Senior Graphic Designer

SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER

YUKIKO is looking for a Graphic Designer to join their studio in Berlin.

YUKIKO is an award-winning, fiery and forward-thinking creative agency with its finger on the pulses of the arts, culture and design. It has been developing bespoke solutions for the design and communication needs of clients from the cultural to commercial sectors, as well as continuing to work independently on their own projects.

YUKIKO stands out for its bold and ambidextrous approach. Design projects are understood as multifaceted endeavours, both conceptual and holistic. It develops work that derive from intimate and active dialogues between all participants involved in a project and its distinctly unique spirit feeds both its outlook and output.

You will become an essential player in our small team..

We are looking for a great collaborator, with loads of enthusiasm and energy, who is proactive, a strong communicator and has a sense of humour. We provide a fun and supportive environment. We’re a lovely team, who take responsibility for each others wellbeing and understand that everything we achieve, we achieve together.

You will be working on a wide range of visual design projects, including identity and branding assignments, graphic design for print and digital, as well as editorial and spatial design.

You can work well autonomously as well as part of a team, are aware of current creative trends and are willing to explore different design solutions, self-initiated research is an essential part of your work.

YOUR EXPERIENCE (MUST HAVE)

- At least 5 years of experience in a similar role in a professional environment;

- Confident in typography and branding;

- Strong ability to visualise layouts/ideas;

- Impeccable attention to detail, thoroughness, thinking outside the box;

- Your design is innovative and you have forged a distinct visual voice;

- A team player. Comfortable working independently and collaborating with others;

- ability to juggle multiple tasks;

- Self-initiate ideas and proactively contribute to briefs;

- Organisational skills;

- Confident communication, ability to present projects internally and externally;

- Excellent command of spoken and written English (German is a plus);

- Excellent knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite;

- Experience overseeing post-production, pre-press and press including retouching, colour correction and file delivery

YOUR EXPERIENCE (NICE TO HAVE)

- Knowledge of Figma & designing for web;

- Ability to think digital and experienced in UX design;

- understanding of frontend development of websites and apps to enable a fluent collaboration with developers;

- Animation/motion/3D;

- Illustration Skills;

- Experience in Art Direction

WE VALUE:

- Positive attitude

- Determined and Proactive

- Keen interest in the creative fields, especially design, art direction and creative direction.

- strong cultural awareness

- sense of humour

- super positive and energetic attitude