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We are currently on the lookout for packaging and DTP designers to join our fast-paced, driven art department.

In this role, we will ask you to:

• Design for packaging and promotional reasons, including mock ups, presentations, DTP, catalogue creation, flyer design, take product pictures, deep etch and retouch for print, repro your work for print and more.
• You will be expected to problem solve and be self-starting.
• You will need to be mature enough to self-monitor times, check your own work and maintain consistency
• You will be expected to work quickly
• You will need to be able to read die lines and be able to adjust dies according to new sizes
• You absolutely must understand the print process and different methods of printing onto various finishes, transfers, colour separation, print preparation and repro. This is non-negotiable.

Requirements / Must have:

• Degree or equivalent in design
• One to two years' proven working experience within studio or agency within packaging, presentations and layout (DTP)
• Understanding of repro for print - NB
• Understanding of best practice for print - NB
• Ability to read dielines and amend dies as needed - NB
• Portfolio of packaging work
• Working knowledge of Adobe Suite
• Working knowledge of PowerPoint, Word, PDF and Excel.
• PC or Mac Literate

Advantageous:

• 3D design experience - product mockup and POS
• A working knowledge of Blender

NOTE:

• Applications that do not include a portfolio will not be considered.
• Should you not hear from us within three weeks of your application, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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SMD Technologies, the home of Volkano is looking for a strong junior brand manager to assist in the management of three of our new and fastest growing brands. The role of the brand manager would involve overseeing a wide array of business functions including sales, developing communication channels, training of sales teams, product development, promotions, and market research.

Roles and responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Conduct consumer and market research
• Identify how our brand is currently positioned in the market
• Develop varying strategies to address segmented customer needs based on their progress on the adoption curve, defend the existing customer base and identify opportunities for continuous improvement
• Test new strategies for driving customer value
• Performance monitoring, outlier diagnosis and management
• Champion opportunities to consistently improve the “Brand” experience
• Drive customer retention, and switch from competitor brands
• Map the customer journey and identify opportunities to proactively intervene on the client's behalf
• Develop listening points in the customer journey, define and segment the customer base.
• Develop and implement customer experience strategies,
• Reviewing and pulling insights from analytics and data. Segmenting customers and audiences into meaningful groups
• Using insights from data to make improvements, maintain the feedback loop flow, and predict future needs and problems. Anticipate consumer trends and keep brand up to date
• Team alignment and collaboration to deliver on customer experience objectives. Communicate our brand personality internally and align company around foundational ideas
• Brand blueprint/DNA ownership and maintenance
• Effective execution of customer experience strategy: Define objectives, develop hypotheses, establish a method of execution, implement, monitor, and iterate based on customer experience and response.
• New representative brand onboarding
• Training on key sales points on product ranges

Requirements:

• Organised
• Creative
• Trend Savvy
• Ability to adapt in a fast-paced, changing growth environment and to work independently
• Focused and responsible
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with external stakeholders and internal cross-functional team members
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Critical thinking skills and the ability to use data insights to drive marketing strategies and tactics
• Clinical analytical skills
• Digital and social media marketing insights advantageous

Required qualifications:

• Degree in Marketing or Sales
• Any other relevant degree

Desired experience:

• 2 – 3 years relevant working experience

If at any point should you not hear from us within 3 weeks, please consider your application as unsuccessful.