Jobs in Johannesburg, South Africa

R 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 (South African Rand)

Accurate repro-ready material

• Produce technically correct, comprehensive material as per the brief within the allocated time
• Understand and adhering the Retailers Brand CI and follow the RMS brief and layout instructions from the Ad Coordinator
• Grouping of products, attention to detail as per clients expectations.
• Integrations: Accuracy when integrating jobs from RMS to Indesign.
• Accurately action changes through RMS
• Escalation and troubleshooting of all brief, layout, retouching or quality related problems
• Reflect accurate information (visuals, price and copy)
• Ensure correct files / versions / file names are copied to the relevant departments or mailed in the relevant RMS mail stages or Page proofing stages.
• Ensure quality measures are in place _paying attention to accuracy, colour, fonts, design elements and final sizes from the RMS brief.
• Effectively prioritize and meet all deadlines
• Ensure that correct sign-off procedures in RMS are followed before final production & transmission to relevant output channel
• Maintain back-up records consistently and archive all approved artwork in the RMS Guardbook and retrieve as requested
• Conduct regular system housekeeping to maintain available space on server by archiving / retrieving of artwork

Product

• Familiar with new trends
• Be responsible and take ownership of work

Reports

• Reports any technology related issue immediately

Profit

• Log time on RMS, be costs conscious and attempt to reduce cost where possible

Systems

• Understand and adhere to solutions and systems
• Comply with RMS system rules and workflow

People

• Maintain high levels of communication within the team and across all agency departments
• Respect work, people, peers and place of business
• Provide support to the creative department
• Project a positive and professional image of the Company internally and externally
• Direct client liaison on a regular basis might be applicable

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

Knowledge/Experience

• Matric & relevant retail layout experience
• Mac OSX System literate
• Must have excellent knowledge and understanding of the print repro process
• Skilled use of DTP tools (i.e. Adobe Creative Suite)

Skills/Behaviours

• Customer Service Orientation
• Attention to detail must be meticulous
• Strong layout ability
• Ability to work under pressure and be flexible
• Must be able to work unsupervised and follow RMS workflow
• Accept guidance and respond well to criticism
• Teamwork and spirit and willingness to learn
• Resourceful and show initiative
• Professional at all times
• Technical skills
• Knowledge of MAC OSX Operating System
• Production knowledge
• Must be a good communicator

NOTE:No Job Description can be all embracing. Associated duties which can be reasonably considered to be part of the described job, shall form part of the job responsibilities. In addition, in the event of an employee's job being temporarily discontinued, he/she may be allocated to other temporary duties provided these are in keeping with his/her status and experience

Salary is Cost to Company:

• Compulsory provident fund with Alexander Forbes, set at 15% of CTC.
• Medical aid is optional, but we are affiliated with Discovery medical aid.