Sr Specialist, Visual Design & Production

Charles Schwab Corporation; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Schwab Corporation in Austin, TX is seeking a skilled Production Artist to support art direction and ensure brand standards across all digital and print collateral. You will build, update, and hand off production files, produce interactive PDFs, ensure accessibility compliance, and collaborate with the studio design team to meet deadlines and quality expectations.

Strong knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and a basic understanding of HTML are required to translate

Qualifications

• Expert level mastery of Adobe InDesign.
• Basic to intermediate mastery of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Basic to intermediate mastery of Adobe Acrobat and creating interactive and fillable PDFs.
• Basic understanding of accessibility standards in digital and print.
• Experience with strict brand guidelines and prepress knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Build production files from art direction while collaborating with the art director.
• Update production files of existing pieces.
• Create new production files from templates or existing files.
• Produce digital, fillable PDFs and ensure accessibility compliance.
• Preflight files for handoff to print production and review proofs.

Skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Communication

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Acrobat

HTML basics

Job description

Your Opportunity

At Schwab, you’re empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us "challenging the status quo" and transform the finance industry together.

We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location.

• Build production files based on new files from art direction, while collaborating with the art director inorder to maintain the integrity of their original design.
• Update production files of existing pieces.
• Build new production files based on existing files or templates.
• Build and hand off files that will be programmed into various template-based tools.
• Produce digital, fillable, and interactive PDFs.
• Ensure that all files meet accessibility requirements.
• Accurately make copy and layout edits to files during all reviews, while meeting deadlines.
• Check all files for completeness and ensure adherence to Schwab Brand standards and productionspecifications.
• Work closely with the print production manager to help ensure that accurately built files are providedto the print vendor.
• Preflight approved files for final hand off to print production.
• Review soft and hard proofs as requested.
• Perform image adjustments such as changing resolution, resizing, cropping, and retouching asnecessary.
• Proactively communicate with project team members in order to provide clarification or eliminate andprevent issues that may affect timing and/or the final deliverable.
• Ask for any necessary information and come to kickoffs and other meetings prepared.
• Produce logo files for Schwab Alliance/Advisor statements, Fixed Income reports, and SchwabRetirement Plan Services statements.
• Assist in organizing, monitoring, archiving, and maintaining files on the server.
• Maintain knowledge of all C2 and studio team systems and processes and offer recommendations forimprovements as needed.
• Assist in creating or maintaining team process documentation.
• Learn about Schwab’s products, services, audiences, and resources.
• Work to keep skills and technical knowledge current.
• Share project and technical knowledge with the studio design team.

What you have

To ensure that we have fulfilled our promise of 'challenging the status quo,' this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have.

Required Qualifications

• Expert level mastery of Adobe InDesign
• Basic to intermediate level mastery of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
• Basic to intermediate level mastery of Adobe Acrobat and creating interactive and fillable PDFs
• Basic understanding of accessibility standards in digital and print
• Experience working within strict brand guidelines, plus current Schwab working exprience
• Strong print prepress knowledge
• Additional consideration given for experience in the print industry
• Basic knowledge of HTML tags is helpful

Preferred Qualifications

• Complete work in a responsible and detail-oriented manner.
• Practice good time management in order to meet all deadlines.
• Ensure the quality of work exceeds our clients’ expectations.
• Adapt and remain productive when the scope of work in a project changes.
• Work cooperatively with others to produce innovative solutions.
• Seek opportunities to share and develop experience and knowledge.
• Demonstrate a positive, can-do attitude.
• Focus energy on solving problems and getting the work done.
• Engage in regular, consistent communication.

In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities