Job Description

Position: Production Artist

Number of hours: 30 hours/week

Schedule: EST

Tasks required:

• Prepare and refine production-ready artwork for packaging, ensuring accuracy in layout, typography, color, and branding consistency, including preflight checks.
• Collaborate with the Prepress Manager and other team members to adapt creative concepts into final packaging files.
• Ensure all packaging materials meet brand guidelines and production specifications.
• Work with dielines, prepress standards, and printing requirements to ensure high-quality outputs.
• Manage multiple packaging projects simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail and meeting deadlines.
• Troubleshoot and resolve any production-related issues, ensuring designs translate effectively into physical packaging.
• Utilize an organized digital asset management system for packaging files and templates.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Production Artist or similar role in a creative or manufacturing setting. Packaging experience is a plus.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, specifically Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign. Strong Illustrator skills are a plus.
• Strong knowledge of print production processes, including color management, prepress, and dielines.
• Attention to detail with a strong understanding of typography, layout, and branding principles.
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment while effectively collaborating with Prepress Management and Customer Service utilizing the Google suite of apps.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills to handle multiple projects and deadlines.
• Experience working with packaging for CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods), food, or similar industries is a plus.
• Familiarity with digital printing processes is a plus but not required.

Additional Info:

Role Focus:

This role is primarily focused on ensuring that designs meet technical pre-press specifications, with occasional contributions to the creative process.

Packaging Projects and Printing Methods:

Primarily labels, flexible packaging, cartons, direct print tubes, and jars. Printing methods will mostly be digital but will include both flexo and offset.

Color Management and Processes:

Yes, color management includes expertise in color separation processes, working with halftones, and ensuring accurate color reproduction for different print methods. It also requires expertise in managing color between different printing formats and materials. The candidate should be familiar with industry-standard tools and techniques to maintain consistency and quality across various printing processes.