Production Artist

Our client, a family-owned company striving to provide the best education products, professional learning, and digital resources for educators and children. Innovation and collaboration fuel us every day. We live our passion of helping children learn and grow. They believes in diversity, equity & inclusion, and strives to create a culture of community & belonging.

Join our mission-driven, dynamic team as we embrace change, excellence, creativity, and simplicity to make a difference in educators’ and children’s lives as we develop our next great product.

The Production Artist is responsible for supporting the Creative team through assisting in updates, final layout, proofing, and pre-flighting files for a range of assets in support of product development and Sales enablement initiatives.

**This is a 6 month contract position, (40 hours/week) and is fully remote! Hourly rate is $20-$25/hour, doe**

What You’ll Be Doing

• Use knowledge of current design software to produce graphic art and visual materials for a wide variety of print and digital collateral, through a variety of media outlets.
• Produce basic graphic sketches, designs, and copy layouts for products, and publications utilizing typography, layout, production and editing skills.
• Process images and graphics for production according to provided specifications.
• Check artwork for completeness and assure adherence to both design industry and our standards before
• production or distribution of assets.
• Maintain digital assets including production files, digital photography, illustrations, and logos.
• Monitor art preparation guidelines and recommend technical and procedural updates as needed to maintain
• consistency and quality control.
• Perform quality assurance checks to ensure the integrity of the brand
• Provide high-quality, completed assignments according to output specifications including dimensions, bleeds,
• resolution, color space, size, format, image compression and file optimization, etc., ensuring that all layouts
• are aesthetically correct while maintaining graphic standards and a consistent appearance.
• Perform production rework (cleanup and/or recreation) of preexisting materials and designs in order to
• update information of the piece within specified time frame.
• Proof, preflight, and prepare press-ready final files.

Your Experience & Qualifications

• Associate Degree, Certificate or equivalent; B.A. or B.S. preferred.
• 1+ years related experience in art production or graphic design.
• Solid artistic aptitude for type, design, color and concept.
• Knowledge of all stages of graphic design from conception to production required.
• Understanding of design expectations of the education industry preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong creative skills.
• Solid organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple projects at once while completing quality work on
• a timely basis.
• Ability to work both independently and with a team.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to excel in a rapidly changing environment.
• Expertise with Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat)
• Experience with K4 Content Management System a plus

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