Graphic Designer Recruitment in an Industrial Printing Organization

Stresert Services Limited – Our client is an Industrial Printing Organization based on the mainland of Lagos with equipment and facilities that cannot be rivalled in sub-Saharan Africa. As a result of growth, the service of a suitably qualified candidate is needed in the position below:

Job Title: Graphic Designer

Job ref: GRART II
Location: Lagos

Job Summary

  • The role involves listening to clients and understanding their needs before making design decisions.
  • The ideal graphic designer will be responsible for creating design solutions that have a high visual impact.
Requirements
Education:

  • The desired candidate should be a graduate of Art (OND/HND/ B.Sc).
  • Must have 4 – 5 years work experience as a core graphic artist.
  • Knowledge of pre-press operations
  • Must be able to do page planning and imposition
  • Must be very creative and present a portfolio of designs created and of course, will carry out a practical test at the client’s place
  • Desired candidates should have background in the printing industry (advantage)

Desired Skills:

  • Must be IT savvy (Photoshop, Corel drawl) etc
  • Skilled in the use of CorelDraw Graphic Suite and all Adobe software suites especially InDesign and illustrator.
  • Organizational skills with attention to detail
  • Reporting skills, deadline-oriented, time management
  • Reasoning ability, mathematical ability, and logical thinking skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Meeting clients or account managers to discuss the business objectives and requirements of the job;
  • Interpreting the client’s business needs and developing a concept to suit their purpose;
  • Estimating the time required to complete the work and providing quotes for clients;
  • Developing design briefs by gathering information and data through research;
  • Thinking creatively to produce new ideas and concepts;
  • Using innovation to redefine a design brief within the constraints of cost and time;
  • Presenting finalised ideas and concepts to clients or account managers;
  • Working with a wide range of media, including photography and computer-aided design (CAD);
  • Proofreading to produce accurate and high-quality work;
  • Contributing ideas and design artwork to the overall brief;
  • Demonstrating illustrative skills with rough sketches;
  • Working on layouts and art working pages ready for print;
  • Keeping abreast of emerging technologies in new media, particularly design programs such as InDesign, FreeHand, Illustrator, Photoshop, Corel drawl, Acrobat, Director, Dreamweaver and Flash etc;
  • Advise clients on strategies to reach a particular audience;
  • Work as part of a team with printers, copywriters, photographers, stylists, illustrators, other designers, account executives, web developers and marketing specialists;
  • Incorporate changes recommended by the clients into the final design
  • Any other related task delegated by line manger.

Work Days

  • Monday – Friday
  • Saturday: Half day (twice a month)

Salary
N80, 000 – N100, 000/ m (negotiable based on experience)

Deadline: 11th July, 2018.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV’s to: recruitment@stresertservices.com using ‘GRART II’ as the subject of mail.

Candidates should follow the instruction below:

  • It is required that you attach past samples of work done.
  • A list of software packages that candidates are expert with/ or have made use of in the past should be listed on the CV.

Note: The above is very important; applicants who do not compile with the above will not be assessed for the role.


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