Creative Artworker/Photo Retoucher - London

Konica Minolta,; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

About the Team

The Creative Production Team is a community that delivers all of our clients' creative production requirements to the highest standards, formed by a multicultural team of creative production experts delivering marketing assets across Europe (EMEA).

Purpose of the role

• Vision: The Creative Artworker oversees and produces the deliverables of Creative Production projects to ensure the highest satisfaction of Indicia Worldwide’s clients.
• Mission: To deliver the Creative Production proposition of Indicia Worldwide through clients, providing both the best quality and price for our clients' needs.
• Approach: To establish excellence in production delivery through our values - Collaboration, Entrepreneurship, Pioneering, and Accountability.

The Creative Artworker will be responsible for maintaining brand guardianship, design application, production of marketing campaigns, and retailer communications for a major global brand, from straightforward design to artwork origination and amendments, plus adaptation and versioning of existing signed-off designs.

Therefore, the Creative Artworker will manage a range of production projects, which includes the following tasks:

• To oversee, create, prepare, and edit print-ready artwork across a range of media, including general print collateral (brochures, flyers, etc.), press ads, POS, and all types of advertising displays, digital and social media assets, and much more, including photo retouching.
• To ensure the integrity of the original concept and brief.
• To understand and work within brand and corporate guidelines.
• To produce retouching of images and photography to a good level.
• To understand and apply color management principles in daily tasks.
• To use your experience and knowledge to identify and resolve design, artwork, and production challenges.
• To complete all personal administration, including timesheets, accurately and promptly.
• To understand the company’s quality control process and systems, employing a methodical approach.
• To provide the business with best value by estimating and managing time accurately, ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality.

Location: London

Skills, knowledge, experience, and exposure

• Considerable experience as a design and production-focused artworker.
• Extensive experience in loyally and accurately applying a design concept across a range of different media and formats.
• Agency, production agency experience preferred.
• Experience in dealing directly with clients is required.
• Advanced food photo retouching skills.
• In-depth expertise of Adobe Creative Suite.
• General automated artwork production and template building experience.
• Familiarity with both agency and wider marketing technology systems such as DAM, ad delivery platforms, approval/sign-off tools, and collaborative and production workflows.
• Straightforward design, typographical, and layout skills.
• Pre-flight and proofing background.
• High understanding of print materials, die-cuts, and 3D renders.
• Photoshop and image retouching skills.
• Understanding of color management.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve problems.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Ability to build relationships and communicate effectively.
• Service-driven.
• Excellent core Microsoft computer skills including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Native English level (any other European language is a plus).

Mindset to navigate the role

Overseeing and creating creative production projects and collaborating closely with internal stakeholders requires:

• A clear and effective communication skill at all levels in the hierarchy.
• A solution-oriented and resolutive mindset, where problems are just the starting point for solutions.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• A technology-oriented mindset, as you will have to use different technologies in your daily job.
• Being meticulous, having a keen eye for detail, and setting very high personal standards.
• Being proactive and positive, motivated by the prospect of being challenged, and always looking to make a positive impact.
• Desire to take responsibility for continuous personal development and learning, helping to identify objectives and opportunities for skill development.

Temperament for the role

The Creative Artworker works in a very fast-changing environment. To succeed, it will be expected:

• A positive ‘can-do’ attitude at all times, setting an example to team members.
• A high level of energy. Self-motivated. Skilled in creating an environment that’s self-motivating and motivating others to be their best.
• A curious mind, wanting to know all about internal operations and listening to client challenges. This is the fuel that unlocks our proposition.
• Accountability. You are a professional, and we will treat you as such. You will be expected to manage your workload and raise your hand when you need team support.
• Collaborative spirit. Use 'we', not 'me'. If someone is in trouble, you will do your best to support.

Role Requirements

• The Creative Artworker will be required to work onsite with the client several days a week, in conjunction with the PM and the other studio members. The number of days to work on-site will be defined.
• While you have your contracted hours, Mon – Fri, the project-based nature of the role requires that some days you will have to work outside of these hours, and you will recover that time at another moment.

About us

Indicia Worldwide is an insight and technology-led communications agency with global production expertise.

Why we exist: we create new value.

At Indicia Worldwide, our philosophy is one of ‘creating new value’. We create new value at every step of the journey that a brand takes to market by driving an increase in marketing performance and reducing costs in marketing execution. For our clients and their customers, we are building mutually beneficial partnerships. We see this proposition, built around the perfect balance of efficiency and effectiveness, as pioneering, entrepreneurial, and, above all else, sustainable.

Our substantial investment in our technology and data science capability provides our differentiation in the marketplace. Data insight and marketing technology give us the ability to measure our work, evidencing ROI as the most critical metric in today’s environment.

We see ROI where others don't. We are the only agency that combines creative, data, and technology talent with production and procurement expertise to improve your marketing performance and efficiencies. We realize ROI for our clients by enabling them to deliver more engaging, cost-effective, and sustainable customer experiences.

As a business, we draw on a rich heritage from the worlds of print, creative production, retail, data, digital, tech, and creative, bringing these disciplines together to support global brands with their omnichannel marketing activation needs.

We believe in what we do. We believe this proposition makes us unique. We have the capacity to redefine the way marketing is activated for our clients across the globe, now and well into the future.

The output: Improved client performance from engaging consumers with brand ideas better, faster, and more cost-effectively across every step of the journey that a brand takes to market.

We are an equal opportunities employer and, as such, will make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate the needs of all candidates. If you have any such needs or requirements in the context of your interview, please notify us so that we can make the appropriate arrangements.