Specification & Artwork Technologist

Marston Foods; Frome; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Marston Foods in Frome is seeking a Specification & Artwork Technologist to create and maintain product specifications and manage artwork for packaging. The role is full-time and on-site in Frome, Somerset, with duties including data entry, proof reviews, and coordinating changes with internal teams and external partners.

The ideal candidate will have experience with retailer online specifications, artwork checks, transit packaging, and familiarity with Brandbank/Valpack systems, plus strong

Qualifications

• Experience with writing retailer online specification systems.
• Organisational skills for requesting and filing material information.
• Experience with checking artwork and legal labelling requirements.
• Knowledge of specifying transit packaging and completing transit trials.
• Experience with 3rd party online systems such as Brandbank and Valpack.
• Ability to prioritise workload and work to tight deadlines.
• Good personal and communication skills.
• Be flexible to attend customer visits/meetings.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain and update product specifications for accuracy and compliance across dessert lines.
• Manage artwork for packaging and check labels against legal, customer and brand requirements.
• Enter data into specification systems and review proofs.
• Support customer queries and contribute to continuous improvement of specification and artwork processes.

Skills

Retailer online specification systems

Organisational skills

Artwork and legal labelling checks

Transit packaging specification

Brandbank

Valpack

Prioritise workload and deadlines

Communication skills

Customer visits/meetings

Tools

Brandbank

Valpack

Job description

Company Description

Marston Foods is a dessert manufacturer based in Frome in the Somerset countryside, specializing in hand-finished, and hand-packed products.

Role Description

The Specification & Artwork Technologist is a full-time, on-site role based in Frome. This role is responsible for creating, maintaining, and updating product specifications to ensure accuracy, compliance, and consistency across all dessert lines. The position includes managing artwork for packaging, checking labels and designs against legal, customer, and brand requirements, and coordinating changes with internal teams and external partners. Daily tasks would include data entry into specification systems, reviewing proofs, supporting customer queries, and contributing to continuous improvement of specification and artwork processes.

The ideal candidate will have..

• Experience with writing retailer online specification systems
• Organisational skills for requesting and filing material information
• Experience with checking artwork and legal labelling requirements
• Knowledge of specifying transit packaging and completing transit trials
• Experience with 3 rd party online systems such as Brandbank and Valpack.
• Ability to prioritise workload and work to tight deadlines
• Good personal and communication skills.
• Be flexible to attend customer visits/meetings