Graphic Designer

SUMMARY:
Graphic Designer

POSITION INFO:

We are a family manufacturing concern for the past 51 years, based in Rosslyn, Pretoria with both a local and international client base. We have 4 different production methods.

• Variety of presses
• High pressure die casting
• Injection molding
• Embossing

using gilding metals, zinc, plastic, silicone, and precious metals for our prestige items.

We have a vacancy for a young innovative graphic designer with the following attributes:

• Mechanical aptitude
• Exceptional 3d vision
• Team player
• Self-starter and self-motivator to complete tasks at a very high standard and within hectic deadlines
• High work ethic.

The successful candidate could be from any creative field i.e., jewelry; cabinetry; architectural draftsman etc., not necessarily skilled in all the above disciplines, some which could be learnt in-house.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Receive brief from sales team/client/product developer; quick interpretation and response time, grasping the production process and parameters within, giving guidance and suggestions to the relevant person
• Write toolpath taking into consideration all the requirements for the final product, creating the cutting pattern into a piece of steel with different size cutters, depth, and width converting relief to toolpaths. Knowledge of Tool Changers, Tool tolerances, Tool types would be beneficial.
• Cutting involves putting material on CNC machines and monitoring the die cutting process.
• Knowledge of CNC machiningwould be advantageous, including:
  • Prior experience with 3 axis machining.
  • Prior experience with two-part dies or moulds used in injection moulding, spin casting, lost wax/centrifugal casting or die casting would be advantageous.
  • Converting vectors into 2.5D reliefs
  • Resolving design errors
  • We use Art-cam for graphic design and G-Codes or M-Codes for Toolpaths.

OTHER:

• Over-time and work over weekends as and when required by the company
• Strict deadlines to adhere to

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