Qualifications

• Grade 12 Certificate/Matric
• Bachelor’s degree / diploma in graphic design or related field

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in a graphic design role.
• Minimum of 3 years in a senior studio role (agency / in house design team)
• Ability to work across various design programmes
• Knowledge of printing processes
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Hands-on, self-motivated and naturally organized
• Strong time-management skills and profound respect for deadlines.
• Extraordinary attention to detail.
• Problem solver both creatively and strategically.
• Proactive, task driven and positive attitude.
• Team player and happy to collaborate with a cross-functional team.
• Understanding of marketing, production, corporate identity, advertisements, and multiple design.
• Ability to give and receive constructive criticism.
• Proficiency with required desktop publishing tools, including InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and CorelDraw.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure that design trends/ customer trends are understood and incorporated into concepts / options created
• Creation of campaign elements across all necessary mediums
• Represent and work with creative agencies integrating design criteria and principles for consistent brand experience
• Ensure creative for brand execution and in store / digital / stakeholder execution is aligned and consistent
• Design and concept creation for internal campaigns as required by business (HR / Finance / Projects)
• Application and management of corporate CI into the greater Pepkor group as requested by group marketing / design requirements
• Responsibility for corporate CI execution and roll out across company and group brands to ensure integrity and brand rules are met
• Responsibility for supplier brand CI and execution of supplier brands within the Tekkie Town / Group
• Review of junior design team’s work to ensure briefing is met and designs are compliant and relevant
• Manage studio output for future reference
• Administration of key campaign designs for future reference