Senior Artworker - International Packaging Company

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  • West Midlands  
    England, United Kingdom
    perm  
  • Company
    gr8 Recruitment  
    Start date
    ASAP  
    Duration
    n/a  
    Wage
    Highly Competitive Salary
  • Closing date
    12 April 2017  
    Posted on
    14 March 2017  

International Packaging Design and Production company are seeking an experienced Senior Artworker to produce artwork across a range of packaging including boxes and cartons, blister packs, labels and other printed material.

You'll be based in their studio in Tamworth, Staffordshire working within the artwork production team. Excellent skills with the latest Adobe Creative Suite, especially Illustrator will be essential, along with knowledge of packaging artworking techniques.

Knowledge of working with creative guidelines already laid down will be required, making amends, using your initiative and creating new layouts and designs across a range of boxes and cartons, blister packs and labels.

As with all artworking roles excellent attention to detail and the ability to work accurately at speed is key.

Key Responsibilities:

•    Ability to mentor new & junior staff, provide training to less experienced team members
•    Extensive knowledge of Artwork, Retouch and Repro
•    Ensure artwork interpretation is achievable within print production constraints
•    Good understanding of all print processes
•    Ability to work in any department within the studio or another team
•    Be able to travel to for business related matters
•    Willingness to put extra hours in when required
•    Develop and update master artworks and guideline documentation
•    Ability to take lead a project, foresee and solve any technical issue keeping within the agreed timeline
•    Accurately create artwork for client, following client’s brand guidelines or design requirements, with the ability to create multilingual artwork whilst maintaining consistency across the complete range.  
•    Ensure that all work is completed to client guidelines and to the standards outlined in the process and procedures
•    Ensure artwork interpretation is achievable within print production constraints.
•    Prepare accurate artworks from approved design and brief
•    Ensure client guidelines are followed
•    Roll-out artwork across complicated multilingual packs from translation documents
•    Responsibility for ensuring line and traffic managers are kept informed of the progress of the jobs they are working on, and any impact there is to the production plan
•    To understand the importance of using systems and to record image retouching progress on jobs
•    To ensure that all images produced and proofed are correct and reviewed in accordance to the quality procedures.
•    To ensure all quality control procedures are adhered to and all relevant documents are completed.

Skills and Abilities:
•    Excellent skills using Adobe  Illustrator - this is essential!
•    Good skills using Adobe Photoshop, Indesign, Acrobat
•    Excellent, proven interpersonal, verbal and written communications skills for daily interaction with account management / traffic team
•    Knowledge of artwork, pre-press and repro procedures
•    Demonstrated ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced office setting
•    Demonstrated ability to share skills and knowledge with others
•    Ability to work both as part of a team and unsupervised
•    Proven experience of artwork creation and manipulation to a high standard
•    Ability to understand and execute instructions
•    Must be detail-oriented
•    To adhere to all internal processes in place for digital workflows
•    To adhere to all reporting processes set up within the department
•    Effective problem-solving
•    Ability to manage own workload and meet customer deliveries
•    Ability to work to tight deadlines under pressure

Advantageous:
•    Strong knowledge of artwork, pre-press and repro procedures
•    A keen eye for colour and colour matching skills
•    You will have solid experience of working within a prepress environment
•    Experience of the print industry and processes

Please forward your CV along with examples of artwork you have produced.
 

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