- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification Bachelors
- Experience
- Location Gauteng
- City Johannesburg
- Job Field Media / Advertising / Branding 
Junior DTP Designer at SMD Technologies
Junior DTP Designer
About the Role:
- Are you obsessed with grids, margins, and making everything pixel-perfect? Do you get an unreasonable amount of joy from watching a perfectly aligned label roll off the press? Then you might just be our next Junior DTP Print Designer!
- We’re on the hunt for a fresh-thinking, detail-obsessed creative with a flair for layout, a love of paper, and a borderline unhealthy relationship with Adobe InDesign. You’ll work alongside our seasoned designers to bring everything from packaging to posters, point-of-sale to product catalogues, to life — all with that chef’s kiss finish.
Responsibilities:
- Prepping designs for print like a total pro (even if you’re still learning, we’re here to help teach you)
- Rolling out layout work across formats — from brochures to banners, and everything in between
- Helping with resizing, versioning and adapting master creative into clean, print-ready artwork
- Keeping an eagle eye on alignment, spacing and bleed (you know it matters)
- Collaborating with the design team to support big ideas with clean execution
- Supporting with digital versions of print files where needed (we love a multi-tasker)
- Learning loads, asking questions, and levelling up your skills every week!
Requirements:
- A relevant qualification (Graphic Design, Visual Communication or similar)
- A solid portfolio of layout-based work — uni projects welcome!
- Working knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
- A basic understanding of print processes and specs (we’ll teach you the rest)
- Excellent attention to detail — you notice when the kerning’s off by 0.25pt
- Great communication skills and a can-do, positive attitude
- The ability to take feedback like a champ and apply it constructively
- Bonus: experience working with packaging or large-format print is a plus. We require a small skill test to show you know what you’re doing! That’s all.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to SMD Technologies on smdtechnologies.freshteam.com to apply
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