Graphic Designer Reference No: HRREC017/24 at National Agricultural Marketing Council

Qualification and Experience: 

• Matric plus a National Diploma (NQF Level 6) in Graphic Design/Visual Communication or equivalent. Certificate: Desktop Publishing and Computer Art (Added Advantage).
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in Design/ Desktop Publishing experience.
• Conceptualization and design of client briefs (Advertising experience preferred).
• Flexibility in working hours will be required to meet demands of the role.
• Valid driver’s License.  

Knowledge and Skills 

• Microsoft Office Suite – Intermediate. Sound knowledge of the public sector and its regulatory and legislative framework. Good understanding of marketing software. Good understanding of social media. MS Office (MS Excel, MS PowerPoint).
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite CS6: Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, CorelDraw, and others as required. Knowledge of Colour Management for accurate colour control.
• Design and Presentation skills. Planning and organising. Time Management. Verbal and Written Communication. Strong conceptual skills. High-level of design, layout, and typography for a variety of mediums. Video editing, recording and photography. Social media creative content production.  

Key duties and responsibilities  

Graphic Design

• Design layouts for organisational publications, campaigns, internal and external reports (including covers) and marketing collateral. 
• Assist in the development of new campaigns, brainstorming, and execution. 
• Designing layouts for campaigns and publications and facilitate sign-off by management. 
• Photography of events and other materials. 
• Develop all visual communication and marketing campaign elements. 
• Design marketing collateral and advocacy material in collaboration with the team. 
• Interpret briefs and develop creative artwork. 
• Design artwork from the creative brief. 
• Ensure adherence to NAMC’s brand identity and guidelines. 
• Conceptualise the brief using existing/new templates, formats, applicable software and develop material which adheres to agreed deadlines. 
• Preparing art mock-ups and presenting to management before finalising design/concept. 
• Editing proofs to provided specifications and getting signoff/approval before finalising the artwork. 
• Coordinate design, presentations, approvals and all visual aspects of production. 
• Manage design projects from brief to final output. 
• Work on multiple briefs at the same time. 
• Plan, organise, prioritise and accomplish design work requirements. 
• Maintain a database/library/archival system of all design materials, presentations and other publications. 

Corporate Identity 

• Regularly updating of Corporate Identity and all entities design templates. 
• Create design artwork for public relations and marketing within the NAMC corporate identity to maintain the required brand elements while producing innovative, effective designs. 
• Design templates for PowerPoint and Poster Presentations. 
• Create and edit designs/ images for the entity website, portals, social media and Email communication. 

Visual Production Coordination 

• Create and design artwork for web and other digital media in the correct format. 
• Ensure artwork is correct and supplied in the right format/sizes/colour codes before being sent for publication. 
• Manipulate images and adapt submitted figures to be acceptable for digital and print publication. 
• Alter/manipulate images using appropriate and applicable software for publication purposes. 
• Scan photographs and other media for publications – produce photo-quality results. 
• Prepare all print media, set artwork and check correct application of the logo for reproduction and printing. 

Client Relations 

• Working and collaborating with other Marketing and Communications employees and management. 
• Communicating with internal and external stakeholders about projects progress. 
• Working with external stakeholders for publications/printing and other related design stakeholders.