Junior Designer
Location: GR, I, Athens
Department: Marketing
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Entry level
Industry: Internet
Function: Marketing
Company profile: Qrator is a visual (web & mobile) platform that connects a wide range of creative professionals (artisans, craftmen, fashion professionals, barbers, bakers, chefs, baristas, street artists, to name but a few) with prospects and people sharing the same culture and interests.Qrator currently enables creative professionals to showcase their work and culture. Upon reach of a critical mass of professionals and prospects, Qrator plans to launch a variety of freemium branding services that will assist professionals grow fast their social and professional network and generate sales of their goods and services.Qrator is targeted at 3.5 million of the world’s most talented Creators (creative professionals) and 320 million passionate people about creativity and innovation. We estimate each Creator is most likely to spend an average of $880 per annum in digital marketing services. Qrator’s addressable market is expected to exceed $3 billion, spent by the world’s Creators in digital marketing services per annum.Qrator is a UK company, lead by its founder & CEO Nikolas Ioannidis, a successful hospitality en- trepreneur and former technologist. Nikolas is leading a team of 6, consisting of the CTO, a Lead Designer, a Senior IOS/back-end Developer, a Senior front-end Developer, Community Curator and a Recommender Systems Consultant. Nikolas disposes of a substantial number of contacts in the media and creative industry around the globe. Qrator’s R&D department is located in Greece (Athens and Chania). Qrator is establishing a team of Local Community Curators in key cities from around the globe.Qrator is currently in private beta phase, aiming to launch end of October 2014 and targetting to acquire within September 2015, 10K talented Creators and 1M prospects, from 10 key cities from around the world.Qrator just raised a Seed round funding. 
Description: The role has the following responsibilities:Execute all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off to engineeringHTML authoringNewsletter design, banner designSocial media creative content sourcing and design  Social Media Handling Managing the social media marketing strategy; focusing on Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Twitter, facebook, Google+, YouTube. Execution of all social media activities (i.e. tweeting, sharing, engaging, liking, increasing social reach, doing the heavy lifting, etc)Creating social media campaigns and calls-to-action that drive usage and generate leadsTweeting at least 30 – 50 times a month while engaging influencers to increase the follower- ship of our clients’ social media profiles; receiving multiple mentions and retweets in the process.Posting several Facebook posts each day and finding new ways to leverage Facebook for professional and business purposes.
Requirements: 2+ years of Web Design experienceKnowledge in HTML and CSSProficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, or other visual design and wire-framing toolsBasic knowledge of video editing skills and techniques (editing, animation and sound)Demonstrable graphic design skillsExperience in creating short videos (Vines)Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interactionAbility to solve problems creatively and effectivelyUp-to-date with the latest Web trends, techniques, and technologiesDiploma in Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, or a Visual Arts subjectPassionate of working in a start-up environment 
Benefits: We anticipate a monthly remuneration plus a monthly OTE (On Target earning) compensation model. 
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