Production Designer: Large-Format Print & Signage

teamwass; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

LIVE·TEAM in Charlotte is seeking a Production Designer to turn approved designs into production-ready artwork for large-format print. You’ll handle signage, wayfinding, environmental graphics, branding elements, and custom print solutions from concept through installation.

You’ll preflight files, create proofs, document processes, and collaborate with project managers, designers, print operators, and fabrication crews to keep projects on schedule.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in production design, prepress, or a related print production role.
• Strong proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, with a working knowledge of Adobe InDesign.
• Experience reviewing, preparing, and preflighting client-supplied or internally developed artwork for print production.
• Experience producing large-format graphics, event signage, wayfinding systems, environmental graphics, branded environments, experiential marketing, exhibits, or similar print applications.
• Familiarity with color management workflows, print production best practices, and a variety of large-format materials and fabrication methods.
• Experience preparing files for digital cutting, CNC routing, vinyl production, or other specialty finishing processes is a plus.
• Ability to identify potential production issues early, communicate them clearly, and recommend practical solutions.
• Demonstrated curiosity, initiative, and a commitment to continuously improving production processes, documentation, workflow efficiency, and technical knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, preflight, and release accurate, print-ready files for large-format event signage, wayfinding systems, environmental graphics, branding elements, and occasional dimensional applications.
• Review and preflight artwork supplied by clients, vendors, and internal teams, identifying and resolving issues related to resolution, scale, color profiles, fonts, linked assets, bleeds, dielines, file setup, and other production requirements.
• Adapt, resize, revise, and version artwork across a variety of formats and dimensions while maintaining consistency with approved creative, client brand standards, and production specifications.
• Create clear production proofs that communicate dimensions, materials, finishing requirements, panel breaks, installation details, and other relevant production specifications.
• Develop supporting production documentation, including installation maps, diagrams, finishing callouts, file inventories, organized release packages, and other project deliverables as needed.
• Collaborate with Project Managers, designers, production leadership, print operators, fabrication teams, and installation crews to resolve technical questions, account for production constraints, and keep projects moving on schedule.
• Review production proofs, color samples, material samples, and finished output to help ensure accuracy, consistency, and quality throughout the production process.
• Maintain organized project files, consistent naming conventions, version control, and complete production packages across multiple simultaneous projects and fast-paced production schedules.
• Apply advanced proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, along with a working knowledge of Adobe InDesign, to execute daily production design responsibilities.
• When needed, translate established creative direction into production-ready layouts by making thoughtful decisions about available assets, layout adaptations, and production feasibility.
• Balance multiple projects at different stages of production while proactively communicating questions, risks, changing priorities, and potential schedule impacts.
• Take ownership of assigned work, consistently delivering accurate, high-quality production files while meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrate initiative and a commitment to continuously expanding your knowledge of prepress, color management, fabrication methods, finishing techniques, materials, and large-format production best practices.
• Look for opportunities to improve production workflows, file organization, documentation, workflow efficiency, and overall team efficiency.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organization

Communication

Collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Job description

LIVE·TEAM in Charlotte is seeking a Production Designer to turn approved designs into production-ready artwork for large-format print. You’ll handle signage, wayfinding, environmental graphics, branding elements, and custom print solutions from concept through installation.

You’ll preflight files, create proofs, document processes, and collaborate with project managers, designers, print operators, and fabrication crews to keep projects on schedule.