Entertainment Careers Casting Calls and Auditions

Description

You are…

An established Creative leader that is used to overseeing a team of Copywriters, Art Directors and Designers at various levels to ensure the ideation, creation and delivery of extraordinary Creative campaigns. You’re just as good at having the ideas as you are at helping others to conjure them up. You’re also something of a Trend Spotter; taking deep dives into what’s going on in the world, the industry and within a client’s market in order to push ideas to the next level and keep clients relevant in their respective spaces.

We are…

The Creative Department within a global agency partner to the world’s most iconic brands. We work in a collaborative environment made up of exceptional thinkers, makers and doers, Art Directors, Copywriters, Designers and 3D Environmental Designers. A small department of forty servicing some very demanding and aspirational brands with a thirst for a deeper reputation and space in our awards cabinet.

Together we will…

Create tech-forward, fan-focused experiences to activate in the sports, music and entertainment spaces. Creating everything from virtual to physical interactive spaces, branded content, physical and digital experiences.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the day-to-day account relationship(s) and management of an integrated account, creative, R&I, accounts and inter-agency team.
• Safeguard the creative process and ensure that we are using the right people at the right time and that efficiencies are being delivered.
• Understand the landscape for client’s business/sector as well as the industry contexts for their investments as well as their brand values, direction and big picture objectives.
• Monitor ongoing creative trends within sports, entertainment, lifestyle and in culture, to offer relevant creative recommendations.
• Maintain positive relationships with clients to encourage new creative opportunities.
• May take on specialized roles or projects to assist the team such as working directly with third party vendors or partner agencies to execute client programs.
• Manage work plans, client timeline expectations, partner and vendor relationships, and anticipate challenges across various entities to ensure flawless execution.
• Use forward thinking initiative to identify the next best opportunities and continue to deliver top results to the client and fulfill the Wasserman Creative agenda.
• Think daily about business development and new revenue opportunities with existing and potential clients. Contribute to new client pitches and play a role in responding to RFPs.

Skills/Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in an established agency creative department, with minimum 5 years of direct experience in managing teams, creative, accounts and project management.
• Proven skills required to create, maintain, and enhance customer relationships.
• Innate curiosity, proactive thinking and ability to think creatively when planning strategy, taking into account client objectives, key insights, and practical parameters.
• Well-developed analytical and problem solving skills.
• Possess exceptional communication skills, both orally and in writing.
• Superior interpersonal skills and ability to create a rapport with people.
• Strong attention to detail and highly organized.
• Must be able to multi-task and be flexible enough to react under stressful circumstances.
• Prior experience and/or knowledge in sports, music, and entertainment are beneficial.
• Experience working in the adult beverage space is a plus.
• Proficiency with Keynote, Adobe Creative suite and PowerPoint where relevant.

Benefits

Competitive salary, unlimited PTO, 401(k) and much more!
Wasserman

About The Shipyard

The Shipyard is a leading, independent agency that builds performance-driven brands audiences can’t help but love.

By applying modern mindsets to established models, we fuel brand and marketing decisions that are more courageous and more validated.

Our ability to align bold creativity with individual consumer motivations lets us do more than hope for brand love – we methodically engineer it throughout the consumer journey. That’s how we activate the synergistic power of brand building and performance marketing.

Engineering Brand Love through the courageous ambitions of our people and our clients.

The agency has significant momentum and is on a roll with new business. Our team continues to expand across four cities (Columbus, Newport Beach, Sacramento, and San Diego) and we’re still growing. Come join our team!

Summary

We are looking for a smart, experienced, and motivated Art Director to join our San Diego team.

The Art Director is responsible for leading creative professionals with panache. We need someone who sees people over projects; who can help grow a creative team that makes our clients’ consumers weak in the knees. We’re making a huge dent in the advertising industry and we need someone to wield the hammer with precision. That means you’ve got an eye for typography, a finger on creative composition, and the gentle direction that designers love working for.

This is a hybrid work from home/office position, but the candidate must live near San Diego.

