialising in banking and insurance. Through our bespoke consultancy service, we work with leading banks and large financial institutions, in South Africa, UK and Europe, to transform the way these institutions do business by implementing innovative and results-driven solutions. Monocles services are highly sought after in the industry for the delivery of mission critical projects, as our versatile knowledge of banking, data systems, quantitative experience and strategic insight allows us to provide a unique service to our clients.
What are we looking for:
Monocle is looking for a Digital Designer to join our dynamic and growing marketing team and form part of delivering the full end-to-end marketing and advertising offering to a broad range of Monocle requirements and stakeholders.
The candidate would work within the broader marketing team to create compelling, innovative and professional content across Monocles digital communication channels. You will work closely with the marketing team to develop and execute creative concepts to further Monocle's brand identity and communication.
As a Digital Designer you should have a passion for building brands through design, an innovative mindset, strong attention to detail, comprehensive understanding of digital marketing channels and keen communication capabilities. If you have a creative way of thinking and innovative ideas to build our brand through world-class designs and content, we would love you to join our team.
As a Digital Designer at Monocle your main tasks and responsibilities will include supporting the marketing team to:
- Be a key custodian for Monocles CI and ensure all communication is considered, professional, creative and world-class in execution.
- Develop social media content for the Monocle brand.
- Assist with visual updates and CX improvements to our website.
- Build compelling comms to attract South Africa's top talent to Monocle, working alongside our talented People & Culture team.
- Support business development and research by designing brand and thought leadership content in a way that puts us ahead of the big traditional consultancies.
- Step up the executional level of our internal communications.
- Take quality photography and videography content of Monocle activities and events.
- Stay on top of current and future design trends, platforms and technologies as well as understand the CIs and creative work of our competitors.
- Build out how design and creativity can be an integral tool to deliver on our marketing objectives.
- Collaborate with the marketing team to develop and execute creative concepts that align with Monocle's brand identity and messaging.
- Help develop the Monocle culture through how our staff see Monocle.
- Social Media content
- Internal comms
- Website designs
- Direct client comms
- Photography
- Video capture and editing
- Animated content
- Holds a relevant design degree from a reputable tertiary institution.
- Minimum 2 to 3 years of design work experience.
- Hands on experience creating social media content for a corporate brand.
- Is capable in photography and videography.
- Strong in:
- Photoshop
- InDesign
- Premier Pro
- After Effects
- Has a strong portfolio of work showcasing a variety of digital design projects.
- Strong attention to detail, communication, and project management abilities.
- A team player able to effectively function and deal with stakeholders across the business.
- Creative and proactive.
- An interest in banking and insurance.
During the interview process, you will meet with different Monocle representatives including both People and Culture representatives, the Senior Marketing Manager and Monocle Executives and may be asked to demonstrate your abilities through a simple assessment. A critical aspect of the interview process will be determining whether Monocle will be a good fit for you and your career aspirations, so please come prepared with any questions you may have.
If you have a passion for finance and problem-solving, a relevant qualification, and think you have what it takes to join a team of your smartest and most driven peers, apply to Monocle today on Careers: Experienced professionals (monoclesolutions.com).
