Senior Graphic Designer – Woodstock - R25,000-R30,000 per month

Senior Graphic Designer – Woodstock - R25,000-R30,000 per month

Seeking a Senior Graphic Designer who has strong creative skills, a passion for packaging, product manuals, illustrative design, sales support and typography. With experience in working with numerous different design platforms such as digital and print forms.

Requirements:

• 5+ years’ experience (Packing & Product Manuals Design)
• Adobe Suits (InDesign, Illustrator, Creative etc.)
• Photography experience (Advantages)
• Able to work under pressure
• Able to design for various different brands

Responsibilities:

Responsible for packaging for consumer products; photography (for internal, external and online needs), and website/e-commerce channel support.

Job Duties:

• Meets art department work standards by following production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving operational problems; identifying work process improvements.
• Meets art department cost standards by monitoring expenses; implementing cost-saving actions.
• Formulates art concepts (possibly supervising co-workers) engaged in executing layout designs for art work and copy to be presented by visual communications media.
• Keeps executive informed by reviewing illustrative material for presentation.
• Implement restructuring and procedural methodology to organize and maintain art/image database for use of Art Department and Sales Team
• Reviews project production factors by studying budget, background information, objectives, presentation approaches, styles, and techniques.
• Selects and secures illustrative material by formulating basic layout design concept; conducting research.
• Produces illustrative material by assigning layout design concept to artists and photographers; directing development of design concepts into art layouts.
• Prepares layouts for printing by marking-up, pasting-up, and finishing layouts.
• Obtains executive approval by presenting final layouts, story boards, and illustrations; responding to executive commentary and requests.
• Improves quality results by studying, evaluating, and re-designing processes; implementing changes.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Enhances art department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

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