Midweight DTP Designer

In brief

**Overview** The Midweight DTP Designer at Publicis Groupe will collaborate with creative, account, and production teams to adapt and deliver accurate artwork across print and digital channels. This role is crucial for translating approved creative into consistent, production-ready assets, requiring solid DTP and finished-art capability across various campaign materials while adhering to established brand and production standards. **What you will do** * Work with creative, account and production teams to translate approved concepts into accurate, channel-ready artwork. * Collaborate with designers, copywriters, retouchers and producers to support cohesive, efficient and high-quality delivery. * Apply supplied creative direction consistently across artwork adaptations, templates, campaign rollouts and format variations. * Follow brand and corporate identity standards across online and offline assets while maintaining the client's and global lead agency’s creative intent. * Create and adapt layouts for catalogues, point-of-sale, in-store communication, OOH, DOOH, digital screens, presentations and campaign assets. * Prepare finished artwork and production-ready files, including master pages, pagination, die-lines, colour management, preflight, proofing, packaged open files and high-resolution outputs. * Manage assigned jobs, amendment cycles, priorities, version control and handovers within agreed timelines. * Work with creative, account, QA and production stakeholders to resolve artwork queries and maintain accurate job status. * Stay up-to-date with DTP, prepress, digital production, asset-management and responsible AI-assisted workflow practices. * Support improvements to templates, file structures, asset accessibility and repeatable production workflows. * Conduct thorough visual and technical checks for content accuracy, brand compliance, image quality, pagination, colour, specifications and output readiness. * Ensure final files are correctly named, versioned, packaged and supplied according to print, digital and supplier requirements. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * Proven experience in a DTP, finished-art or production-design role within an advertising agency, retail studio, publishing or production environment. * Portfolio demonstrating rollout experience across catalogues, POS, OOH, DOOH, digital screens and campaign assets. * Sound knowledge of finished art, prepress, proofing, print production, digital asset preparation and brand guidelines. * Strong proficiency in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop, with working knowledge of Acrobat and preflight tools. * Good organizational and collaboration skills, with the ability to manage multiple jobs, versions, formats and deadlines. * Experience with templates, packaged open files, digital asset management or workflow systems is advantageous. * A capable DTP craftsperson who combines sound layout judgement, attention to brand standards and technical production knowledge to deliver accurate work across print and digital channels. * A detail-focused problem-solver with disciplined file management, a collaborative approach and the confidence to flag production risks and seek guidance when required. * Flexibility and adaptability are crucial when managing multiple rollouts, amendments, varied specifications and deadline-driven handovers. **Who should apply** A capable DTP craftsperson with solid DTP and finished-art capability, sound layout judgement, attention to brand standards, and technical production knowledge to deliver accurate work across print and digital channels. The ideal candidate is a detail-focused problem-solver with disciplined file management, a collaborative approach, and the confidence to flag production risks and seek guidance. They must also demonstrate flexibility and adaptability when managing multiple rollouts, amendments, varied specifications, and deadline-driven handovers. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/midweight-dtp-designer-publicis-groupe Source: myjobmag

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