GERMAN SPEAKING TEAM LEADER / PROJECT MANAGER - IN-HOUSE ADV

Job Title: Team Leader/Project Manager - in-house advertising
Skills: The ability to lead. Organised. Experience of print production. Knowledge of German would be ideal but not essential.
Salary: c23k+
Location: South West London

Our client is a leading retailer with premises throughout the UK and offices in SW London.

The main purpose of your role is to:

Create, plan and coordinate creative workflow and to ensure that all work is completed on time to meet tight deadlines. The role involves managing your team to produce a wide variety of print-ready artwork, including leaflets, posters, banners, flyers, logos and much more in a fast paced deadline driven environment.

Your main responsibilities will be:

- Managing and directing a small team of Mac Operators.
- Liaising with a photography department on a day-to-day basis providing art direction and guidance
- Planning and coordinating your teams weekly workflow.
- Ensuring artwork is of a creative design standard but still within our stringent corporate guidelines.
- Managing your team to produce print-ready artwork by using a variety of professional DTP software including Adobe CS3 and many more.
- Proof reading and signing off artwork.
- Presenting artwork to internal departments and coordinating sign off.
- Preparing artwork for print and approving artwork from printers proofs
- Liaising with designers, photographers, buyers and management on a day-to-day basis.
- You will work closely with a second Team Leader and report directly to the Advertising Production Manager.

You must be:

- Enthusiastic,
- Hard working,
- Well organised,
- Can multi-task
- Have the ability to lead, motivate and inspire others working with you.

People First is a leading multilingual employment agency with a global network of offices in Europe, Australasia and North America. Thank you for your application and we will endeavour to respond to you as soon as possible. We would however like to make you aware that due to the high number of applications we receive, we are only able to invite for interview those candidates whose skills and experience most closely match the job description. For more information about People First and to view our other current vacancies, please visit our website www.people-first.co.uk/multilingual. Please note that it is the responsibility of candidates applying for this vacancy to make enquiries of the UK Government about any relevant immigration requirements, and any other conditions that must be satisfied by law for a worker taking up employment within the UK.