Graphic Design Intern
| Remuneration: | Basic salary |
| Location: | Cape Town |
| Type: | Temporary |
Job description
Groupon, launched in November 2008 in Chicago, features a daily deal on the best stuff to do, eat, see and buy in more than 500 markets, 48 countries with a staff compliment of over 14,000 employees around the world. Groupon uses collective buying power to offer unbeatable prices and provide a win-win for businesses and consumers, delivering more than 400 daily deals globally. Groupon has been hailed a web phenomenon for the way it is changing the way merchants market themselves around the world. By utilising the power of group buying along with other innovative marketing techniques to drive huge brand awareness, Groupon is able to drive massive amounts of sales for both merchants and brands.
Groupon is currently the fastest growing e-commerce company in history and considered in the top five in the world in terms of innovation. Since launching in South Africa in the end of January 2011, Groupon SA in now operating in six cities across the country. With some fantastic success stories: Groupon launched Windows 8 for Microsoft, we launched the latest Skip product for Unilever, partnered up with Ster Kinekor, Ratanga Junction, uShaka Marine World and many other SME’s and larger corporations. As the largest e-commerce website in South Africa we have won the E-commerce award in 2012 and the Best Mobile Site for 2013 at the SA E-commerce Awards!
This is only the beginning of what Groupon has achieved, with so much more still to come. For an incredible career opportunity, join Groupon- leaders in online marketing. It makes sense that the best place to begin or further your career, is with the company that other businesses are striving towards.
The role:
Groupon offers a great opportunity for young, creative and dynamic design graduates who want to join an exciting and ground-breaking marketing team. In this role, you will be responsible for managing the marketing for our innovative social media platforms, designing images and uploading our daily deals, coming up with competitive and unique branding ideas and you will have the opportunity to design banners for our online advertising campaigns, where you will get exposure to international best practice.
What Groupon has to offer:
We offer a high energy, progressive place to work where the sky is the limit and you are given true opportunity to grow. You won’t be doing the coffee run or fetching the dry cleaning (unless you really want to) but you will be involved in your team from day one. You can expect to become an integral part of a rapidly expanding business where ideas and innovation are welcomed. If you want to kick your career into hyper drive – this is the place to start.
Requirements
- A third or final year graduate in Graphic Design from a reputable design institute
- Knowledge of WordPress (HTML coding)
- Knowledge of Adobe Programmes (Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign)
- Experience with printing/publishing in various mediums
- Knowledge of building applications for social media platforms (.psd files)
- In-depth experience with social media such as Facebook and Twitter
- Have dealt with the creation and design of banners/branding and posters
- Overarching desire to become an integral part in the marketing team of the fastest growing company in the world!
Posted on 06 Oct 11:58
Contact details
Madeeha Arain
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