Artwork Specialist

Procter & Gamble; Kentucky; On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Procter & Gamble in Mason, Kentucky is seeking an Artwork Design-to-Print Specialist to own end-to-end artwork delivery from design to final art production.

You will partner with Marketing, Design, R&D, Legal, and Regulatory to ensure design intent, copy requirements, and print feasibility, while managing schedules and file delivery.

The role emphasizes problem-solving, ownership, and collaboration to keep artwork on time and on spec in a fast-paced consumer goods environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED; a two- or four-year degree is preferred.
• Solid understanding of the design process, assets, production guidelines and print quality.
• Familiarity with DtP processes and the Design Firm workflow is a plus.
• Knowledge of artwork copy processes and approval workflow.
• Experience with artwork assembly and BU structure, brands and product hierarchies.
• Demonstrates ownership, urgency, and ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• DtP artwork execution expert on initiative teams, ensuring quality and on-time delivery.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Design, R&D, Legal, and Regulatory to align on design intent and copy requirements.
• Plan and manage artwork execution work and critical path schedules, raise issues at the right time to enable informed decisions.
• Create and manage projects within Enovia and WebCenter; provide basic support to the team.
• Introduce innovations and continuous improvements in quality, productivity and efficiency.
• Identify cost savings opportunities and drive cost avoidance wherever possible.
• Track and report end-to-end artwork success measures on a quarterly/annual basis.
• Build end-to-end artwork capability and self-sufficiency.
• Coordinate with printers and pre-press stakeholders to assess print feasibility and ensure consistency.

Skills

Design process understanding

Copy management

Artwork assembly

Print feasibility

Project planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Change management

Data-driven decision making

Education

High school diploma or GED; college degree preferred

Tools

Enovia

WebCenter

Job description

Job Location

Mason

Job Description

P&G is the largest consumer packaged goods company in the world. We have operations in over 75 countries, with 65 trusted brands that improve lives for 5 billion consumers worldwide. This brings many advantages, including the opportunity for our employees to enjoy a diverse and rewarding lifelong career filled with new and exciting challenges.

We believe great ideas emerge from the creative connections that happen between our talented employees, and we encourage diverse, multi-functional teams to work together to generate new ideas to address challenges we face. P&G has positions available at various technical centers and plants (including Cincinnati) across the United States.

This role is the corner stone of the Artwork Design-to-Print (DtP) platform structure as it enables full end-to-end ownership from design to the production of artwork. The AWS will be the single point of accountability for the quality of the Process and on-time delivery of Final Art.

The AWS will be the single point of accountability for the quality of the Process and on-time delivery of Final Art. The AWS partners with multifunctional parties, Initiative Leaders, MPD, Design, PR, GPS & Brand, to ensure technical fit-for-use and print feasibility, design intent implementation, the collection and formatting of brand packaging communication, regulatory and other artwork copy requirements, artwork assembly and final art approval.

Important Responsibilities

• DtP artwork execution expert on initiative teams, utilizing deep understanding of the DtP artwork process, supply chain fit-for-use requirements, copy management, artwork assembly and print feasibility to ensure excellence in execution.
• Partners internally with Marketing, Design, R&D, Legal, and Regulatory to understand design intent and identify claim & copy requirements.
• Plans and manages artwork execution work and critical path schedule, owns elevating issues, with implications, to key business partners at-the-right-time to enable informed decision-making and effective resolution, manages the artwork change management process and drive on-time/on-quality artwork file delivery.
• Creates and manages projects within Enovia and WebCenter. Provides low-level support for Enovia and WebCenter to the multi-functional team.
• Independently and collaboratively brings innovative ideas/search & reapply learning that drive continual improvements in quality, productivity and efficiency.
• Proactively explores both cost savings and cost avoidance opportunities.
• Able to accurately track and report E2E artwork success measures on a quarterly/annual basis.
• Builds E2E Artwork capability & mastery in self.
• Future Capability: Partners with Printers to assess print feasibility of design concepts, identify alternate solutions, confirm final design intent print feasibility, ensure visual consistency delivered at shelf. In close partnership with PQM, Partners externally with pre-press (ppm) & printers to assess print feasibility of design concepts, identify alternate solutions, confirm final design intent print feasibility, ensure visual consistency delivered at shelf. In close partnership with PQM, AWS will plan and attend print trials when needed and help troubleshoot and resolve quality issues.

Job Qualifications

Education:

Have a minimum of a high school diploma, GED or equivalent education, however, a two or four-year college degree or equivalent administrative experience is preferred.

Requirements (skills/experiences) for the role:

• Design: Solid understanding the design creative process, design assets, production guidelines, and the importance of visual consistency - in design intent & print quality. Understands the Design Firm and BVE DtP processes.
• Copy: Solid understanding of the artwork copy process, artwork copy components and respective accountable functions in the claim approval process and translation processes.
• Assembly: Solid understanding of the assembly process, internally and at BVE.
• Overall understanding of BU structure (category, brands, product line-up, language clusters), brand equity and hierarchy.
• Acts as business owner with sense of urgency and focus on priorities, operates with discipline
• Demonstrates ownership and accountability. A 'can do' attitude is a must
• Is able to influence and enable data-based and timely decisions,
• Manages escalations effectively
• Works independently, puts order in complexity
• Is able to manage expectations.
• Comfortable with change/ agility. Ability to learn.
• Leads meetings and communicates effectively
• Is able to command attention and provide clear d