Freelance DTP Art Director

99c is a full-service, integrated advertising agency with offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg. We are one of South Africa’s largest independently owned Agencies.

Job Description

A desktop publishing artist is a skilled DTP Art Director, responsible for translating the templatized work of creative art directors, populating a price and product layout against a brief and finalising it into print and digital files. We are looking for freelance DTP Art Directors to join our Cape Town office for a short period to agency closure.

Brief summary of the main duties :

• Working to a design brief from the client or designer
• Using DTP software (Adobe Suite, especially InDesign) to produce a layout for each page of the publication
• Using internal systems; workbook to action briefs, communication, timesheets
• Using RMS to fully complete all DTP work - no manual changes unless communicated and flagged
• Meeting required deadlines, tight turnarounds
• Fully understanding and adhering to DTP processes and systems for communication, circulation, FA checks and disking
• Understanding the full FA checklist and adhering to this at all times, making sure each job has gone through the FA checklist.
• Selecting formatting, such as the size and style of type, column width and spacing
• Selecting and checking colours
• Excellent attention to detail

Job Requirements

Minimum Relevant Experience required :

• 2+ yrs experience in DTP Art Direction
• Experience in working within a live retail environment would be advantageous
• Attention to Detail - job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Dependability - job requires being reliable, responsible, dependable and fulfilling obligations
• Initiative - job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges, working long hours
• Works well under pressure, can take instructions, work independently and with other resources
• They need to be flexible, motivated and willing to go the extra mile
• They need to be able to work over and above the normal working hours from time to time
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Solutions Driven
• Logical Thinker
• Calm under pressure, yet a sense of urgency
• Ability to multi-task

Minimum Education requirements :

• Diploma in Art Direction - highly advantageous but not essential
• Relevant Adobe Suite software
• Mac knowledge