PRINTING SERVICES DESIGNER

Napco National; Dubai; On-site; AED 100,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Napco National is seeking an artwork specialist in Dubai to handle the full artwork creation process from customer inputs through to final approvals. You will use Illustrator, Photoshop, CorelDRAW and Box Pro to translate requirements into print-ready designs and manage customer folders for each project.

The role involves analyzing printing requirements, ensuring color accuracy, preparing proofs for approval, and coordinating with Sales/Marketing for customer feedback and revisions.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to create artwork from customer inputs.
• Strong eye for color, layout, and typography.
• Able to translate requirements into print-ready files with accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Receive artwork inputs from Sales/Marketing.
• Study requirements from customers.
• Create artwork using Illustrator/Photoshop/CorelDRAW per guidelines.
• Maintain customer folders with original and modified files.
• Analyze printing requirements: pattern, color separation, trapping, color correction.
• Create designs per customer requirements and obtain approvals.
• Email final artwork to Sales/Marketing for approval.
• Coordinate with Sales/Marketing and customers for revisions.

Skills

Creativity

Attention to detail

Communication

Team collaboration

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

CorelDRAW

Box Pro

Job description

Job Responsibilities & Tasks Duties include but are not limited to

• Receive artwork inputs (such as CD, E-mail, physical sample etc) from Sales and Marketing department.
• Study the requirements based on received inputs (any format) from customers.
• Start the artwork making activity using Adobe illustrator /Adobe photo shop /Box pro/ Coral draw, as appropriate with the guiding principles of machine parameters and technical capabilities.
• Create the Rotopacking folder for each customer and keep the originally received customer format as it is, in relevant customer name and keep the modified (or) worked out file separately.
• Start analyzing the printing requirements in-terms of pattern, color separation, trapping and color correction, as applicable.
• Create the design using customer provided requirements using the software facilities and guidelines.
• Upon completion, take print-out known as "Artwork" and initially cross check the correctness.
• In JPEG /Pdfformats (as appropriate) e-mail to Sales and Marketing personnel for initiating customer approval
• As required, interact with Sales and Marketing personnel/ customers for any correction / amendments / improvement requirements and get the suggestions /doubts clarified from customers.

Artwork making based on sample:

• Scan the sample received from customer and start analyzing the scan copy for the design requirements as per above step #2.
• Undertake the art-work correction / amendments / requirements for the repeat orders as per the above step

New Designs (development of new designs):

• Whenever needed and requested, create new designs using creativity as guiding rules (from existing designs concepts could be taken) to meet customer’s business requirements and pass it to Sales and Marketing for further developments.
• Ensure customer’s design code specification/design numbers in all communication with customers.

Plate Making Coordination:

• Upon customer approval of artwork, initiate the plate making through transferring the file to CTP machine by ripping the colors (in dot format)
• Verify availability of plates for processing, upon receiving the print plan
• For die-cut orders, receive the die-layout (structural layout) to cross-check alignment of art-work (registration).
• Ensure customer provided CD's are kept safely for future reference.
• Maintain the stock level for the embossing blocks and coordinate with purchasing for maintaining stocks.
• Convert the conventional jobs into CTP process through generating the designs and get the customer approval.