Packaging Quality Assurance Specialist

Zealous Agency; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A marketing services firm in the UK seeks a Quality Assurance Specialist to ensure accurate packaging artwork. Responsibilities include checking layouts and working with teams to meet brand specifications. Ideal candidates have 2–5 years in quality assurance, are skilled with Adobe tools, and have a solid understanding of print production. This full-time position is based in various locations across West Yorkshire.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years’ experience in packaging, prepress or artwork quality assurance.
• Confident using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and Acrobat.
• A solid understanding of print production and packaging materials.
• Organised, calm under pressure, caring about the details.

Responsibilities

• Checking and approving final packaging artwork across different brands.
• Ensuring compliance with brand guidelines and legal requirements.
• Tracking approvals, feedback and quality reports.
• Collaborating with creative, print, and client teams.
• Suggesting improvements to QA processes.

Skills

Experience in packaging, prepress or artwork quality assurance

Confident using Adobe Illustrator

Confident using Photoshop

Confident using InDesign

Confident using Acrobat

Understanding of print production

Understanding of packaging materials

Organised and calm under pressure

Detail-oriented

Job description

Overview

Client Services Consultant // We find awesome people for world-class clients! A Quality Assurance Specialist is needed to join the team. It’s a key role sitting between the artwork studio and production, ensuring everything that goes to print is 100% accurate, on-brand and ready for shelves.

You’ll be the person who gives every pack that final once-over, checking layout, colours, dielines, copy and barcodes, and working with artworkers, printers and suppliers to fix any issues before things go to print.

What you’ll be doing

• Checking and approving final packaging artwork across different brands and formats
• Making sure everything matches brand guidelines, print specs and legal requirements
• Keeping track of approvals, feedback and quality reports
• Working with creative, print and client teams to get things right first time
• Suggesting improvements to make the QA process smoother and quicker

What we’re looking for

• Around 2–5 years’ experience in packaging, prepress or artwork quality assurance
• Confident using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and Acrobat
• A solid understanding of print production and packaging materials
• Someone who’s organised, calm under pressure and genuinely cares about the details

Bonus points if you’ve worked with printers or packaging suppliers, or you know a thing or two about regulatory labelling and colour management.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Marketing

Industries

• Marketing Services and Advertising Services

Location notes: Bradford, England, United Kingdom; Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; Wakefield, England, United Kingdom (various postings over time).