Creative Artworker

A local award willing business, who prides themselves on customer service excellence and the quality of their products have a great opportunity for an experienced Creative Artworker to join the team

Working in a busy PC based studio, you will be understanding a customer’s brief and providing readied artwork for the in-house large format digital print team. You will ensure artworks are prepared and accurately proofed to clients making amendments as required and then set ready for print production on a tight schedule.             

You will have a creative flare, keen eye for detail in terms of spotting and correcting issues before they are released to production to avoid costly mistakes. You should be inquisitive and hungry to learn the most efficient and accurate methods to set up artwork and provide an outstanding service a wide range of clients. The company is keen to develop its creative people and provides online resources to develop skills for the job role.

This company is also happy to train artworkers to run the print equipment to become hybrid operators should business needs require and to increase personal knowledge.

Key Responsibilities

• Checking customer artwork meets production specification
• Laying out customer artwork for proofinh
• Preparing customer artwork for production
• Recreation of customer designs for large format printing
• Designing customers artwork from a specification/brief
• To liaise with customers regarding their proofs, artwork & design specifications
• To liaise with the print team to ensure output is correct and accurate to the client’s needs
• To liaise with the Sales team and advise on artwork quality
• Supporting internal marketing by working on a varied set of tasks for internal graphics to support the companies physical and online presence
• Printing small format paper products and cutting on a guillotine

Key Skills & Attributes:

• A graphics background and strong layout skills are desired to fulfil this role
• A good all-round knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite with a strong focus on Illustrator.
• Team player who is willing to be flexible
• A desire to learn and develop skills to support personal and company growth
• A desire to develop strong skills in relation to pre-press and accurate supply of graphics to print
• A strong grasp on colour and the importance of accurate colour reproduction

Salary

• £26,500 - £28,000

Other Information

• Hours – Monday to Friday 9 to 5.30 with half hour lunch (40 Hours per week)
• 24 days broken down as 20 days holiday per year plus Birthday day off and company closure between Christmas and New Year (3 days)