What You’ll Do

• Strongly embrace human-centered design mindsets and methodologies to deliver creative concepts that solve consumer needs.
• Generate clear ideas and concepts in tandem with the copywriter
• Produce sketches, storyboards, roughs to visualize ideas
• Understand marketing initiatives, strategic positioning, and target audience
• Cooperate with the rest of the creative team across different types of media
• Collaboration with Digital Experience team to ensure continuity across all brand touchpoints
• Take work from concept to final execution within deadlines
• Manage and delegate responsibilities to other designers and provide directions
• Manage on-going staffing needs
• Present completed ideas to clients/team members
• Stay on top of cultural & marketing trends and evolving best practices

What You’ll Bring

• 3+ years of design experience, preferably in an agency environment
• An innate curiosity and strong desire to expand your knowledge
• Hands-on experience with logo design, typography, color, web layout design, print production, and image selection
• Proficient use of InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, or other visual design and wire-framing tools
• Demonstrable graphic design skills with a strong portfolio
• Incorporate feedback and take/give direction well
• Team player with strong communication and presentation skills

What You’ll Get

• Open PTO
• 40 hours of paid sick time (annually)
• Flexible work hours and remote work
• Paid holidays + holiday closure between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance and disability benefits
• 401k program with employer matching
• 6 weeks paid parental leave
• Employee bonus referrals
• Dog-friendly offices
• Company-provided snacks and beverages (yes, beer/wine included)
• … and lots more!

Requirements

• All employees of The Shipyard must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

The Shipyard

About you:

Do you believe advertising can change the world? Probably not. But if you believe that great advertising can change a brand, maybe we should talk. We’re looking for an Art Director that can make us laugh, make us cry, make us click and make us buy – all through the power of your ideas. If you see what others don’t and do what other can’t, let’s make some great sh*t together.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to;

• Feels comfortable speaking to clients on call or in-person meetings
• Pitching new ideas
• Walking through concepts
• Brainstorming/working sessions
• Feels comfortable concepting & building out presentations for pitches in their entirety leveraging/leading multiple team members and ensuring high level of quality & efficiency
• Monitors client relationship & account performance ensuring overall client health and Pod performance
• Works alongside CAM developing high-level strategy and ensures all brief requirements are consistently met
• Is a good mentor and understands how to properly communicate with, motivate and develop team members
• Comfortable providing concise and actionable feedback to designers and copywriters across all projects and initiatives
• Takes ownership of and initiates projects outside of day to day client load and assists higher-level leadership team in building out new offerings or improving current processes.
• Is a consistent voice & communicator internally amongst leadership team
• Ensures creative org goals & principles are communicated and upheld at all times
• Continuous focus on growth and challenging both their team and themselves

Requirements

• 5-7 years of experience in creating beautiful and powerful work for retail focused brands
• Experience in social and video is a must (it is 2022 after all)
• A portfolio of work that would that someone other than your mom is proud of
• Can manage multiple projects and tight deadlines (you know, agency stuff)
• Able to take direction and feedback (you know, design stuff)
• Strong conceptual thinking (you know, idea stuff)

Benefits

About Us:

We are Performance Branding experts, working with scalable and enterprise brands including Nike, The North Face, Vans, and Proximo Spirits. We leverage digital channels and creative to grow our clients. Data drives our decision making and enables us to operate like trusted business partners. WITHIN works with brands to collapse the funnel between performance and brand marketing unifying objectives, targets, strategy, and implementation. Partnered with a brand’s value proposition, our integrated media and personalized content solutions prioritize profits and growth over channel optimization, taking a holistic approach to marketing programs, and training our people across every channel. We use the best technology available along with proprietary tools delivering the best performance for our clients.

Everyone at WITHIN wants to grow and be challenged. It’s a collaborative place made up of small, closely knit and versatile teams that are fast and adaptive to solve problems and build systems. We support remote work, and provide a physically distanced office space for those who need it.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits based on ability level including:

• Base salary DOE ($85,000-$105,000)
• Unlimited vacation policy
• Monthly Phone Stipend
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance options
• Dog friendly office
• Hybrid work opportunity

WITHIN

Description

Come and join our diverse creative team that designs tech-forward, fan-focused experiences in partnership with a wide portfolio of sports and entertainment properties.

This role sits within one of our most valuable retainer clients that operates within the cryptocurrency space, and your primary duty is to ensure the ideation, creation and delivery of outstanding creative campaigns. You will have a natural affinity for the original and well-executed, and you are in constant pursuit of the highest standards of creativity for both the agency and our clients.

You have a mind for design and create beautiful creative in the blink of an eye, and you use this power to produce fresh, evocative and persuasive copy and storylines that inspire and engage consumers.

Your portfolio will show you to be capable within all areas of creative, but especially in the activation channels of experiential and content / digital marketing. You know how to create engaging environments that inspire participation from people. You understand how to make an online content campaign that cuts through the sea of sameness, and engages audiences in a brand’s mission.

