August 28, 2012

Senior Graphic Designer/Art Director - Lintel - Lebanon

Graphic Designer and Visual Communicator needed for a fast-growing firm involved with Telecommunication. Responsible for the conception, design, development, documentation and implementation of BTL and ATL projects for the company, as well as the Strategic Support on Marketing and Business Operations.

Requirements
- 5+ years working within a design firm or other creative team environment
- Strong, conceptual thinker who possesses a wide range of design capabilities including a solid background in print, packaging, branding, typography, catalog production, retail graphics and also some web design experience
- Comfortable working with a team, under the supervision of a Senior person
- Demonstrate strong organizational skills and motivation for their work
- Successfully manages their time, work flow and schedule in order to meet strict and sometimes aggressive deadlines
- Open and receptive to design critique but also able to represent their own work and stand up for design they believe in
- Able to work quickly and efficiently
- Have some photo art direction experience
- Self-driven, proactive and a team player
- Must take pride in their work and be passionate about design
- Expertise in InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator
- Candidate must be self-sufficient and have good English and French oral and written communications skills.

Send CV along with a copy of their work/Portfolio to pkaikati@lintel.com

August 17, 2012

Graphic Designer - NOTACLINIC - Lebanon

NOTACLINIC | Graphic & Web design firm, is looking for a creative graphic designer.

Description
- Brainstorming and mocking up design ideas
- Presenting ideas to clients
- Meeting with clients and adjusting designs
- Working with other developers, designers
- Developing design briefs by gathering info and data though research
- Developing design projects from research and concept creation through to production and supervision of third party implementation
- Finalizing artwork for printing

Qualifications
- A minimum of a degree in Graphic Design or an equivalent design degree from an accredited university
- 1/2 years experience
- Language: Impeccable English & working Arabic are a must, a third language is welcome
- Computer literacy: Acrobat, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite is must.
- Creative thinker with written and oral communications skills
- Able to work independently and efficiently to meet deadlines
- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
- Have the right mix of skill, motivation and enthusiasm
- Self motivated, detail-oriented and organized
- Have a capacity for creative problem solving
- To respect all internal and external appointments

Send CV and Portfolio to iwant@notaclinic.com

August 16, 2012

Design Intern - AltCity - Lebanon

The Design Intern will be tasked with making exciting designs for AltCity events, website, social media channels, items at the space, and more. We are keen on having designers that both have good experience, but who also want to grow to be much better designers, develop their professional portfolio, and to make cutting-edge designs that do nothing less than WOW people. While this is an unpaid internship, we are also happy to offer the intern co-working space to do their own work from AltCity.

If you don't have your own online portfolio, we will also help you develop one during the period of this internship.

Multiple positions are available. We will figure out specific projects and tasks for each Design Intern, suited to the skills, passions, interests of each person.

Main Tasks
- design graphics, icons, logos, posters, 3d sketches, and multimedia (animation, stop-motion, etc) for events at AltCity, projects, the AltCity website, and AltCity social media channels
- work on both still graphics and animations using simple tools (that the designer knows, or that we have access to at AltCity)
- develop basic content, graphics, infographics, or animation videos for e-learning modules and social impact initiatives
- other fun/exciting projects that emerge!

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- substantial experience in different elements of graphic design
- have a university degree in graphic design or a related field, or be a student in such a field (strongly encouraged, not required)
- ability to communicate in Arabic and English effectively (written & spoken)
- ability to multitask
- detail-oriented, and with a passion for excellence
- ability to meet deadlines
- enthusiastic, dynamic, and reliable
- strong preference for the Design Intern to have his/her own laptop to work on, with tools/programs that designer is most familiar with

Period
Minimum 3-month internship, 5 months preferred, possibly renewable.

Send CV, mention "Design Intern" in the subject line of your email, including all contact information, with a cover letter explaining why you are excited by and suited for this position, to work@altcity.me

Graphic Designer - HFSHD - Lebanon

Must have the passion to promote deeper causes with NGO sectors, where you're required to line up on visually promoting the sustainability of the human development and the support of the civil society along with the building of human capacities and the improvement of the civil involvement throughout the social change process.

Job Description
- Produce print materials, including newsletters, brochures, proposals, invitations, conference and seminar materials and other print and presentation materials as required.
- Support our identity, brand message, organizational image and objectives.
- Use established design standards and guidelines.
- Develop Standards for company logo, brochures, documents, marketing material and multi-media, sustain and update those standards.
- Maintain online standards as Management has provided.
- Work closely with Management to plan the layout and design of large projects.

Skills
- 2 years experience in graphic design.
- High experience in InDesign, Photoshop & Illustrator
- Well experienced in finalizing artworks.
- Proficient in Adobe CS, and Mac platform.
- Creative and proven production design ability.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Very good knowledge in organizing files and making proper backups.
- Very good knowledge of the Mac related software.
- Strong organizational ability, Content Management.
- Excellent communication skills.
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript Working Experience is a plus.

Send CV and Portfolio to tarek.h@hariri-foundation.org

August 2, 2012

Animator - Think Media Labs - Lebanon

Think Media Labs, a research-based Digital Media Strategy agency, is seeking a talented Animator to join the team.
Ability and commitment is more important than current skill set. Looking for someone who is enthusiastic about social media, is professional, independent, and willing to do what it takes to generate business.

Skills
- 2+ years of web development experience
- Liaising with clients and developing animation from their concepts
- Creating storyboards that depict the script and narrative
- Drawing in 2D to create sketches, artwork or illustrations
- Using technical software packages (such as Flash, 3d studio max, Maya, Light wave, Softimage and Cinema 4D,…)
- Design real time virtual 3D scenes and environments is a plus
- Designing models, backgrounds, sets, characters, objects and the animation environment
- Using a range of materials, including modeling clay, plaster, oil paints, watercolors and acrylics;
- Developing the timing and pace of the movements of a character or object during the sequence of images (called the animatic) and ensuring they follow the soundtrack and audio requirements
- Building up accurate, detailed frame-by-frame visuals
- Recording dialogue and working with editors to composite the various layers of animation (backgrounds, special effects, characters and graphics) in order to produce the finished piece
- Working on production deadlines and meeting clients' commercial requirements
- Team working as part of a broader production network, which might include liaising with printers, copywriters, photographers, designers, account executives, website designers or marketing specialists
- Dealing with diverse business cultures, delivering presentations and finding funding
- Excited about great code
- Excited about using sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn
- Understand the Social Media value proposition

jobs@thinkmedialabs.com