Graphic Designer

OVERVIEW

As a Graphic Designer for The Academics Group (home to The Coffee Academics and Ninetys), you will guide the creative direction that shapes our premium café and lifestyle concepts. Your main focus is to turn our dedication to artisanal coffee and gastronomy into striking visual communications. By prioritizing high-quality retail packaging and tactile print materials, you will guarantee our brand image remains unified, contemporary, and highly engaging for our loyal patrons.

CORE DUTIES

• Invent and produce top-tier packaging layouts for retail coffee lines, lifestyle merchandise, and takeaway goods across all our locations.
• Craft eye-catching graphics for diverse channels, including in-store menus, environmental displays, promotional campaigns, and digital platforms.
• Cooperate with marketing and operations departments to turn strategic business goals into elegant, practical designs that enhance the customer journey.
• Oversee multiple creative workflows from start to finish, hitting strict deadlines while preserving exceptional aesthetic standards.
• Track emerging visual shifts in the food, beverage, and retail sectors, introducing novel concepts involving eco-friendly materials and modern typography.
• Coordinate directly with print shops and material vendors to ensure physical assets are manufactured flawlessly and within budget, while periodically reviewing our in-store visual merchandising to gauge its impact.
• Develop and curate engaging visual content for social media platforms, ensuring alignment with our premium brand identity.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• University degree or diploma in Visual Communications, Graphic Design, Advertising, or an equivalent discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years of commercial design practice, specifically within high-end dining, specialty coffee, or boutique retail environments.
• Expert-level proficiency in industry-standard software (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop), backed by a robust portfolio showcasing exceptional packaging structures and brand identity creation.
• Superb interpersonal skills, equipped to articulate design choices persuasively to management and incorporate feedback smoothly.
• Capability to flourish in an energetic, rapidly shifting hospitality environment, consistently yielding top-notch results under tight time constraints.
• Proficiency in leveraging emerging AI technologies to enhance the creative process is highly desirable.
• Candidates with extensive commercial experience may be considered for a Senior Graphic Designer role.