Production Artist

1 month ago

Hull East Yorkshire, United Kingdom SGS & Co Full time

SGS & Co is a global brand impact group delivering speed and quality through innovation and insights to drive impact for our world class clients. We combine deep expertise in design, graphic services, production, technology, and process optimization with unmatched marketplace understanding, dynamic ideas, and client first customer service. We bring the world’s best brands to life and set them up for success in a modern world.

The role of Production Artist will be responsible for accurately creating artwork for the client, following client’s brand guidelines or design requirements, with the ability to create multilingual artwork whilst maintaining consistency across the complete range and ensure that all images and files are complete and ready for printing according to the printers’ specifications.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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

• Amending, checking & pre-flighting artwork

• Ensure artwork meets printer specifications and print process

• Flagging up any potential artwork errors and fixing if necessary

• Using Adobe CS packages to perform all art working and prepress requirements

• Roll-out artwork across complicated multilingual packs from translation documents

• Develop and update master artworks and guideline documentation

• Ability to mentor new & junior staff, provide training to less experienced team members

• 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

• Providing colour proofs for client sign off

• 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:

• Must be able to work with various graphic design and layout software applications commonly used on Mac's and PC's

• Good understanding of digital file formats (pdf, tiff, eps) from different operating systems (Mac and PC) is required

• Basic color management skills and the ability to work with different digital formats are required

• Must have the ability to output digital files to various output devices; must have the ability to continue to learn and use new graphics software on an ongoing basis

• Must have an understanding of print processes and how one color affects another

• Proven experience of artwork creation and manipulation to a high standard

• Effective problem-solving and mediation skills

• Ability to understand and execute creative direction and instructions

• Excellent communication skills required for daily interaction with account management / traffic team

• Must be detail orientated

You will enjoy an excellent base salary, along with the other benefits of working for SGS&Co including:

• 25 days annual leave

• Pension

• Healthcare scheme

• Life Assurance

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