DUTIES

• You’ll be quick to spot the key requirements of each brief. This will give you more time to develop an outstanding creative response.
• You will inspire the right creative resources and manage them to deliver the finished creative product that is true to the original concept and, of course, the brief.
• You will quickly grasp the landscape for a client’s business/sector as well as the industry contexts for their investments as well as their brand values, direction and big picture objectives.
• Monitor ongoing creative trends within sports, entertainment, lifestyle and in culture, to offer relevant creative recommendations.
• You will give others confidence in your work by presenting with authority and developing strong relationships with account handlers and clients, so that in time you can sell even more challenging work, influence the overall process and create new opportunities with the client.
• Manage work plans, client timeline expectations, partner and vendor relationships, and anticipate challenges across various entities to ensure flawless execution.
• Ideas don’t care where they come from. You will actively support the agency’s development of a collaborative approach to problem solving with an active listening style.
• Wasserman is intent on continuing to build a learning organization, so share ideas and information with the wider agency. And motivate Junior Creatives with a passionate desire to learn.
• Think daily about business development and new revenue opportunities with existing and potential clients. Contribute to new client pitches and play a role in responding to RFPs.

Requirements

• 6+ years relevant experience with particular emphasis on Experiential and Content marketing.
• Proven skills required to create, maintain, and enhance customer relationships.
• Innate curiosity, proactive thinking and ability to think creatively when planning strategy, taking into account client objectives, key insights, and practical parameters.
• Well-developed analytical and problem solving skills.
• Possess exceptional communication skills, both orally and in writing.
• Superior interpersonal skills and ability to create a rapport with people.
• Strong attention to detail and highly organized.
• Must be able to multi-task and be flexible enough to react under stressful circumstances.
• Prior experience and/or knowledge in sports, music, and entertainment are beneficial.

Benefits

Competitive salary, unlimited PTO, 401(k) and much more!
Wasserman

We are looking for a junior creative producer to help produce all shoots for the brand from campaign to ecommerce. This person should be comfortable producing a variety of projects from big budgets

to small, and able to create and track budgets, invoicing as well as liaise with 3rd parties. This postion will report into the Creative Project Manger/Producer.

Responsibilities:

-Manage photo shoot budgets

-Track & submit and own all invoicing related to shoots.

-Manage all casting and talent coordination.

-Shoot Production

-Create & manage pre/post production timelines

-Liaise with photographers, retouchers, stylist etc….

-Organize and distribute all photo/video assets

-Track all ecommerce images and QC them.

-Organize all samples needed for shoots.

-Move samples and other shoot material.

-Coordinate all pre-styling

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

Must be willing to pitch in wherever needed no job is to big or small

Enjoys working in a collaborative, team-oriented environment

Highly organized

Able to work in a fast paced environment, and stay cool under deadline pressure

Relationships with talent(models, photographers, stylists etc..) a plus

Proficient in Excel

1-2 years of experince in a similar role.

DVF (Diane von Furstenberg)

Company: Method Studios

Position: Creative Director (Autodesk Flame)

Location: Hybrid – New York, NY

• Salary Range: $100,000 ~ $265,000 USD

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Creative Director (Autodesk Flame) will work with directors, VFX supervisors, editors, and CG supervisors by overseeing existing and upcoming projects and managing artists through completion of post production. They will clearly communicate and justify concepts while leading the planning, design, and implementation of multiple creative projects.

MAIN DUTIES:

The Creative Director must be able to ensure a high creative standard is maintained across multiple projects while working with other VFX Supervisors, leads and Juniors to help elevate their skills. The candidate will oversee freelance teams to ensure they have support and can meet method’s benchmarks. In addition, the Creative Director must be able to develop and maintain strong relationships with directors, agency creatives, and producers.

• Clearly communicate and justify concepts and lead the planning, design and implementation of all creative projects.
• Achieve simple to complex compositing tasks at all stages of the production process including pre-comps, temp composites, beauty work, 2D tracking, 2D effects, extractions, selection and integration of elements, and color grading
• Mentor, assist and support other team members
• Produce high level photorealistic images and create seamless transitions between filmed footage and composited 2D and 3D elements

WHAT YOU BRING:

• Proficiency in Autodesk Flame/ Nuke.
• Proven ability to lead a creative team.
• Strong strategic and conceptual thinking.
• Must be able to execute a wide variety of tactics.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with project teams and clients.
• Outstanding conceptual and problem-solving skill.
• Strong grasp of the creative development process, have excellent art direction skills, and consistently deliver excellent work.
• In-depth knowledge of all steps required in the creative process, including effectively and efficiently staffing projects, providing communication and creative direction, and giving timely and helpful feedback to improve creative solutions.
• Ability to produce all work efficiently and on schedule.
• Ability to successfully supervise shoots.
• Ability to communicate effectively with creative and project management staff, engendering trust and respect.
• Great presentation skills and ability to work collaboratively with pipeline and technical teams in a fast-paced environment.

