Design Consultant

At Purple, we start and shape conversations that matter, solving complex challenges for clients in Australia and around the world. As Western Australia's leading communications and marketing advisors, we excel in graphic design, branding, digital marketing, content marketing/production, government relations, investor relations, corporate affairs, social impact practice, consumer communications, crisis communications, and stakeholder engagement. Our commitment to excellence has earned us international recognition and awards, and we are proud to be named an Australian Employer of Choice for four consecutive years – 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.

This role within our studio, works with a design manager, art director, and marketing and communications experts. While the team is highly collaborative and supportive, the role will require an innovative self-starter, with a continuous improvement mindset.

As a Design Consultant, you will contribute  to creative efforts, innovation and excellence in graphic design across various platforms. The role requires a deep understanding of visual aesthetics and the ability to translate marketing strategies into compelling visual stories with support from your team. The successful candidate will work on creative projects, from concept to execution, ensuring brand alignment.

The ability to navigate between design thinking, hands-on design and client engagement and a working marketing knowledge will be advantageous. You will be required to have an existing understanding or willingness to embrace digital platforms to deliver innovative visual storytelling and creative executions.

You will work closely with experienced account managers to deliver client work, and will also engage directly with clients to help shape and define creative briefs.

Your day will involve juggling competing priorities and working across various industries.

You will report to the Director of Digital with day-to-day management from the Design Manager, who will establish a growth pathway based on your aspirations.

• A daily studio meeting to align workflows, collaborate on tasks and set the daily objectives
• Attending client meetings to receive design briefs and workshop solutions
• Autonomously developing client design assets across a broad range of digital and print applications, such as brochures or social media artwork
• Working with Adobe creative cloud products
• Working on Figma and Adobe XD to deliver website designs for clients
• Working within digital platforms such as Squarespace and Maglr to design websites
• Contributing to the development of creative concepts for advertising and campaign work
• Balancing creative output, budgetary and time constraints Maintain ongoing communication with account managers regarding client needs, issues, and value-adding opportunities.
• Designing visualisations based on data sets
• Preparing documents for print and liaising with printers
• Attending and contributing to client brand strategies

• A deep understanding of working experience with Adobe creative cloud products including Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator
• Ability to think creatively and strategically
• Comfortable designing with data sets
• Establish and deliver on creative design briefs
• Familiarity with digital design principles and ability to apply design strategy to websites and social media channels
• Ability to take complex content and visualise this through design 
• Comfort using digital platforms such as Squarespace, HubSpot and Mailchimp 
• Detail orientated with the ability to manage and prioritise tasks
• A good work ethic and passion to achieve
• Ability to work as part of a team in a fast-paced environment with evolving briefs.

There are perks to being a 'Purple Person'. We embrace hybrid working and, provided client and team needs are prioritised, empower our people to choose their work location daily. In addition to a competitive base salary, our people have access to learning and development programs and a personal learning allowance, technology allowances, annual birthday and loyalty leave, generous parental leave, wellness initiatives, flexible working, and a range of leave options - including the ability to purchase additional annual leave.

We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities.