Senior Graphic Designer Job in South Africa March 2024

Senior Graphic Designer Job in South Africa March 2024

RealLife Concepts – Senior Graphic Designer Job in Cape Town, City Bowl March 2024

Job description

Our small branding and business development agency, RealLife Concepts, has an opportunity for a mid to senior level graphic designer with great graphic design skills, strong digital affinity and DTP experience.
In this role, you will work with a team to produce the best creative design solution for each brief. You are responsible for all visual outcomes. We’re looking for someone skilled and meticulous who is able to deliver thoughtfully crafted creative solutions, understanding business concepts. Enjoy and be successful at giving art direction to freelancers and juniors and help us grow by becoming our art director.
For this job, you need to

• Develop big thinking and brand strategies
• Be able to oversee the full scope: also come with input for copy and activations
• Work independently and take the lead in all visual aspects that we share with the client. Show assertiveness and initiative
• Have worked with a development team before and enjoy collaborating on projects
• Be friends with spell checking and have an eye for detail
• Work well in a team with creative director and copywriter
• Be able to handle constructive criticism and creative direction
• Have a varied portfolio that reflects designs of logos, CI, packaging, websites, layout, POS projects, strong in digital

Responsibilities

• Use design concepts to produce sample design layouts that meet the clients’ requirements as specified in the brief
• Prepare digital files suitable for proofing and printing, check preliminary and final proofs for errors and make necessary corrections
• Edit graphics and photos using editing software
• Create and/or convert various types of files for printing or for other media using computer software
• Ensure that all material is appropriately archived and is easily retrievable
• Implement projects from concept through to completion by planning effectively
• Ensure a quality end product that achieves the desired message as well as meeting all the technical specifications required
• Stay up-to-date with software and tools to continuously improve the quality of outputs
• Be able to work across print and digital platforms
• No job is too small, or not interesting enough to deserve your creative excellence
• Work in collaboration with the creative head, production manager and copywriter to ensure that the requirements of the brief are met in a high quality and timely manner
• Take responsibility for the quality of their own output by consulting as and when required
• Work with team and suppliers to ensure that projects are managed to deadlines and budgets

Company Description

branding & business development

Requirements

The successful candidate must have/be:

• Relevant tertiary qualification from a recognised visual communication institution
• Five years’ experience as a graphic artist/creative visualiser in design/advertising/retail print industry
• Fluency in current graphic design practices and software, such as (CS6 – CC)
• Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, etc.
• DTP Mac competencies – the designer is required to have a good level of finished art competencies
• Strong production skills including knowledge and ability to provide solutions within the constraints of print and digital.
• An understanding of and experience in corporate identity management and Branding, layout, colour theory and typography in both print and digital media

 
Contact details
Jordi de Looff
RealLife Concepts
idl@reallifeconcepts.com