Senior Studio Artist
Senior Studio Artists at WongDoody support many phases of campaign development and execution and develop best practices for efficient workflows. Our team is responsible for daily production of print- and display-ready layouts for retail collateral and print and outdoor advertising, plus presentation work for existing and prospective clients. We are responsible for ensuring accuracy, and campaign and brand alignment for all print deliverables and campaign toolkits.
Senior Studio Artists are ready to jump in with storyboarding or other tasks to support creative teams. We take approved concepts through pre-production, build-out, prepress and delivery. We are comfortable with light-to-moderate retouch tasks and provide asset support and quality assurance for motion graphics deliverables. We provide training across departments on client brand, agency process and standards and consult on design software issues.
As the needs of the agency grow, Studio Artists learn new technologies and techniques to match them. We find or create tools to support client work, including documentation and template systems. When we search for people to join the team, we look for detail-oriented individuals with curious streaks, solid judgement and a sense of humor. The most successful members of the team love to dig into software and processes to find new ways to do our best work.
REPORTS TO: Director of Production Design Studio
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Work independently and collaboratively within the Integrated Production department, collectively responsible for thousands of deliverables each year
- Create accurate and brand-aligned mechanicals and digital files, working primarily with Adobe Creative Suite (approximately 80% of our production work is done in Adobe InDesign)
- Build projected and physical presentation materials using a variety of tools, including online collaboration platforms.
- Develop, preflight and deliver electronic files for print and static digital, evaluate assets and prepare color-managed proofs
- Identify and resolve production issues related to asset quality, production specs and schedule expectations
- Evaluate large-format production proofs for quality and brand consistency
- Participate in creative internals and QCs, provide input that maintains high-quality and accurate mechanicals, train team members on QC process and expectations and provide quality oversight for team projects
- Estimate time required to complete any given set of tasks and prioritize across multiple projects and partners; refine project workflows on an ongoing basis
- Maintain strong software and print/digital production knowledge and skills to ensure quality of work, with awareness of industry changes as well as software updates and innovations; troubleshoot and resolve technology issues
- Share learnings and provide mentorship and skills development support to teammates across disciplines
- Ingest, organize and summarize client- and partner-supplied brand, workflow and technology reference materials and provide training to others, including Studio teammates and project partners
- Develop and maintain file-naming conventions, project structure templates and their documentation
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
- Five or more years’ professional experience producing and delivering print-ready mechanicals using Adobe Creative Suite
- Strong presentation-building skills with understanding of software, operating system and font issues, plus experience in developing interactive files
- Strong understanding of the concept and brand development processes
- Experience with the evaluation of digital assets for issues, including retouch, licensing or other production requirements to ensure quality output
- Organized, detail-oriented and comfortable in a high-volume production environment with aggressive timelines
- Attention to detail and knowledge of printing processes, pre-flight software and design applications
- Highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro) and MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams)