SUMMARY:
Graphic Designer – Cape Town
POSITION INFO:
Employer Description A specialised design consultancy focused on way-finding strategy, signage design, and environmental graphics for hospitality, leisure, retail, residential, and mixed-use developments. Job Description The preferred individual will be detail oriented and have the ability to work in a team and on their own. The ability to create accurate, tidy, elegant and contemporary layouts is important. The primary role is to design guidelines working in conjunction with our brand and signage design teams. Specific role will be to illustrate out a system of signage within a design set and document this in guidelines documents for future use by the client. Inclusive of illustrations, elevations, details, sizes, material specifications and descriptions. Exceptional design layout skills are critical to this role. Create guideline documents detailing signage families in InDesign and Illustrator showing sign types, material specifications, sizes and details Create wayfinding strategy presentation documents Integrate with the extended design team, understand design reports from various disciplines, read plans, review presentations and appreciate the destination aesthetic and space function. Understand the project design, develop the signage design family into detailed and illustrated art works to be used by contractors and suppliers for manufacturing. Understand various materials and their manufacturability within signage. Qualifications National Diploma in Graphic Design or higher Skills Minimum 2 years' experience in reputable graphic design, branding studio or other design firm Expert in:Adobe illustrator, InDesign and photosho Including deep knowledge of: Styles, templates, page management, automation Data import into Illustrator and InDesign Measuring tools in Illustrator like Cad Tools or similar Experience in: Layouts for brochures, annual reports, guidelines Excellent appreciation of typography Clean layout style Accuracy Efficiency Benefits Negotiable
