Senior Artwork Technical Manager

1 week ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Harrison Scott Associates Full time
Job Title: Senior Artwork Technical Manager

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Artwork Technical Manager to join our in-house packaging division. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for resetting our artwork systems, end-to-end processes, and upskilling our team to step change the quality of artwork output.

Key Responsibilities:
  1. Work with key partners and external experts to identify interventions vital to step change the company's approach to artwork creation, development, and qualification.
  2. Build strategic relationships with key suppliers, sharing and building technical expertise and aligned approaches to artwork qualification on press.
  3. Lead a continuous improvement drive to implement agreed changes end-to-end that significantly impact quality and consistency of artwork output.
  4. Roll out training to the organisation to upskill all functions.
Ongoing Responsibilities:
  1. Complete management of the UK artwork portfolio to deliver artworks on time, on cost, and to agreed quality expectations.
  2. Make priority calls when business demand outstrips system capacity.
  3. Offer continuous guidance and retraining to ensure compliance to the new artwork development processes at creation, translation, and print phases.
  4. Identify and directly manage technically difficult or strategically important artwork development programs end-to-end.
  5. Attend 1st print trials and ensure printer accountability is clearly defined.
  6. Provide technical insight during print issue investigation and root cause.
  7. Coordinate with our partners to ensure root cause takeaways are fed into the Print Quality program for every printer.
Requirements:
  • Qualified by: Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Graphic Design, or Print technology fields.
  • Recent PPM experience with Flexo and Gravure printing, preferably within the food industry.
  • Proficient to expert in Pre-press and Print techniques and process (e.g., Flexo, Litho, Gravure, Colour separation, rotation, trapping, bleeding, stepping, file resolution, etc).
  • Good understanding of effective Print, Photo Studio, and/or Digital production processes, roles, tools (digital and conventional) and workflow practices and trends.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills (including analysis, interpretation, & reasoning).
  • Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with peers and colleagues across the organisation, as well as, internal and external clients.
  • Ability to communicate effectively & work within a team in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
  • Ability to work with and influence peers and management.
  • Self-motivated with critical attention to detail, deadlines, and reporting.
  • Strong organisational and planning skills, able to see big picture business objectives as well as the intricate priorities that are needed to run the portfolio.
  • Strong understanding of brand design equity elements and guardrail metrics.
Preferred:
  • Demonstrable experience in a printing or Print manager role.
  • Understanding of Packaging technology substrates is preferable: Flexibles, Paper and Board, and Corrugated board.
  • Proven track record of project / programme leadership.

This role will require periodic travel to Printers within the UK & EU for print trials.

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