YMI Graphic Designer

Looking to join a dynamic, agile, and stimulating working environment?

You will join a creative, cohesive, and cross-cultural team which is passionate about using social technology to convey the timeless and pertinent wisdom of the Bible to more than a million young adults all over Asia Pacific (especially Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Australia).

Our Asia-Pacific team is currently spread across four countries, namely, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, and Australia. Despite our geographical distance, we’re a tight-knit and collaborative bunch, each committed to doing whatever it takes to support the vision and mission of the work.

A little bit about YMI and what we do: We are the young adult arm of Our Daily Bread Ministries, and we produce resources to help young adults ask the why and know their purpose.

We are seeking a graphic designer who has killer skills in design. Someone with a humble heart for God, a great servant attitude, and a willingness to be flexible and adaptable to create visually appealing, biblical and relevant content for our target audience.

General requirements:

• Christ-centered and ministry-focused.
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skill.
• Teachable, and willing and able to learn quickly.
• Great adaptability in style.
• Strong visual communication and conceptual skills.

Responsibilities:

• Plan visual strategies and conceptualise new art project initiatives, ensuring sufficient projects are lined up and published on a regular basis. 
• Manage and maintain visual relevancy, keeping designs up-to-date and in trend.
• Manage timelines and liaisons with contributors (includes email/DM correspondences, giving feedback, designing or editing designs where necessary), to curate and produce timely and relevant projects for the website and social media platforms.
• Work closely with content team and digital marketing executive to design and visually strategise web content for different social media platforms, or for printed materials/resources.
• Ensure God’s Word is faithfully and accurately represented in every content piece, working with content team to ensure editorial and theological standards are met.

Specific Requirements:

• High proficiency in these Adobe softwares: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat
• Basic Experiences in these Adobe Softwares would be a bonus: After Effects, Procreate, Sketch

Other Requirements:

• A love for God’s Word and creative ways to express His Word in general.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Comfortable talking with people and building relationship with contributors.
• Takes initiative, and dependable with a high level of accountability.
• Able to multitask and manage numerous projects with different deadlines simultaneously.
• Able to work with teammates from other countries and be an effective team player.
• Willing to work with technology (work entails web-based efforts).
• Versatile in different design styles
• Able to spot good illustration references
• Possess the knowledge of digital and print layouts 
• Able to explore different types of typography and hand lettering skills
• Able to catch trends on social media, and possess an understanding of creating visuals that is effective for social media.

Qualifications:

Preferably a degree in: 

• Graphic Design and Visual Communications or equivalent.

Bonus if there are experiences gained in:

• Motion graphics
• Copywriting
• Social Media strategising/Marketing skills