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Mid-Level Graphic and Packaging Designer

Mid-Level Graphic and Packaging Designer

RecruitMyMom • Cape Town, ZA
30+ days ago
Job description

Job Description

  • Positioned within an established, design-led premium brand, this creative role is critical for translating artistic concepts into beautiful, retail-ready packaging and product artwork. The successful candidate will bridge the gap between initial design layouts and flawless technical factory execution, ensuring the brand's luxury aesthetic is maintained across all product surfaces and structural formats.
  • This is a full-time, permanent on-site opportunity that requires a meticulous balance of aesthetic judgment and precise print production setup. You'll be a talented designer with an exceptional eye for detail and design in 2D and 3D form. The role will suit creative professional who thrives on transforming sophisticated concepts into flawless, retail-ready packaging and product artwork, backed by technical expertise in end-to-end print and factory production for a design-led brand.

Your outputs will include:

  • Packaging Design & Artwork Execution: Adapt, update, and execute packaging layouts across various formats, ensuring brand artwork, patterns, imagery, and finishes are applied consistently and remain fit for purpose.
  • Product Graphic Development: Create and manage decal placements, surface patterns, layout positioning, and structural alignments on product surfaces using specialised digital software.
  • Production & Repro Readiness: Work confidently with complex dielines, repro setup, color science, and combinations to prepare highly accurate, print-ready artwork files for external factories, printers, and suppliers.
  • Quality Assurance & Proofing: Review proofs meticulously prior to production, resolve factory or supplier technical queries, and ensure only correct, approved artwork is released to avoid production errors or reprints.
  • Asset & Library Management: Maintain a highly organized digital artwork library under strict version control guidelines to protect brand standards and file integrity.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with internal Product Development, Art, Replenishment, and photography teams under the guidance of the Head of Product to ensure launch timelines and defined briefs are met successfully.

Requirements

  • Qualifications: Relevant Tertiary qualification in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Product Design, or a related field.
  • Education: Grade 12 / Matric certificate.
  • Experience: Minimum of 3 years of work experience in graphic design with a dedicated focus on packaging and print production.
  • Production Track Record: Proven experience taking complex packaging artwork through to final print and factory production stages.
  • Technical Mastery: Solid understanding of commercial print processes, repro principles, structural packaging formats, and color management.
  • Core Competencies: Exceptional attention to detail, strong organizational and deadline-driven time management skills, and creative problem-solving capabilities under pressure.
  • Licence & Travel: Valid South African driver’s license and willingness to travel without restrictions.
  • Strong software technical ability with Procreate and Adobe products: Illustrator/InDesign/Photoshop
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