Senior Creative Artworker - (German & English speaker) - Remote, Poland

Konica Minolta,; Poland (ME); Remote; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading communications agency seeks a Senior Creative Artworker to oversee creative production projects. The role involves managing design application, project management, and ensuring the highest quality in marketing campaigns while collaborating closely with clients. Ideal candidates will have significant experience and expertise in creative production and design, using tools like Adobe Creative Suite.

Benefits

Continuous Learning Opportunities

Mentoring Programs

Qualifications

• Considerable experience as a design and production focused artworker, mainly with print items.
• In-depth expertise of Adobe Creative Suite.
• Advanced 3D rendering skills to create POS items.

Responsibilities

• Oversee, create, prepare and edit print-ready artwork across various media.
• Manage production projects and maintain brand integrity.
• Mentor and guide junior team members.

Skills

Creative Production

Project Management

Adobe Creative Suite

3D Rendering

Pre-press Knowledge

Color Management

Video Editing

Strong Communication

Time Management

Collaboration

Job description

Location: We are happy to consider different locations within Poland

About the Team

The Creative Production Team is a community which delivers all of our clients creative production requirements to the highest of standards, formed by a multicultural team of creative production experts which delivers marketing assets across Europe (EMEA).

Purpose of the role

• Vision: The Senior Creative Artwoker oversees and produces the deliverables of Creative Production projects, to ensure the highest satisfaction of Indicia Worldwide’s clients.
• Mission: To deliver the Creative Production proposition of Indicia Worldwide through clients, delivering both the best service and quality for our clients´ needs.
• Approach: To establish excellence in production delivery through our values - Collaboration, Entrepreneurship, Pioneering and Accountability.

The Senior Creative Artworker will be responsible for the overall brand guardianship, design application, project management, production of marketing campaigns and retailer communications for a major global brand, from straightforward design, to artwork origination and amendments, plus adaptation and versioning of existing signed-off designs.

Other functions will also include mentoring and guiding the local stakeholders and more junior team members ensuring that the quality of the outputs is as expected and brand consistency maintained.

Therefore, the Senior Creative Artworker will manage a range of production projects, which includes the following tasks:

• To oversee, create, prepare and edit print-ready artwork across a range of media including general print collateral (brochures, flyers, etc), press ads, POS and all types of advertising displays, digital and social media assets, and much more.
• To allocate projects to other team members on site, always maintaining a balanced workload among everyone.

• To ensure the integrity of the original concept and brief.

• To understand and work within brand and corporate guidelines.

• To produce retouching of images and photography to a good level.

• To understand and apply color management principles in daily tasks.

• To use your experience and knowledge to identify and resolve design, artwork and production challenges.

• To complete all personal administration, including timesheets, accurately and promptly.

• To understand the company’s quality control process and systems, employing a methodical approach.

• To provide the business with best value by estimating and managing time accurately, ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget and to the highest quality.

Skills, knowledge, experience and exposure

• Considerable experience as a design and production focused artworker, mainly with print items and renders.

• Extensive experience in loyally and accurately applying a design concept across a range of different media and formats.

• Agency, production agency and trade marketing experience preferred.
• Experience in dealing directly with clients is required.

• In-depth expertise of Adobe Creative Suite.
• Advanced 3D rendering skills to create POS items (FSDU, Display, Totems, etc.)
• High level of pre-press knowledge is a must.
• Video editing/adaptation and motion graphics is expected.

• General automated artwork production and template building experience.

• Familiarity with both agency and wider marketing technology systems such as DAM, ad delivery platforms, approval/sign off tools, and collaborative and production workflows.

• Straightforward design, typographical and layout skills.
• Pre-flight and proofing background.
• High understanding of print materials, die-cuts.
• Photoshop and image retouching skills.
• Understanding of color management.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve problems.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Strong workload organisation and time management skills
• Ability to build relationships and to communicate effectively.
• Service-driven.
• Excellent core Microsoft computer skills including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Native German level
• High-Medium English level

Mindset to navigate the role

Oversee and create creative production projects and collaborating closely with Internal stakeholders requires:

• A clear and effective communication skill at all levels in the hierarchy.
• A solution orientated and resolutive mindset, where problems are just the start lane for the solutions.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.

• A technology oriented mindset, as you will have to use different technologies in your daily job
• Being meticulous, and have a keen eye for detail, setting very high personal standard.
• Being proactive and positive, being motivated by the prospect of being challenged, always looking to make a positive impact.
• Desire to take responsibility for continuous personal development and learning, helping to identify objectives and opportunities for skill development.

Temperament for the role

Senior Creative Artworker work on a very fast, changing environment. In order to succeed, it will be expected:

• A positive ‘can-do’ attitude at all times, setting an example to team members.

• A high level of energy. Self-motivated. To be skilled in creating an environment that’s self-motivating and motivates others to be their best.
• A curious mind. Wanting to know all about internal operations. Listening to client challenges. This is the fuel that unlocks our proposition.
• Accountability. You are a professional and we will treat you as such. You will be expected to manage your workload and to raise your hand when you need team support
• Collaborative spirit. Use we, not me. If someone is in trouble, you will do your best to support.

Role Requirements

• The Senior Creative Artworker will be required to work onsite with the client several days a week. Number of days to work on site to be defined.
• Whilst the you have your contracted hour, Mon – Fri, the project-based nature of the role requires that some days you will have to work outside of these hours and you will recover that time in other moment

About us

Indicia Worldwide is an insight and technology led communications agency with global production expertise.

Why we exist: we create new value

At Indicia Worldwide, our philosophy is one of ‘creating new value’. We create new value at every step of the journey that a brand takes to market, by driving an increase in marketing performance and reducing costs in marketing execution. For our clients and their customers, we are building mutually beneficial partnerships. We see this proposition, built around the perfect balance of efficiency and effectiveness, as pioneering, entrepreneurial and, above all else, sustainable.

Our substantial investment in our technology and data science capability, and resource, provide our differentiation in the marketplace. Data insight and marketing technology gives us the ability to measure our work, evidencing ROI as the most critical metric in today’s environment.

We see ROI where others don't. We are the only agency that combines creative, data and technology talent with production and procurement expertise to improve your marketing performance and efficiencies. We realise ROI for our clients by enabling them to deliver more engaging, cost-effective and sustainable customer experiences.

As a business we draw on a rich heritage from the worlds of print, creative production, retail, data, digital, tech and creative, bringing these disciplines together to support global brands with their omnichannel marketing activation needs.

We believe in what we do. We believe this proposition makes us unique. We have the capacity to re-define the way marketing is activated for our clients across the globe. Now, and well into the future.

The output: Improved client performance from engaging consumers with brand ideas better, faster and more cost effectively, across every step of the journey that a brand takes to market.

We are an equal opportunities employer and as such, will make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate the needs of all candidates. If you have any such needs or requirements in the context of your interview, please notify us so that we can make the appropriate arrangements .