Creative Dtp - Kwazulu/Natal, South Africa - Accountancy Placements

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Key Responsibilities

Packaging design under guidance

  • Create dielines and artwork for various print purposes (litho, flexo, digital, screen print, etc)
  • Prepare artwork for various print purposes
  • Manage the handing over the printready graphics to packaging suppliers
  • Attend and supervise certain sign offs

Marketing support

  • When needed, assist with creating artwork for websites and social media posts
  • Create artwork for all types of marketing needs such as brochures, flyers, signage etc

Product labelling

  • Oversee the highlevel accuracy required, and the efficient designing requirements, of product labels for gifting, retail shops and manufacturing needs. Including export labelling

Trade Support

  • Assist with the designing of promotional material needed by the sales teams. (Instore wobblers, flyers, posters etc)
  • Designing and maintaining all the different sales presenters (gifting, retail, foodservice, export etc)

Key Accountabilities

  • Filing of packaging artwork design and specs is kept uptodate
  • Complete graphics tasks within set deadlines
  • High attention to detail and accuracy in all tasks
  • Ensure labelling for production runs timeously
  • Ensure Emporium printed items are produced efficiently

Communication and Working Relationship

EXTERNAL -

  • Print and packaging suppliers sign offs and communications professional

INTERNAL -

  • Marketing
  • Front of House
  • Procurement
  • Production
  • Sales
  • Retail stores

Soft Skills Required

  • Highly organised
  • Excellent communicator
  • Excellent 3D awareness
  • Creative intuition
  • An eye for detail
  • Able to work to prescribed instruction
  • Able to follow a tight brand brief
  • Fast worker
  • A strong A Team player
  • Conscientious
  • Eventempered
  • Fun loving

Qualifications required to fulfil the role

  • Adobe Suite
  • Illustrator and Photoshop min 5 years' experience
  • Graphics design 3 year course or equivalent degree
  • Good Sketchup skills useful but not essential

Specific work experience required to fulfil the role

  • Packaging 3 dimensional design experience and print industry knowledge minimum 3 years' experience
  • DTP experience minimum of 5 years
  • No marketing experience needed

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