This is an opportunity to join the marketing team of the leading pet care retail company in South Africa. You would be joining a very ambitious, highly productive team with very high standards and a great deal of passion and energy for the work that they do.
This position requires a candidate with exceptional design skills, a good understanding across a range of programmes, excellent creativity and creative problem-solving abilities, with experience across print and digital design.
You will report to and assist the Senior Graphic Designer but liaise with various individuals and departments in the company.
Roles and ResponsibilitiesDTP and layout across print and digital
- Social media artwork
- Web banners
- Mailer banners
- Company stationery
- Company presentations
- Flyers
- Posters
- Vouchers
Imagery and photography
- Basic photography skills / understanding
- Resizing images for various uses
- Basic touching up or editing images
- Sourcing images
Video creation
- Basic video creation and editing (gifs/MP4's)
Brand guidelines
- Ability to interpret and execute according to brand guidelines
- Ensure all artwork is created according to brand guidelines
- Qualification (minimum national diploma) in Graphic Design
- Minimum 2 years full time working experience in a similar role
- Experience in the following programmes:
- Essential: Adobe Creative Cloud ( InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)
- Basic: Microsoft Powerpoint
- Other/optional: Canva, Capcut
- Experience in DTP and layout across print and digital
- Experience dealing with printers
- Passion for animals / pets
- Meticulous – high attention to detail and high standards
- Strong sense of design principles
- Strong creative thinking
- Ability to work under pressure and with tight deadlines
- Driven /action-orientated
- Ability to grasp concepts quickly
- Organized, productive and extremely efficient
- Strong initiative
- Resourceful
- Excellent communication skills
- Service-orientated
- Ability to multi-task, prioritise and re-prioritise
Top Skills
What We Do
Absolute Pets is a boutique pet care retail chain that offers customers the very best products, services and advice for their pets' optimal well being. We sell a range of premium and super-premium brands, including leading nutrition, a range of toys and accessories, gourmet treats, grooming items, pet clothing and pet ethicals or treatments.
Absolute Pets is a growing retail business operating in Gauteng and the Western Cape with the aim of becoming the top pet care retailer in South Africa.