About the Company:

Company 3 provides a full range of Creative Services for content creators, including conceptual design, pre-vis, look development, ideation and rapid prototyping, 3D animation/CGI, motion graphics/designers, matte painting, compositing, dailies and production services, color grading, post-production finishing, marketing/trailers, live-action production, experiences, and more.

Diversity and Inclusion at Company 3:

Creativity has diversity at its core. We celebrate the value of each unique experience by being dedicated to fostering the most diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where every employee feels empowered and safe to show up to work as their full self.

It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Please inform the company’s HR representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.

• The listed pay range represents the lowest to highest range that we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the range will be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, local currency exchange rates, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs.

Depending on location and subject to applicable law, we offer a comprehensive package of health, retirement, and insurance benefits and paid time off to eligible employees.

The above compensation and benefits information is provided in accordance with various state and local pay transparency laws.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with applicable law.

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Company 3

JOB DESCRIPTION

Sod Solutions, Inc.

Job Title: Creative Director

Location: Awendaw, SC

Salary: Commensurate with experience

Benefits: Comprehensive Health Insurance. 401K. Profit Sharing. Paid Vacation.

Summary: The Creative Director will lead the Sod Solutions marketing team’s creative vision and strategy for visual design, advertising, and copywriting across video, social, web, and print to create cohesive brand stories, drive sales, and grow Sod Solution’s four business units of Turfgrass Licensing, Sod Home, Sod Professionals, and Software Technology.

Role Expectations

A Creative Leader & Practioner

We are not just looking for a designer, we want a creative leader who will drive innovation in our marketing department through new ideas, creative vision, leadership, and execution.

An Eye for Design & Branding

In this role, you will own design and branding across our four business 

units and work with our team to tell the story of our businesses, build our brands, craft our messaging, and impress our customers.

SaaS, Ecommerce, and Web UI/UX

Bring working knowledge and ideas to the table to help grow our SaaS, ecommerce, and direct sales lines of business from a design and branding perspective.

Leadership and Mentoring

Lead creative strategy, develop and mentor talent, and bring out the best in the people around you. 

Skills and Characteristics

• High Integrity
• Design and branding expertise
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Superior technology, web, and digital skillset
• Bachelor’s degree in design or marketing
• 5+ years of professional creative experience with demonstrated leadership
• Ecommerce or SaaS design experience preferred
• Lead and mentor others with a team mentality
• Desire to work in a rapidly growing family business with a strong sense of role ownership.
• Love lawns and gardens with a passion for the green industry.

Additional Information:

• Office hours are Monday – Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. This role is a salaried position with a “get it done” perspective being more critical than particular hours, but time in the office is required. This is a Hybrid role, but regular time in the office is required.
• Our company is family-owned, provides an open and friendly work environment, and is a vibrant and inviting workplace.

Sod Solutions is a green industry leader that engages in four distinct business segments:

1. Turfgrass Licensing: Proprietary turfgrass licensing and genetics
2. Software Technology: Green industry SaaS software development and sales
3. Sod Home: Ecommerce sales of turfgrass and related landscape products to homeowners
4. Sod Pro: Direct sales of turfgrass and related installation services to the professional sector, including sales to commercial, sports, and golf venues. 

Sod Solutions Brand Websites:

sodproducers.com (Turfgrass Licensing)

sodsolutionspro.com (Sod Pro)

sodsolutions.com (Sod Home)

turflogistics.com (Software Technology)

satquote.com (Software Technology)

Sod Solutions

About Crater

Crater is a first-of-its-kind creator network that accelerates next-wave culture. As a creator collaboration and funding network, Crater is giving creators the opportunity to network and pitch their new projects for investment, ultimately advancing the next generation of culture-makers by taking their creativity to the next level.

The Role:

We’re looking for a creative leader to bring to life the Crater brand in the world. You’re a culture follower, culture-maker and obsessed with creators and what they bring to the world. As a self-starter, you love to do the work as well as come up with big ideas. Crater is just getting started so you’ll have the chance to build your team while partnering with the head of product design and their team. You’ll have a background in conceptual creative direction, branding and design systems, as well as an understanding of how to bring a brand to life through campaigns, experiences, social and product. You will partner and report directly to the Chief Marketing Officer.

