CREATIVE ARTWORKER (DTP/DESIGNER): ADVERTISING AGENCY
DTP Finished Artist – Creative (Integrated), Designer – Creative (Integrated)
Cape Town – Western Cape
We have an exciting on-site opportunity for a Senior Creative Artworker (DTP/Designer) to
join the small, tight knit team at a dynamic creative advertising agency in Cape Town. The
agency is part of a renowned global Group and boasts an integrated, full-service offering.
The successful candidate will work within the artwork production division to create and
execute artwork for a variety of print and web-ready deliverables, including brochures,
banners, digital assets, point-of-sale, reports, and presentations across the client portfolio,
from initial concepts through to final artwork and delivery.
If you are a skilled Artworker who is a team player with great communication skills we’d love to chat. Get in touch today!
Responsibilities
- Deliver intricate and accurate artwork on schedule and within budget for a range of low to high-volume projects and campaigns
- Consistently, precisely, and to the highest quality retouch and process images for use in print and digital
- A keen eye for detail while making sure each piece of artwork meets the highest requirements for quality control and assurance
- Collaborate with all production departments (Artwork, Motion, Digital, 3D, Agency Producers, and Studio Operations)
- Liaise with print production teams on print preparation for physical installation
- Articulate rationale and feedback in a thoughtful and articulate manner
- Develop and maintain excellent working relationships within the agency
- Interpret and develop client briefs alongside the creative and client service teams to drive up standards of creativity
- Carry out all instructions and requirements quickly and efficiently with commercial awareness
- Always develop and maintain a good understanding of the agency’s culture and act in its best interests
- Act in the best interests of the Agency and Group always
- Work collaboratively with all client service and creative teams
- Collaborate efficiently with all regional and international offices and remote employees across all creative artwork projects
- Delegate and collaborate with teammates across multiple creative artwork projects.
Requirements
The successful candidate must have/be:
- Relevant visual communications tertiary qualification
- Ability to think creatively to enable the rollout of initial ideas across multiple outputs.
- Print and digital industry awareness: Excellent working knowledge of print artwork, digital artwork and photo retouching.
- Proven proficiency and technical skills within Adobe Creative Cloud, including InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile, and deadline-driven production environment
- Ability to adhere to department-wide processes
- Strong communication and negotiation skills to inform project discussions and decisions
- 3 years relevant industry experience
- Strong portfolio of work showcasing a mixture of print artwork, digital artwork and retouching ability
- The required technical knowledge and demonstrable understanding of working with CMYK, RGB and PMS (Pantone Matching System)
- Ability to collaborate on presentations built using Google Slides and/or Microsoft PowerPoint (SharePoint online co-authoring)
- Understanding of Adobe Bridge – desirable
- Understanding of FIGMA/Sketch – desirable
- Knowledge of 2D and 3D production – desirable
- Excellent face to face and telephone communicator – desirable
- Ability to encourage and develop junior members – desirable
- Keen eye for detail, layout and typography
- Ability to articulate concepts and ideas to the wider team
- Ability to prioritise workflow
- Ability to work to adhere to deadlines
- Ambitious
- Creative
- Respectful
- Ability to self-manage
- Always demonstrates agency core expectations: Accountability, Challenge, Collaboration, Advocacy
- Self-driven with a positive outlook
- Reliable
- Team player attitude
- Ability to bring new skills to the team
- Able to work extended hours on occasions when required
- Flexibility to alter work pattern to align with UK / New York / Australia office time-zones with notice
- Flexibility to work off site when required.
Please submit a PDF/link to a relevant portfolio along with your CV on application.
African candidates will be given preference in line with client’s equity requirements.
City: Cape Town
Level of Expertise: Senior
Remuneration: Negotiable
Consultant: Christine
Reference Number: #Chris2539
