Senior Marketing Designer

About Auror

At Auror, we’re empowering the retail industry to tackle theft and Organised Retail Crime, a $150 Billion problem globally. It’s high volume crime that’s increasingly organised in nature and is putting people, retailers, and communities at risk every day.

Founded in New Zealand 11 years ago, we’re working with some of the best and largest retailers in the world across the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.

Auror is connecting people and intelligence to reduce crime. We’re using technology for good.

In partnership with our leading retail partners, we need people with the passion, determination, and innovation required to overcome one of the world's largest problems. If you’re looking to make a difference with and for the people dedicated to stopping crime, for good, then we want you on our team.

The Role

We're on the lookout for a talented individual with a passion for design and a knack for turning ideas into visually stunning creations. You will work to conceptualise and create visually captivating graphics, layouts, and illustrations that effectively convey messages and reflect our brand identity across all our touch points. You are comfortable working dynamically where design excellence and speed to market are of high importance. You will work closely with the design team and wider marketing function to develop and execute visual communications and content that adheres to the company and marketing level priorities, and the global brand guidelines. There is room to flex your creativity in this role. It’s not just about taking a brief and delivering final designs. You are also encouraged to work with the design team to come up with new ways of communicating our brand story and offer. If you enjoy coming up with innovative ideas to enhance a brand's presence in the market, then this is the role for you!

• Create highly creative and engaging concepts and ideas for the design and execution of visual and campaign assets across digital and print platforms.

• Helping oversee and level up the creative output of our design team.

• Developing innovative solutions for presentations, content and digital media.

• Developing highly engaging website pages to support pipeline generation and movement.

• Strong creative POV with an understanding of business priorities and measures.

• Help develop and refine the company's visual brand to reflect the priorities of the business and ensure the guidelines are always followed.

• Collaborate with the marketing team to effectively manage our creative projects and enhance department productivity.

• Work on multiple projects simultaneously to realise the organisations creative marketing goals.

• Deliver all phases of production from concept to completion (e.g. mockups, hi-fidelity comps, production-ready assets and guidelines for usage).

• Be a custodian of the brand, and help inform others on how best to portray it in all forms.

This role reports to Kornel Fenyvesi, Senior Design Lead

Kornel has over 25 years international industry experience. As one of our design unicorns, he brings a proven knowledge of graphic and creative design, vision and management to packaging design, brand identity and the digital marketing industry. Care, speed and accuracy sums up his approach to work and life in general; always striving to learn more and do better. When he's not working you’ll find him juggling his time with his family, keeping fit, learning some new design tool or hustling some new business idea. You can view his LinkedIn here.

Requirements

About you

• You will have a 8+ years industry experience with at least 3 years at a senior level.
• Strong creative, organisational, problem solving and time-management skills.
• Comprehensive understanding of digital marketing and print advertising including current trends, user experience best practices, responsive web design, display and social media.
• Strong storytelling abilities with good understanding of creative copywriting.
• Possess strong conceptual skills, a high-level sense of design, layout and typography, and a broad thinker who is able to offer a variety of design solutions.
• A strong attention to craft, to deliver the very highest quality work.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to nurture the rest of the team and work with other disciplines.

We are looking for people who demonstrate a strong alignment to our Guiding Principles (you can find these on our Careers page).

Auror is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible application process to all candidates and we are actively working to improve diversity within the tech industry. We celebrate diversity and inclusiveness at Auror, regardless of (but not limited to) race, gender, sexual orientation, family status, religion, ethnicity, national origin, physical disability, veteran status, or age.

If you need adjustments to any part of our recruitment process because of accessibility reasons, please do not hesitate to let us know during the application process. We will work with you to identify adjustments that will allow you to perform at your best.

Benefits

• Competitive salary Range: Depending on level of experience of $100,000 - 130,000 (IC3)
• Employee share scheme: You’ll own part of a company making a real difference!
• Flexibility: We are hard-working and outcome focused, but recognise there is more to life than work. We promote a healthy work/life blend.
• Shorter work weeks (at full pay): Everyone gets Friday afternoons off, so you can start your weekend early, and do more of whatever it is that makes you happy.
• Focus on mental and physical health: We understand how vital our health is and have policies to support your wellness, including: Wellness Days, and up to three expert sessions paid for every year.
• NiB Health Care Plan: Auror covers 100% of the cost of your individual health insurance plan with nib.
• Family-friendly: We offer comprehensive parental leave and benefits for primary and non-primary caregivers, including a baby bonus and meals delivered to your door.
• Personal growth: We support our team to participate in courses, conferences, or events that will help them develop their skills.
• Team love: We have regular team lunches and social events where most (if not all) activities are during work hours.

Next steps:

If you’re excited about our mission and you have the experience and a passion for this role, please hit “Apply”. Please include a portfolio of your recent work with your application.

If you’re not sure that you tick all the boxes but feel you’re close to what we’re looking for, please apply anyway! We’re proud that Auror is a place where everyone can learn and grow so we’d love to hear from you.

You'll be asked to submit a cover letter as part of your application. While this is optional we do encourage it, as we find cover letters can tell a story that resumes alone often cannot. Our hiring team love to understand what attracted you to this role and why you are excited about the opportunity to join Auror.

Once you apply, you’ll hear from us to acknowledge your application. If you have questions about any of the above, or if you have any accessibility requirements, we’ll be able to help you from there.