Senior Artworker - A/W & Pre-Press

TOPPAN Packaging Americas; Kingswood; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Early finish on Friday

Generous holiday allowance

Development opportunities

Job summary

Trident is hiring a Senior Artworker to produce digital artworks, reprographics and colour separations for all print disciplines. The role is permanent and full-time (40 hours/week) with 3 days in the office in Hull, UK and 2 days working from home; remote contracts may be considered for the right candidate.

Responsibilities include building artwork files per brand rules, ensuring Right First Time quality, colour retouching, and maintaining brand consistency across locations.

Qualifications

• Packaging artwork production experience.
• Proficient in Illustrator, Photoshop and MS Office.
• Detailed understanding of print processes and reprographics application.
• Ability to adapt a design to different components / sizes in keeping with design intent.
• Ability to perform colour retouching for multiple print disciplines.
• Ability to interpret complex guideline documents.

Responsibilities

• Builds artwork files in adherence with the business’ standard working practices & client’s brand rules.
• Ensures Right First Time quality performance is achieved
• Creates print trial files and carries out colour retouching/colour correction for all print disciplines.
• Owns the brand guidelines; including their creation, amendment and periodical review.
• Ensures brand consistency is maintained throughout the full project range across all production locations.
• Represents the artwork production team in the planning of projects.
• Seeks ways to optimise process to improve quality and delivery.
• Participates in root cause and corrective action investigations.

Skills

Packaging artwork production

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

MS Office

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

MS Office

Job description

Your New Company

Trident create digital packaging assets for some of the most recognisable brands in the world. Our dynamic, innovative team works with FMCG brands to prepare packaging artworks for mass print production. A digitally focused company, we continuously strive to stay at the forefront of our field, designing and developing our own cutting-edge technologies and powerful systems. This ensures that we are constantly driving our business forward and offering our customers the highest quality service, whether this is retouching media ready for print or crafting a 3D image for E-commerce sites.

Your New Company

Trident create digital packaging assets for some of the most recognisable brands in the world. Our dynamic, innovative team works with FMCG brands to prepare packaging artworks for mass print production. A digitally focused company, we continuously strive to stay at the forefront of our field, designing and developing our own cutting-edge technologies and powerful systems. This ensures that we are constantly driving our business forward and offering our customers the highest quality service, whether this is retouching media ready for print or crafting a 3D image for E-commerce sites.

Your New Role

The Senior Artworker role is responsible for producing digital artworks, reprographics and colour separations for all print disciplines.

This role is permanent and full-time (40 hours per week) with 3 days in the office in Hull, UK and 2 working from home. We would consider a remote contract for the right candidate (onboarding would take place for a few weeks in the office).

What are the responsibilities of a Senior Artworker?

• Builds artwork files in adherence with the business’ standard working practices & client’s brand rules.
• Ensures Right First Time quality performance is achieved
• Creates print trial files and carries out colour retouching/colour correction for all print disciplines.
• Owns the brand guidelines; including their creation, amendment and periodical review.
• Ensures brand consistency is maintained throughout the full project range across all production locations.
• Represents the artwork production team in the planning of projects.
• Seeks ways to optimise process to improve quality and delivery.
• Participates in root cause and corrective action investigations.

Who are we looking for?

• Experience in packaging artwork production.
• Use of software applications used in artwork packaging production such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, MS Office.
• Detailed understanding of print processes and reprographics application.
• Ability to adapt a design to different components / sizes in keeping with design intent.
• Ability to perform colour retouching for multiple print disciplines.
• Ability to visually inspect two samples and understand what retouching/corrections are needed to get the closest possible match.
• Ability to interpret complex guideline documents.

What will we provide for you?

You will get to work for a company that is proud of who we are, what we do and how we treat our people – and become part of our Trident DNA. We offer great development and progression opportunities around the Globe, a competitive salary, a benefits package plus hybrid working, an early finish on a Friday and a generous holiday allowance.

Salary: £30,000 - £35,000

Trident is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and strive to provide a fair and unbiased recruitment process.