Senior Production Artist

Role/Title:Account Supervisor

Location: New York, New York, United States, EST

Onsite/remote/hybrid: Onsite

Clutch Creative is a rapidly growing staffing agency. We support our clients by identifying unreachable talent that helps their businesses grow.

Our candidates work with us because they know we have the best opportunities available to them and will help them navigate their next career move.

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Clutch Is looking for a Production Artist/Manager for a client of ours.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of team to manage all aspects of production from concept through to

delivery. Partner with internal team members to gather and review specifications,

amend mechanicals and choose appropriate vendors. Work closely with the outside

suppliers with quotes, proofing turnaround, job tracking and invoicing

• Enter all relevant data into an internal project management system including invoices,

vendor specifications, quotes, proofs, die drawings and templates. Maintain accruals

and update critical data points in the project management system.

• Execute projects within specified timelines and budget requirements to meet all quality

standards and expectations. Identify and escalate production issues immediately to

management.

• Support designers with their requests for assistance, such as clipping paths, locating old

files, etc.

• Execute projects within specified timelines. Most projects are in and out the same day.

• Establish and maintain good working relationships with suppliers to ensure efficient

workflow. Act as liaison between internal team and outside vendors; tracking and

reporting any schedule or budget changes to deliverables. Traffic all work

(specifications, quotes, mechanicals, proofs, mockups, acknowledgments, invoices, etc.)

between outside vendors and internal teams.

• Collaborate with the Account and Creative Teams to explore potential suppliers for

projects or campaigns. Make recommendations based on knowledge of manufacturing

limitations, vendor capabilities, turnaround and cost.

• Handle a multitude of complex and diverse product-type categories including but not

limited to bottle molds, label printing, OOH, digital ads, print ads, branded merchandise,

and POP/POS.

• Educate and train new designers to build better production ready files.

• Prepared to attend press checks with or without client and ensure necessary subject

matter experts are present to effectively manage process.

• Reviewing and routing setups (signoffs) and proofs for all projects through the necessary

account and creative team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline or equivalent work experience.

• 3+ years’ experience with full knowledge of printing processes and setting up files in

Adobe programs on a Mac.

• Advanced proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft Office Suite.

• Knowledge of; CMYK -vs- PMS inks, printing inks on paper and other substrates, dielines,

ad specs, the Microsoft Office Suite, familiarity with Asana job tracking or similar

software a plus.

• Ability to work independently with a drive to continually hit targets of getting work out

of the door quickly and looking good, in a fast-paced environment.

• Ability to also work with different teams, and to help account managers to “speak

printing”.

• Ability to rebuild a designer’s files to print properly.

• Ability to communicate and problem-solve to complete daily tasks.

• Ability to ask questions and learn.

• Experience purchasing printing and vendor negotiations (new and established vendors).

• Ability to print and comp complex pieces for the team to review.

• Be familiar with products/key visuals and catch continuity errors by internal team

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