Yuppiechef, Junior Graphic Designer – Email Marketing

Remuneration:cost-to-company Benefits:Medical Aid, Retirement Savings, Group Life Cover, Employee Assistance ProgrammeLocation:Cape Town, Westlake Business Park, TokaiRemote work:Some remote work allowedEducation level:MatricJob level:JuniorType:PermanentCompany:YuppiechefYuppiechef is looking for an efficient and methodical junior email designer to be responsible for creating our impactful and sales-driving daily marketing newsletters. If you’re someone who’s obsessive about accuracy, hates a typo, and loves the reward of seeing your design work drive results every day, then we want to hear from you.Our team started as two good friends and only 32 products in a lounge in Cape Town, and now there are nearly 200 of us who help make Yuppiechef South Africa’s premier kitchen and homeware store. We’re selling 8,000 curated products from 700 leading international and local brands, and we’re growing faster than ever.We see ourselves as helping people find more moments of joy in their homes, through products that make daily life more delicious, more comfortable, more innovative and more beautiful. Our omni-channel shopping experience provides world-class service to our customers both in our stores and online — wherever it suits them best. And we need you to help us reach even more of them.What your role looks likeYuppiechef’s newsletters are an integral part of our marketing output – they’re an important revenue driver for the company, and are loved by the loyal customers who read them. We design and send out five mailers a week, each with a different theme and product selection, and its own creative and communication challenges. They’re built in conjunction with the marketing manager and Buying and Planning teams, to ensure we put forward campaigns with broad business support. Your role would include the following: Designing five marketing newsletters a week, using our internally developed newsletter systemSharing newsletters internally and collating feedback from various teamsBeing responsible for checking that all links and information are correct and up to date as per the planDoing final and punctual checks that all specials and promotions are live and available, before sending the mailer each weekday morningSetting out a schedule for building and designing mailers to allow time for approvals from other teamsDesigning homepage marketing banners using an internally developed systemRemaining on top of trends within the industry and mediumSupporting the rest of our Design team, learning from them and collaborating with them on other projects as neededWho you areYou describe yourself as someone who… is able to learn quicklyis keen to focus on and continuously improve one medium of design, as opposed to being concerned by repetitionloves finding creative ways to sell a product or solve a layout problemthrives on being super-organised and up-to-date, and has great attention to detailis structured in how you manage your time and workflowcommunicates clearly and empathetically with teammates is self-motivated and able to work both individually and as part of a teamcan see the big picture and is interested to understand how their work impacts the wider companyrespects deadlinesasks questions and seeks clarity has a strong sense of responsibility for their role and sees themselves as an extension of the brandis passionate about the Yuppiechef product range, and finds it easy to get excited about new kitchen and home discoveriesWhat experience and skills you need for the role At least one years’ experience in design, preferably with a retail background (please attach portfolio as directed in the application process)Skilled user of Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesignTertiary qualification at a design school is preferable.Familiarity with an email design platform such as MailchimpEnvironment, pay and benefitsGear you’ll use:A MacbookEnvironment:When you work from home, you’ll need your own stable, high-speed internet connection for this roleWhen you’re in the office, you’ll find a fully-equipped, communal kitchen where you can use the tools we sell, plus fully-stocked coffee stations where you can hone your barista skillsYou’ll join an enthusiastic, creative and performance-driven marketing teamYou’ll be a part of daily marketing team calls and monthly company-wide calls, where we celebrate achievements across all teams and chat about the futureOffice parking availablePay and Benefits:We pay competitive, market-related salaries based on skills and experience, and profit share based on the company’s performanceYour salary is based on a “Total Cost To Company” model and includes:Medical Aid (Discovery) contributionsGroup Life CoverRetirement AnnuityEmployee Assistance programme17 Days Paid Annual Leave increasing to 20 days with length of serviceCompany DescriptionOur team started as two good friends and only 32 products in a lounge in Cape Town, and now there are nearly 200 of us who help make Yuppiechef South Africa’s premier kitchen and homeware store. We’re selling 8,000 curated products from 700 leading international and local brands, and we’re growing faster than ever.We see ourselves as helping people find more moments of joy in their homes, through products that make daily life more delicious, more comfortable, more innovative and more beautiful. Our omni-channel shopping experience provides world-class service to our customers both in our stores and online — wherever it suits them best. And we need you to help us reach even more of them.Posted on 08 Apr 13:57, Closing date 7 Jun