Design Assistant

4 months ago


Livingston, United Kingdom Compack Full time

In the making since 1982, blending decades of expertise, Compack Cartons has advanced the design and manufacture of innovative, sustainable cartons.

With investments in world leading technologies to significantly increase technical capability, quality, and capacity, we are looking to recruit a talented and passionate design assistant to join the team.

**Core Responsibilities**
- Work with sales and clients to develop structural carton design
- Produce technical reviews of carton designs to ensure the best possible results are achieved within die-cutting, embossing, and gluing constraints
- Maintain quality, accuracy and consistency of designs whilst working to tight deadlines
- Produce print plates, order tooling etc. to fully prepare jobs for production
- Accurately manage and administrate projects from conception to completion

**Person Specification**
- Knowledge of product / packaging design - specifically structure.
- Proven experience of research & development
- Experience of product design software - For example Illustrator, Photoshop, AutoCAD, IC3D (Conversion training will be provided on specific software packages)
- Quick learner who is self-motivated, enthusiastic, positive, and flexible with a hands-on approach to operate within a dynamic and high growth working environment
- Excellent communication skills, confident and approachable
- Motivated to strive for the best, to challenge and extend the boundaries of existing production capabilities
- High standard of administration skills
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Meticulous, methodical, focusedIn the making since 1982, blending decades of expertise, Compack Cartons has advanced the design and manufacture of innovative, sustainable cartons.

With investments in world leading technologies to significantly increase technical capability, quality, and capacity, we are looking to recruit a talented and passionate design and reprographics operator to join the team.

**Overview of Role**

**Core Responsibilities**
- Work with sales and clients to develop structural carton design
- Use a range of software tools to develop client concepts from supplied artwork through to print ready files for internal and client sign off
- Produce technical reviews of artworks to ensure the best possible results are achieved within printing, foil blocking and substrate constraints
- Colour management, colour profiling and preparing customer proofs using industry leading tools
- Maintain quality, accuracy and consistency of artwork whilst working to tight deadlines
- Produce print plates, order tooling etc. to fully prepare jobs for production
- Accurately manage and administrate projects from conception to completion

**Person Specification**
- Knowledge of artwork, pre-press, repro procedures and workflows
- Knowledge of litho print, foil blocking, embossing/debossing, cutting and gluing processes across a range of paper-based substrates
- Knowledge of colour, ink, and special effect varnishes
- Proven experience of artwork development and manipulation to a high standard
- Experience of creative software - For example Illustrator, Photoshop, AutoCAD (3+ years, conversion training will be provided on specific software packages)
- Quick learner who is self-motivated, enthusiastic, positive, and flexible with a hands-on approach to operate within a dynamic and high growth working environment
- Excellent communication skills, confident and approachable
- Motivated to strive for the best, to challenge and extend the boundaries of existing production capabilities
- High standard of administration skills
- Structural design experience is an advantage
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Meticulous, methodical, focused
- Mac and Windows skills

**Salary**: £18,000.00-£24,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Work Location: In person



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