Dis-Chem Pharmacies CJM require a DTP Designer at our CJ Marketing in Midrand/Delmas You will be required to design Point of Sale creative and ensure DTP standards are adhered to. Deliver end to end creative designs such as promotions and other marketing requirements and ensure that texts, images, and illustration elements meet the standards for print production. Translate artwork into digital files suitable for printing.Facilitate the process of deliverables for print production on a variety of large format and digital press
machinery for various stakeholders in line with the CJ Marketing quality standards.

Minimum Requirements…

Essential:

• Grade 12 – Matric, and a Qualification in Graphic Design or DTP.
• Minimum 2 -3 years’ experience working as a Desk Top Publisher (DTP) or Point of Sale (POS) Graphics Designer.

 
Job Specification…

Print Production Control:

• Review and provide input to print submissions to ensure that the content is aligned to the printing
  standards (color, spelling, grammar etc.).
• • Review and provide input to layout orientations an ensure alignment to the specifications.

• Review and provide input to layout orientations an ensure alignment to the specifications.
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• Attend to and mitigate risks that are identified and/or raised by stakeholders that may influence the timely execution of deliverables.
• Engage with and inform the relevant stakeholders about any risks that may influence the timely execution of deliverables (operational delays, equipment failure etc.).
• Review page proofs to eliminate errors and ensure the final design meet the required
  specifications of the CJ Marketing CI.
• Assemble file for print an ensure that existing design layouts are oriented into various layout
  orientation.
• Liaise with Graphic Studio Manager and Marketing & Brand Manager to implement new
  techniques and processes to streamline production.
• Collaborate and advise design team on requirements of artworks exporting I terms of layouts and
  imposition on prepress process.
• Maintain administrative charts and spreadsheets for progress reports and billing purposes.

Stock Control:

• Ensure all media resourcing material (vinyl, posters etc.) are available for operations and obtain
  approval to procure the relevant material when necessary.
• Continuously monitor design software licensing for operations and ensure approval is obtained before
  procuring.
• Monitor the performance and damages of equipment such as printing machines etc. and obtain
  approval for replacement.

Stakeholder Relationship & Communication:

• Build and maintain positive communication between the design team and production vendors.
•  Address store and HO queries and follow-up on and implement actions to address such queries.
• Conduct follow up with DC team regarding the tracking of print jobs to approved locations.

Team Management:

• Take full responsibility of all direct reports, motivating and managing them in relation to quality
  standards and agreed benchmarks and objectives, focusing on all aspects of sound people
  management to ensure optimal performance.
• Monitor team effectiveness and make relevant changes to improve team performance.
• Drive employee engagement by transferring knowledge to Print Production Officer and design team by
  providing necessary production elements and information from production vendors.
• Identify training needs within the team and collaborate with the Learning & Development department
  to identify appropriate training.

General:

• Adhere to Dis-Chem Policies and Standard Operating Procedures
• Adhere to Health and Safety rules and regulations.

ROLE COMPETENCIES:

Cognitive Skills -

Develops fresh ideas that provide solutions to all types of workplace challenges. Makes
timely, informed decisions that consider the facts, goals, constraints, and risks.
Resolves difficult or complicated challenges. Identifies cause and effect relationships
and comes up with appropriate solutions. Identifies, collects, and organises data for
analysis and decision-making. Having or showing interest in learning things and being
curious. The ability to comprehend, to understand and profit from experience.


Business Acumen

Ability to have a clear vision about what needs to be achieved. Understanding and
analysing current position and resources required to execute. Knowledge about
market research methods and analysis. Understanding how your actions will
contribute to financial results of the company. Uses mathematical techniques to
calculate data or solve practical problems. Estimation and rounding of money.
Manages strategic objective with internal and external stakeholders

Communication Skills

Grasps the meaning of information written in English. Conveys ideas and facts in
writing using language the reader will best understand. Communicating in a confident
and forceful manner in order to achieve the required goal without being aggressive.

Interpersonal Skills

Ensures products and services comply with customer requirements. Promotes
cooperation and commitment within a team to achieve goals and deliverables.
Interacts with people effectively. Able and willing to share and receive information.
Designs and implements guidelines to improve products and services. Addresses
customer service deficiencies by involving employees to identify solutions.

Quality Orientation

Diligently attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing tasks. The quality or
state of being correct or precise. Executed without negligence or omissions. The state
or condition of having all the necessary or appropriate parts. Demonstrating an
underlying drive to ensure that quality is not compromised. It includes the
identification and maintenance of standards to meet the needs of the company,
together with a desire for accuracy and order. Corrects mistakes and takes action to
ensure they do not re-occur.

Self-Management
Skills

Focuses on results and desired outcomes and how best to achieve them. Gets the job
done. The degree to which an individual is comfortable with uncertainty,
unpredictability, conflicting directions and multiple demands. A feeling of
trust in one's abilities, qualities and judgement. Displays an ongoing commitment to
learning and self-improvement. Adapts to changing business needs, conditions, and
work responsibilities. Able to effectively deal with change and diverse people.
Maintains composure in highly stressful or adverse situations. Displays emotional
resilience and the ability to withstand pressure on an on-going basis. Coordinates ideas
and resources to achieve goals. Sets priorities. Schedules activities. The ability to use
one's time effectively and productively. Motivated and driven by setting targets and deadlines to achieve. Persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.


Leadership Skills

Enables cooperative and productive group interactions. Ongoing process of communication between a supervisor and an employee that occurs throughout the year in support of accomplishing the strategic objectives of the organisation. The ability to provide direction and guidance to a group of people and to encourage cooperation between team members in order to attain an objective.


Management

Structures and directs others’ work on projects or programs. Manages staff in ways that improve their ability to succeed on the job. The ability to assign responsibilities and authority to the right employees, taking their interests, ambitions, development and competency into account. Following up on delegated tasks.

Special conditions of employment:

• South African citizen
• MIE, clear criminal and credit
• Driver’s license and/or own reliable transport

 

Remuneration and benefits:

• Market related salary
• Medical aid
• Provident fund
• Staff account

 

ONLY SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN CONTACTED WITHIN TWO WEEKS AFTER THE CLOSING DATE CONSIDER YOUR APPLICATION AS UNSUCCESSFUL.

 

Dis-Chem Pharmacies is an equal opportunity employer. Dis-Chem’s approved Employment Equity Plan and targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process aligned to Dis-Chem’s Employment Equity & Transformation Strategy. Dis-Chem actively supports the recruitment of People with Disabilities.