Senior Designer

Keywords Studios · Media, Advertising & Entertainment

Pasig, National Capital Region, Philippines
Remote
Posted today
Design
Full-time

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About the job

Since 1998, we've been on a mission to reshape how players interact with their favorite games, growing into a global team of over 12,000 professionals spread across 70+ studios in 26 countries.

We are always there to lend a hand to video games developers and publishers by offering a wide range of solutions: from art and audio to testing, localization and finally - Player Engagement - which is one of the fastest-growing Service Lines at Keywords Studios. Player Engagement provides technical support, community management, and trust & safety services for a wide range of AAA and Indie studios in the gaming industry.

Join us in our mission to build engaging player communities and offer outstanding experiences! 🎮🔥

Role overview

We are a social agency building brands with fans for some of the biggest names in the gaming industry, through work spanning digital, design and advertising. We’re looking for a talented and driven Senior Designer to join our Manila team. You’ll be a confident, self-directed designer with exceptional craft and the experience to lead projects from concept to delivery. You’ll present ideas to the wider team, our creative leads and our clients with conviction, and raise the standard of everyone around you so the work goes beyond client expectations.

Responsibilities:

Lead design output on key accounts across the business, owning the creative quality of your projects and making sure high standards are kept on every deliverable, from first concept to final design output..

Become the go-to expert on the brands and IPs you work with. Know their brand books inside out, guide the team on how to apply them and judge confidently when to stretch the rules and push the work further to deliver the creative vision.

Set the bar for design craft, with a meticulous eye for detail and an excellent command of typography, layout and composition. Review and refine the team’s work to make sure every output is polished and on-brand.

Partner with project managers to scope design requirements, estimate timings and plan resource. Make sure work meets specs and deliverables, and keep quality high under tight deadlines.

Act as the senior design point of contact for our Manila team, giving clear creative direction, feedback and mentoring so that all design and motion work meets the standards set. Help build consistent processes across both studios.

Mentor and support junior and mid-weight designers in Manila & London, helping them develop their craft.

Present and defend creative work to clients and internal stakeholders, contributing to pitches and new business where needed.

Requirements

Knowledge and skills:

6+ years of experience in graphic design, ideally in the digital and gaming sectors, with a strong portfolio of brand, campaign and digital work.

Expert knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.

Strong working knowledge of After Effects and Premiere Pro.

Proven experience leading end-to-end motion delivery, including concepting, storyboarding and styleframing, and directing others through the process.

A user-centred design approach, shown by thoughtful consideration of accessibility, platforms and contextual storytelling.

Experience mentoring designers and giving constructive, actionable creative feedback, including to remote or offshore teams.

Excellent communication and presentation skills, with confidence in client-facing situations.

Self-motivated and highly organised, with a sharp eye for detail and a strong sense of ownership over deadlines.

Positive and committed, with a can-do attitude and a calm, flexible approach to complex problems.

Benefits

What do we offer?

Keywords Studios is dedicated to following a well-established Equal Opportunities Policy. We endeavor to create a workplace which provides equal opportunities for all employees and potential employees.

Benefits:

Non-taxable Allowances

HMO and Life Insurance

Paid Time Offs

Annual Wellness Subsidy

Phases of our recruitment journey:

You send us your application with your updated resume.

After reviewing your candidacy, we’ll invite you for the online Interview via Google meet with one of our Talent Acquisition Specialists. It’s a perfect chance to exchange questions and get to know each other better.

If you pass the TA interview, your profile and portfolio will be shared to the hiring managers for further review. We'll invite you for an interview with them if they thing you meet the basic qualifications. A second interview with the project hiring managers might happen depending on business requirements.

At the end of our journey - hopefully you will receive an offer and become our new Keywordian!

Our recruitment process is fully online and remote. We value each application and review every candidate individually. Our recruitment team will get back to you as soon as they can to inform you about the status of your candidacy. If you're interested in joining our team, we highly encourage you to apply.

That would be it from us - now we are waiting for your move!

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