Packaging Artworker – Hybrid Working

This position has now been filled, but has been left on our website as we have other similar vacancies to this on an ongoing basis that might interest you. More importantly, we have vacancies that are not advertised due to their confidential nature therefore it would certainly be in your interest to email your CV, as a word document, depending on which sector you are in, to :-

Head of Packaging recruitment – Greg Nelson – greg@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head of Print recruitment–Neil Pearson – neil@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head of Paper recruitment – Gary Young – gary@harrison-scott.co.uk

Board level, account management and all levels of sales vacancies –

George Thompson – george@harrison-scott.co.uk

Our divisional heads will then email your CV internally to the consultant who specialises in your exact sector, for example a category of packaging is cartons, a category of print is print management, in fact we have over 30 specialist categories. Our specialist consultant will contact you if we have a live vacancy that matches, or contact you in the near future as soon a good match to skill set and experience becomes available.

***

A leading specialist packaging repro company that works with well-known retail brands has an exciting opening for a conscientious and diligent Artworker who shows great accuracy and attention to detail.

Your extensive knowledge in the building of various types of packaging artwork components, along with an expertise in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign and Adobe Acrobat, will give you the capacity to create new artwork from brief.

Key Skills / Tasks

• Checking files are fit for use prior to artwork and reprographic build
• Building and amending artwork as per customers’ requests.
• Formatting text to fit
• Adhering to brand guidelines
• Managing brand consistency across a range of different products
• Producing print-ready artwork to meet printer specifications.
• Developing and maintaining a library of artwork.
• Developing and maintaining specifications.
• Liaising with account managers with regard to customer artwork briefs.

Working with such highly esteemed brands will require you to show an ability to maintain confidentiality with both internal and external parties, behaving with tact, sensitivity and responsibility.

Our client’s ideal candidate will have expert level knowledge of preparing artwork and repro for Flexographics including: Primary Offset Labels; Secondary Cartons; Tertiary Corrugate Outer Cases & SRPs; and Flexographic Shrink Film.

If you think you have what it takes, we would love to hear from you.