The candidate completes practical activities.
Work-related tasks and scenarios provide evidence about how they check, reason, prioritise and respond. The role and experience level give that evidence its context.
The right people.
In the right roles.
Practical assessment. Work readiness. Role alignment.
Human Imprint is an industry-aligned and affiliated assessment platform that brings practical evidence to the candidate screening process for DTP, pre-press, layout and creative design roles.
How you can use it
Recruitment, staff role alignment and targeted upskilling of graduate and experienced candidates.
A Printing SA and Keyline initiative
The person behind the work
See what your candidates
bring to the job.
Human Imprint shows how candidates approach practical tasks, check details, make decisions and respond to feedback. It gives employers a structured view of strengths and upskilling needs.
A CV or portfolio can start the conversation. Practical assessment gives you something more specific to discuss: how the person works through a brief, which decisions they make independently and where they need guidance.
Practical evidence, in context
What the
assessment
measures
Creative judgement and production accuracy need distinct evidence. Human Imprint looks at both, alongside the person’s working personality profile and the demands of the role.
- Task performance and attention to detail
- How carefully someone checks work, recognises errors and follows the requirements of a task.
- Workflow and technical judgement
- How they sequence work, identify production risks and decide what needs checking or escalation.
- Creative judgement
- How they interpret a brief and assess layout, visual hierarchy and design decisions.
- Working personality profile
- Their approach to pace, structure, repetition and the kinds of work they are drawn to.
- Response to feedback
- What changes when they receive guidance, and how they apply it in a further task.
- Role and work environment alignment
- How the evidence relates to the responsibilities, working conditions and support available in your team.
Inside the candidate insight report
What will the report
tell you?
You need to understand where a candidate could contribute and what support they would need. The report brings skills evidence, a working personality profile, role alignment and development direction into one view.
Fictional example · Select a section to see the kind of information available
human imprintCandidate insight report
Sample candidate 001
Practical skills evidence
report
A separate view of the strengths and development needs behind the overall profile.
Fictional values and observations, for illustration only. This is a presentation of report information, not a real candidate result.
From assessment to a useful decision
You can see the work.
Then discuss the way forward.
You receive a structured profile.
Skills measures sit alongside working personality, behavioural indicators and role alignment. The report highlights strengths, gaps and questions worth following up.
You can plan the next step.
Use the report to inform candidate screening, consider staff responsibilities or identify targeted upskilling. Development direction connects the findings to the work the person needs to do.
First-phase assessment categories
Different roles. Different expectations.
You expect different levels of independence from a graduate and an experienced operator. The assessment considers the level of work, as well as the kind of role.
Graduate
DTP and pre-press
Foundations, careful working and the support needed to become reliable in a production environment.
Experienced
DTP and pre-press
Production judgement, consistency and the independence expected when handling more demanding work.
Graduate
Creative design
Visual judgement, interpretation of a brief and the ability to develop an idea through feedback.
Experienced
Creative design
Creative reasoning, response to constraints and the judgement needed to take work further.
Where it can help
Use it for new hires and your existing team.
Recruitment
Bring practical evidence into the candidate screening process. Discuss the work a candidate has done, how they approached it and the support they would need in the role.
Staff role alignment
Understand where an employee’s strengths could be most useful. The profile gives you a basis for discussing responsibilities, working conditions and possible changes to their role.
Targeted upskilling
Identify the specific development need before choosing training. A technical knowledge gap calls for a different response from a gap in checking habits or creative judgement.
Before you get in touch
A few practical questions.
When does Human Imprint launch?
Human Imprint is launching in December 2026. Get in touch to receive availability updates and discuss how you would like to use it in your business.
Is this only for people applying for a job?
It can also support conversations about existing staff, role alignment and development. The person’s experience and the responsibilities of the role provide the context.
What will I see in the report?
A structured view of practical skills evidence, working personality, role alignment and development needs. The sample above illustrates these sections with fictional information; report presentation may evolve.
Who is behind Human Imprint?
Human Imprint is a Printing SA and Keyline initiative for the print and design industry. Keyline’s experience in design education informs an approach that connects practical insight with relevant development.
Launching 12 26
Let’s talk about
your team.
Tell us which roles you recruit for or where you need a clearer picture of your existing team. We’ll keep you informed about Human Imprint’s launch and availability.
Request a launch update
This opens a short request in your email app. Send it to the Human Imprint team at Keyline.
info@keyline.co.za