Creative Manager [Packaging]

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent design agency in Cape Town is seeking an experienced Creative Manager to lead and mentor their packaging design team. The successful candidate will have over 10 years of experience in packaging and brand design, a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, and strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite. This role involves developing brand objectives, managing budgets, and ensuring brand consistency across projects. Excellent management and strategic design thinking skills are essential for achieving the highest standards of creativity.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years packaging and brand design experience.
• Minimum 7 years management experience leading teams.
• Strong understanding of design management systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the packaging design team.
• Develop and communicate brand objectives.
• Manage budgets and costings across resources.

Skills

Management of design teams

Strategic design thinking

Adobe Creative Suite CC

Market trend knowledge

Education

Bachelors degree in Graphic Design or equivalent

Packaging Diploma

Job description

About the job Creative Manager [Packaging]

Creative Manager

• Matric (Grade 12)
• Bachelors degree in Graphic Design & Art or equivalent Graphic Design qualification
• Packaging Diploma
• At least 10 years packaging and brand design experience with an outstanding working knowledge of concept artwork, finished Art and all print &packaging processes.
• Minimum 7 years management experience in leading teams, conducting performance reviews & measurements
• Experience of developing high performing design teams.
• Strategic and creative design thinking
• Strong knowledge of packaging construction, holistic design solutions, brands CIs and implementation thereof essential
• Strong market and trend related knowledge
• Excellent knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite CC: Illustrator, Photoshop, In-design.
• A strong understanding of design management systems and studio work flow to drive efficiencies

Responsibilities:

• To lead, manage and mentor the Companies packaging design team, including senior and junior creative designers, finished artists, illustrators,photographers and freelance designers in order to deliver to plan.
• To develop and communicate our brand objectives, by planning, resource sourcing and multitasking workload across the internal staff andexternal agencies to deliver.
• To ensure that all work delivered is aligned to the brand CIs as well as brand tiering and brand architecture.
• To ensure and maintain brand consistency in-line with relevant marketing strategies and Corporate Identity guidelines thus accurateimplementation across all sub-brands are key.
• To collaborate with industry leaders to foster inspiration & learnings as well as the know how of keeping up with international trends in order tocontinually bring an edge to Private Label design continually.
• To recruit, retain and develop the best design talent in order to deliver the best in class and invest in the future of Company Private Label.
• To lead and create innovative spaces by leading brainstorming sessions to promote design thinking in order to achieve the highest standard increativity and ensuring all briefs are met.
• To manage budgets and costings across all resources to ensure we remain within budget constraints.
• To work closely with traffic, client services and the Creative Executive to ensure smooth workflow and delivery of work, while ensuring the teams
  creative brief is understood and executed within respective deadlines.
• To maintain good client relationships as well as create strong partnerships with the marketing teams in order to co-create content and campaignswhich complement our brand equities making a real impact with consumers.
• To maintain responsibility for all freelance hiring, rate negotiation and management whilst making sure the internal design team is working asefficiently as possible.
• To perform the sourcing of and directing outside resources ie: production agency, photographer, make-up artists, stylists illustrators and models,while building and maintaining professional relationships with a network of resources.
• To provide a strong support base to the Creative Executive in order to create the best sustainable design agency & design hub with top SouthAfrican talent.