Responsibilities:

• Own the creation and execution of the Crater brand, bringing it to life in the world
• Create culture-moving ideas that connects creators with Crater
• Build and then manage a team to deliver their best work, finding new ways to push the limits of themselves and our brand expression
• Be the voice of the creative brand; influence decisions across the company
• Bring the POV of the brand to life through a vibrant brand identity, system, voice and tone across all experiences
• Partner with product to incorporate the brand into the development of tools and how the brand would take shape in the user experience
• Be creator obsessed – know what’s happening in culture, what’s coming next and bring the brand as a leader and into the conversation in impactful ways
• Concept and execute marketing activations from campaigns to social as well as materials across creator marketing, sales, biz dev and investor relations
• Be the brand champion – responsible and accountable for the quality of the brand output.

Desired Qualifications :

• Proven experience in the creative industry with strong design skills
• 6+ years of experience
• Highly conceptual with experience being the creative lead on integrated marketing campaigns
• Experience managing the creatives across design, copywriting and motion
• Passion for and experience working in the Creator industry or working closely with creators on campaigns
• Deep understanding of brand with the ability to tell a powerful story through creative
• Passion for creating systems and brand guidelines that flex with culture and expand to new audiences
• Experience conceptualizing and activating creative social media campaigns in partnership with community manager
• Strong technical design skills across animation tools, Photoshop, After Effects, XD and Figma with the ability to teach these to junior team members
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work cross-functionally and influence creative execution across teams to be in-line with the overall brand guidelines

Not required, but would be super duper exciting

• You are a creator which will give you an insider understanding of the audience you are serving.
• Analytical skills and ability to make creative recommendations based on data

Check out our DIB Source, a place made to spark conversations about the importance of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging.

Don’t meet all of the requirements? That’s okay! Feel free to submit your resume and our team will be in touch if there’s a match.

Crater is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Crater is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know.

At Crater, we believe in leveraging our hiring process as a way to support transparency. The annual base salary band for this opportunity is ($150k – 190k). Our job offer compensation philosophy, which impacts actual compensation, is based on a number of important factors including, but not limited to, internal and market equity, financial budgets, and the individual’s skills, qualifications, experience and education.

Published annual base salary bands do not include individual variable compensation opportunities, such as annual merit increases, bonus eligibility, commission, or equity incentives.

Crater also offers employees a comprehensive, flexible and competitive benefits program. We offer medical, vision and dental coverage, health savings accounts, paid time off to relax and recharge and attend to personal matters, Company paid holidays, family and personal sick time, and a 401(k) plan.

Crater

Job Title: Events Manager, Entertainment Marketing

Reports to: Sr. Director, Entertainment Marketing

Job Location: Hybrid / Remote & The Row DTLA (2 days per week)

Job Class: Exempt

About SHEIN

SHEIN Distribution Corporation distributes SHEIN’s products in the U.S. Founded in 2012, SHEIN is a leading global online retailer with operations in Guangzhou, Singapore and Los Angeles, along with other key markets. SHEIN reaches consumers across more than 150 countries and regions around the world. We place a premium on choice, delivering more than 6,000 new fashion, beauty and lifestyle products daily with more than 600,000 items available. Our mission is to help people express their individuality through the latest trends that are accessible and affordable. To learn more about SHEINTo learn more about SHEIN follow us @us.shein.com,sheingroup.com, Instagram.com/sheinofficial, Instagram.com/shein_us, youtube.com/shein.

Position Summary

This position will have a significant role in the development and execution of SHEIN’s entertainment and experiential strategy. We are looking for a driven and organized individual with a passion for entertainment, events, and culture. The ideal candidate will bring the gold standard of event production and have a deep understanding of consumer experiences across music festivals and live events.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage event related activities for the brand’s Entertainment strategy including music festivals and live events.
• Develop creative event concepts, including the conceptualization, programming, décor elements, venue selection and integrated activations for each event.
• Develop strategic event activation plans to support brand initiatives and sponsorships leading to measurable and quantifiable results.
• Support in creating goals, KPIs and metrics for each project and compiling recaps and reporting documents accordingly.
• Develop and manage relationships with partners, vendors, and internal teams (social, influencer, partnerships, legal) to collectively achieve event/marketing goals.
• Create and manage effective timelines and ensure projects stay on track.
• Manage budget for all projects in addition to the comprehensive yearly events budget.
• Source, negotiate and manage all contracts to assist in the planning and execution of events (production companies, logistics, agencies, etc.)
• Manage vendor payments through our internal OA system and reconciliation of full event budget post-event.
• Manage comprehensive event recaps.
• Analyze both KPI’s and ROI of all events; provide key learnings and potential enhancements for future events.
• Evaluate and prioritize future opportunities.

Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in event or experiential marketing, preferably in the entertainment or fashion industry.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing or related field of study.
• Thorough understanding of experiential marketing and events.
• Self-starter with excellent organization, self-leadership, and management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize, and reorder workload in a dynamic, rapidly evolving environment
• Strong multitasking skills and attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Proficiency in Gsuite, and Microsoft office tools (Google slides, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc)
• Ability to travel for events and site visits, as needed.

SHEIN Distribution is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse workplace environment.

SHEIN Distribution Corporation

SGS&Co is looking for an Artwork Project Coordinator to join our offices in Tamworth:

The purpose of this position is to facilitate jobs in the execution phase of our Client’s artwork and pre-press process for packaging production. As a key facilitator within the supply chain for packaging artwork issues, you will communicate with design firms, printers, engravers, On-Site Personnel /Sales and Clients to ensure printability for packaging. As a key figure within the process, you will help maintain and improve Southern Graphic’s relationship with the Client. Your primary concern will be to coordinate packaging production via job instructions and schedules to complete jobs. Within SGS, you will effectively communicate specifications for each piece of packaging artwork on your brands by utilizing our order entry system as well as being a resource for production departments when issues or questions arise. The Project Manager is the primary resource to the On-Site Personnel and Sales, and the key point of contact to the Production Department at SGS. A PM must be able to adapt and create a plan when colleagues are absent.

Essential Responsibilities, Accountabilities & Results

• Client/Supply Chain Interaction

• Consult with On-Site Personnel and/or Client during the artwork development and pre-press execution.

• Attend any pre-production meetings (or other meetings), when feasible, per On-Site Personnel’s/Sales request or request of the Client.

• Respond in a timely manner to Clients.

• Establish a good and professional working relationship with our Client(s) and design firm(s), engravers and printers.

• Communicate artwork issues with the Client/On-Site Personnel /Sales/Printer.

• Communicate minor issues direct with design firms. If timing is impacted, contact Client/On-Site Personnel/Sales.

• Respond in a timely fashion to requests of Client/On-Site Personnel /Sales and others

• Document all critical and pertinent information that may impact quality

• Participate in process improvement efforts and various production meetings to foster a positive creative impact on the business.

Project Coordination

• Gather, coordinate and communicate job-related information to production

• Verify technical supplied data is correct to supplied art

• Schedule and see that deadlines are being met on all aspects of the project

• Review PDFs for questions/comments

• Troubleshooting and problem solving with the plant

• Shipping – print tools and tracking when necessary

• Communicate received and shipped art to On-Site Personnel/Sales and perform user functionality in a Client’s database used for tracking artwork projects

• Understand the Client’s process (deliverables, rework)

• Communicate any and all issues to Management ASAP

• Order entry (ensure orders are complete and concise when delivered to production)

Educational & Experience Minimum Requirements

This position requires the following knowledge and skills:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent. Some College/Associate’s Degree preferred

• 1-3 years’ experience preferred

• Previous experience as a Client Service Representative in the print industry preferred

• Experience in the design, print or production art industry

• Full comprehension in reading work instructions and business memos

• Proofreading skills required

• Ability to work independently after initial training

Work arrangement – Hybrid, predominantly WFH with some requirement to be on-site

Location: Tamworth

Starting date: Immediately

Type of contract: Full- time Permanent

https://www.sgsco.com/

SGS & Co is a global brand impact group delivering speed and quality through innovation and insights to drive impact for our world-class clients. We combine deep expertise in design, graphic services, production, technology, and process optimization with unmatched marketplace understanding, dynamic ideas, and client-first customer service. We bring the world’s best brands to life and set them up for success in the modern world.

SGS & Co shifts brands to impact through the strength of our people. Our team of nearly 5,000 employees across 30+ countries work collaboratively to exceed client expectations today and anticipate how we’ll need to pivot together to win tomorrow. We take pride in our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion along with our ambition to lead the industry to a more sustainable future to drive a positive impact for our clients, our people, and our planet.

SGS & Co