Creative Dtp

5 months ago


KwazuluNatal, South Africa Accountancy Placements Full time

**Key Responsibilities**

**Packaging design under guidance**
- Create die-lines and artwork for various print purposes (litho, flexo, digital, screen print, etc)
- Prepare artwork for various print purposes
- Manage the handing over the print-ready 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 high-level 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. (In-store 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 up-to-date
- 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
- Even-tempered
- 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