Senior Graphic Designer

Join Schnitz as our Senior Graphic Designer and lead our creative endeavours with your expertise and vision.

Here at Schnitz, we are one big family, passionate about spreading happiness with authentic hand-crafted schnitzel.

From our stores to our support office and our franchisees, we live and breathe our values of quality, compassion, integrity, and family. And it’s our love for making people happy that brings us all together and makes our dedicated, passionate family business thrive.

At Schnitz, service is at the core of everything we do. We achieve together, embrace diversity and work hard to get it right. And with restaurants across the country, it’s clear that we’re onto something special.

Reporting to the General Manager of Marketing and Innovation. The Senior Graphic Designer is responsible for all creative efforts, collaborating with Marketing and Product development and to mentor our Junior Graphic Designer. The purpose of the role is to conceptualise and execute visual solutions that uphold and enhance our brand identity.

Your key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

The Role Recipe:

• Respond to briefs, manage Schnitz team’s expectations while understanding their requirements for each campaign.
• Ideate and pitch work directly to Marketing / Innovation team to secure award winning QSR led campaigns
• Project manage creative work to ensure they are delivered on time and to budget
• Contribute to team planning and resourcing to ensure the best teams possible are being created for each project
• Engaging with and managing freelance designers and developers to assist with project deliverables
• Play a leadership role across the internal and external agency and design partners provide feedback to other designers to elevate the quality of work across the company.
• Be the custodian of the brand assets and elements.
• Manage team workflow and ensure all jobs are logged in a central system
• Manage WIP with direct report
• Ensure all files are saved in an orderly manner in drives.
• Assist in marketing led presentations for conference and state meetings
• Provide support with copywriting skills and social content delivery.

Key ingredients:

• 5 years+ experience as an in-house designer or in a similar role
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office and Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects & Dreamweaver)
• Professional demeanour with strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills
• A recently updated Portfolio showcasing your ability
• A can-do attitude with the ability to work independently or as part of a team when required.
• Passion for perfection, a keen eye for detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Strong copywriting skills for presentations and briefs, with the ability to distil complex research into clear, compelling narratives
• Strong visual communication skills, proficient in creating impactful presentations using Keynote and Google Slides

Our commitment to you:

• Flexible work arrangements and a fantastic work culture built on a foundation of quality, compassion, integrity and family;
• Work as part of a dynamic and innovative team in a multi-faceted and challenging role in a fun and modern office space;
• Excellent office location with benefits such as team lunches, anniversary celebrations, annual conference and staff discount
• Opportunities for continued career growth and development.

Apply now to join the Schnitz family and make our passion yours!

Schnitz is committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful workplace environment. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds - not just because it is the right thing to do, but because it makes our organisation stronger. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other people of colour, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ people and those with a disability.