Dtp Art Director

4 months ago


Cape Town, South Africa 99 Cents Full time

Brief summary of main duties (includes but not limited to):
A desktop publishing artist is a skilled DTP Art Director, responsible for translating the templatized work of creative art directors, populating a price and product layout against a brief and finalizing it into print and digital files.
- working to a design brief from the client or designer
- using DTP software (Adobe Suite, especially InDesign) to produce a layout for each page of the publication
- Using internal systems; workbook to action briefs, communication, timesheets
- Using RMS to fully complete all DTP work - no manual changes unless communicated and flagged
- Meeting required deadlines, tight turn arounds
- Fully understanding and adhering to DTP processes and systems for communication, circulation, FA checks and disking
- Understanding the full FA check list and adhering to this at all times, making sure each job has gone through the Fa check list.
- selecting formatting, such as the size and style of type, column width and spacing
- selecting and checking colours
- Excellent attention to detail

**Requirements**:
Minimum Relevant Experience required:

- 2+ yrs experience in DTP Art Direction
- Experience in working within a live retail environment would be advantageous
- Understanding pressures

Skills/Attributes:

- Attention to Detail
- job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Dependability
- job requires being reliable, responsible, dependable and fulfilling obligations
- Initiative
- job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges, working long hours
- Works well under pressure, can take instructions, work independently and with other resources
- They need to be flexible, motivated and willing to go the extra mile
- They need to be able to work over and above the normal working hours from time to time
- Excellent time management and organizational skills
- Solutions Driven
- Logical Thinker
- Attention to detail
- Strong spoken & written communication
- Calm under pressure, yet a sense of urgency
- Ability to multi-task

Minimum Education requirements:

- Diploma in Art Direction
- highly advantageous but not essential
- Relevant Adobe software
- Mac knowledge


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