Instruction Sheet Specialist

Great Northern Corporation; Brooklyn Park (MN); Presencial; USD 48.000 - 54.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical

Dental

Life insurance

Paid Time Off

Paid holidays

Profit sharing

401(k) with company match

Safe, clean workplace

Descripción de la vacante

Great Northern Corporation in Brooklyn Park, MN, is seeking an Instruction Sheet Specialist. You will prepare instruction sheets for key accounts, using Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, and Photoshop, ensuring accuracy for store-level assembly.

The role emphasizes collaboration with project managers and sales to align artwork with production needs. The ideal candidate has a high school diploma with 1–5 years’ related experience, a design-focused background, and strong communication.

Formación

• High school diploma required, 1–5 years related work experience.
• Design degree or technical school background preferred.
• Strong ethics, integrity and communication skills.
• Self-motivated with ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Proficient with graphics software and Microsoft Office.

Responsabilidades

• Create instruction sheets using Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, Photoshop.
• Obtain artwork from customers and pre-press, modify for sheets.
• Review artwork and layouts to improve producibility.
• Coordinate with Project Managers to prioritize sheet requirements.
• Communicate with Sales/Management for timely availability.
• Support in photo work, mockups, and samples for store sets.

Conocimientos

Communication

Self-motivation

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Educación

High school diploma

Design degree or technical school

Herramientas

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Photoshop

Microsoft Office

Descripción del empleo

Instruction Sheet Specialist

Established in 1962, Great Northern is a local, privately owned paper-based packaging manufacturer with a long history of providing secure, stable, and meaningful positions. You will experience a collaborative team-first, safe, clean, enjoyable, and predictable workplace where team members support and care for one another.

Our team members produce sustainable and eco-friendly products that are supplied to national brands that impact people's day-to-day lives.

Our vision, \"We help our employees win through personal growth and a shared future\" is a call to action to deliver on building a people-centric culture, developing leaders from within, and sending people home fulfilled about their role and contributions. The \"win\" for everyone is a trusting and collaborative culture that helps us be at our best every day.

Our mission statement, \"We help our customers win by doing what others can't or won't\" gives us a clear purpose and raises the bar for performance. Doing what others \"can't or won't\" for our customers is demonstrated by a willingness to serve customers, value-added partnerships and proactively developing innovative solutions to our customers’ challenges.

We are excited that you are looking to join our great culture. Here are some details about the Instruction Sheet Specialist position.

What We Can Offer You

In addition to excellent wages, Great Northern has a competitive benefits package including medical; dental; life insurance; Paid Time Off (PTO); paid holidays; profit sharing and 401(k) with company match. We also offer our employees a safe, clean, friendly environment and room for growth! Are you looking for a career with an established and stable company?

Pay/Schedule

• $24.00/hour minimum starting wage – depending on experience and qualifications


• Monday – Friday: This is an onsite position

Under general supervision and following established procedures, the Instruction Sheet Specialist is responsible for proactively preparing instruction sheets as required for key accounts, ensuring accuracy and completeness in the assembly process at the store level.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Creates instruction sheets using Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, etc.)


• Acquires artwork from customer and/or Pre-press Technicians and makes required modifications to artwork to prepare it for use in instruction sheets.


• Reviews artwork, structural designs, and layout in order to make recommendations that will enhance the Company’s ability to produce a particular product.


• Interfaces with Project Managers to prioritize and manage instruction sheet requirements.


• Communicates with Sales and Management in the approval of instruction sheets for the timely availability of them to the assembly facility(s).


• Identifies potential issues related to the assembly of a product at store level with the Design Team.


• Utilizes available software tools to continually improve our instruction sheet process. Identifies potential areas for improvement.


• Work with Team Lead on required instruction sheets and utilize appropriate tools to create the instruction sheets. This includes photography, graphic manipulation, technical/instructional writing and fabrication of samples.


• Assists in the fabrication of mockups and samples for the use in instruction sheet photography and for store sets.


• Identifying training opportunities to improve the instruction sheet process.


• Participates in team meetings as required.


• Develops process improvement initiatives that enhance the effectiveness of the product development and manufacturing process.


• Performs a variety of miscellaneous job-related tasks as may be assigned from time-to-time by a Management Representative.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and one to five years of related work experience.


• Design degree or technical school background is preferred.


• A commitment to ethical business standards and personal integrity.


• Self-motivation and ability to work with minimal supervision.


• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.


• Excellent skills working with graphics software (Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop).


• Previous experience with photography and retouching photos.


• Proficient in Microsoft Office software (Word, Outlook, and Excel spreadsheet applications).


• Ability to use and interpret Internet/Intranet information.

Expectation

To be successful your teammates will depend on you to have pride in your work, be on time, work safely, work effectively with others, be optimistic, take ownership of your responsibilities, and look for continuous improvement opportunities.

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