Production Artist

About the role

Equator is a global packaging design agency, delivering strategy to shelf without compromise. We create powerful brands that get noticed and chosen. Equator is part of SGK. The Production Artist creates high-quality artwork for basic production assignments to incorporate in final layout for assembly. This role incorporates branding guidelines (e.g. photography, text, legal requirements, etc.) into artwork layout (e.g. packaging, circulars, etc.) per client’s technical specifications.

Responsibilities

• Attends any client meetings (e.g. pre-production) with team to gather information on production assignments.
• Produces high quality standards in all production client deliverables.
• Ensures accurate, consistent, and timely completion of high quality basic to intermediate level artwork, effectively using industry standard software, tools, and print techniques.
• Performs assigned tasks within the overall production workflow and assigned budget, according to work order specifications, industry and company Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), company standards, and the client’s Brand guidelines and standards.
• Ensures client project team has most current information about the status of the assigned project(s) by logging and maintaining project plan information into the project tracking system.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Arts or related field
• Advanced degree (MBA, Master’s) preferred
• 6+ years of previous graphic arts experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Occasional travel either locally, nationally, and/or internationally may be required.
• Regularly required to stand; walk; sit; and talk, hear and see. Occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

Skills

• Basic computer software skills within Apple Mac equipment and operating systems, Adobe Design Suite, Acrobat plus QuarkXpress, Agile, etc.
• High degree of proficiency MS Office Suite, Outlook & Internet