Production Artist

Production Artist - Packaging Location: Leeds Salary: DOE Company: A leading packaging and branding agency. Role: An excellent opportunity has arisen for a production artist to join a well-established company in Leeds. You will be responsible for creating production automation templates of the highest standard. Working closely with the core team is a must, to ensure high standards are met and excellent quality is achieved. You will leverage your expertise in automation, reprographics and retouching to streamline the creation, management and optimisation of packaging artwork. Your role will ensure faster time-to-market and brand consistency for our clients. * Creating packaging artwork following brand guidelines and/or design requirements * Implement automation solutions for the efficient creation and management of artwork * Responsible for quality assurance in all aspects of automation work * Develop and manage workflows for the automated revision of artwork, incorporating the latest reprographic techniques and retouching best practices * Work closely with the teams to understand artwork requirements, ensuring high quality outputs that meet brand and regulatory standards * Developing artwork in line with print production constraints * Ensuring artwork is print ready * Retouching * Working across a range of both creative and technical projects * To ensure all files are complete and ready for printing according to printer specification Requirements: * Experience creating print packaging artwork * Experience flexo retouching - highly desirable but not essential * Adobe Creative Suite skills specifically Illustrator * Knowledge of artwork, pre-press and repro procedures * Proven experience of artwork creation and manipulation to a high standard * Comprehensive guideline / toolkit / knowledge bank creation – strong brand guardianship * Able to follow process and procedure to a high level * An understanding of database systems and technology * Excellent written and verbal communication skills Apply: Please email your full CV details to us. All applications are strictly confidential, and your details will not be shared without your consent. Key words; artwork / artworker / creative artwork / repro / repro artworker / Mac operator / packaging / print / branding / illustrator / Adobe CS / design / designer / packaging artwork / packaging creative artworker / retouch / retoucher / production artist / studio artist