Arts and Design Manager

Dante Personnel; Germiston; On-site; ZAR 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Dante Personnel in Germiston, South Africa, seeks an experienced Art Director / Senior Designer to lead packaging design teams in FMCG environments. You will steer creative direction, ensure brand integrity, and drive packaging systems.

The role demands strong leadership, expert Illustrator/Photoshop/InDesign skills, and meticulous attention to dielines, print specs, and packaging regulations across multiple projects.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Art Director, Senior Designer or Design Manager.
• Strong packaging design experience within FMCG, manufacturing or consumer products.
• Proven team leadership and management experience.
• Experience developing packaging systems.
• Advanced Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign skills.
• Strong knowledge of print production, dielines and packaging regulations.
• Exceptional attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the packaging design team
• Provide creative direction and mentor designers
• Review and approve packaging artwork and concepts
• Maintain brand consistency and packaging standards
• Manage team KPIs, workloads and deadlines
• Oversee multiple projects and ensure quality output

Skills

Packaging design

Team leadership

Print production knowledge

Attention to detail

Art direction experience

Dielines

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Job description

Minimum requirements:

• Proven experience as an Art Director, Senior Designer or Design Manager


• Strong packaging design experience within FMCG, manufacturing or consumer products


• Proven team leadership and management experience


• Experience developing packaging systems


• Advanced Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign skills


• Strong knowledge of print production, dielines and packaging regulations


• Exceptional attention to detail

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the packaging design team


• Provide creative direction and mentor designers


• Review and approve packaging artwork and concepts


• Maintain brand consistency and packaging standards


• Manage team KPIs, workloads and deadlines


• Oversee multiple projects and ensure quality output