Senior Production Design Specialist

Senior Production Design Specialist Location Warrendale, PA :

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:

Graphic Production:

• Set up templates and folders for graphic designers, including copy in the layout, appropriate sizing of assets, and approved folder structure.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including designers, marketing professionals, and others to bring creative visions to life while maintaining technical accuracy and consistency.
• Once design is approved, work closely with marcom specialists to make edits and complete the project.
• Prepare final production-ready files for print and digital use, considering color, resolution, and file formats
• Collaborate with team members to ensure consistent file naming conventions and folder structures.
• Organize and maintain a systematic file structure for all design assets, ensuring easy accessibility and version control.

Project Management

• Assessing Creative Brief to ensure all critical details are included for the success of the project.
• Assigning Projects in Workfront to appropriate marketing team members.
• Partner with marketing stakeholders including the marcom specialists and operations team to ensure projects are on track through day to day projects and weekly production meetings.
• Keep projects on time and on task: including moving projects that are stuck, highlighting late or at risk projects.

Process Improvements

• Lead the file management for the internal team and with freelancers to ensure clean archiving of files through Mac OS and Microsoft OneDrive.
• Participate in process improvement efforts and various production meetings to foster a positive creative impact on the business.
• Monitor and manage usage of output of files and recommend improvements to increase quality, consistency, and efficiency of digital/print material including asset packages, ads, flyers, multi page, and signage.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design or related field

• -will accept Associates Degree with 8 years related experience as production specialist and/or project manager
• 6 years related experience as production specialist and/or project manager
• Candidates should be able to share samples of digital and printed projects to demonstrate production design skills
• Solid knowledge of graphic design programs including - Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat
• Excellent ability to output the right file for the end use including digital and print
• Positive mindset and the ability to productively adapt to change
• Excellent communication and customer service skills
• Excellent organizational, efficiency, and project management skills - clean file management
• Ability to thrive in a high volume, fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Solid knowledge of project management programs preferably Workfront
• 2% travel

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)