Production Artist & Graphic Designer

at  Pepwear LLC

PepWear is looking for an experienced Production Artist and Graphic Designer to join our highly collaborative, detail-oriented art team. Candidates must be comfortable working with quick turn arounds and tight timeline requirements as well as working directly with customers for artistic direction. He/She will report to the Art Manager while working directly with the Production Manager, Custom Sales Team and Events Team to develop and maintain high quality, production-friendly artwork.

JOB SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• Degree in Graphic Design or equivalent experience
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop
• Have the graphic designing skills required to design mockups, vector graphics, logo editing, etc.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to details
• Be customer service oriented
• Strong communication skills and the ability to communicate with customers via phone and email to get the information for best first draft designs and edits
• Excellent problem solving
• File management and strong organizational skills
• Acute attention to detail, instructions, spelling and grammar

Preferred:

• Working knowledge of the screen-printing process and its related specifications and limitations including color separations
• Working knowledge of Embroidery and Digitizing process
• Experience with QuickBase and/or ShopWorks is a plus (not required)

OBJECTIVES OF THIS ROLE

• Responsible for creating and developing custom graphics used for screen print, embroidery, vinyl, DTF and promotional products at the direction of our customers, sales team and events team.
• Additional graphic needs might include images for marketing, web, advertising, and signage.
• Serve as a prepress production artist by preparing artwork for production
• Working with the Art and Production Managers to maintain high first-time print production runs through feedback and training with the Sales, Events and Art Departments

DAILY AND WEEKLY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work closely with the art manager, art team, event team, and sales representatives to create proofs and interpret work orders for production to ensure projects are high quality and completed with accuracy and on schedule
• Communicate with clients through email and phone conversations to ensure their vision is executed in all designs and to discuss realistic options for realizing that vision
• Maintain accurate and organized electronic files of all works in progress or completed
• Analyze files to ensure they are press-quality as well as double-checking critical aspects of images to match approved proofs before files are sent to production
• Convert and produce approved image files for use with production equipment including screen printing, embroidery, promotional products, and digital wide format printing
• Support the Production Department by revising artwork, creating new artwork, or communicating with customers changes needed for successful production
• Manage digitizing process and edit as needed for the embroidery process
• Stay current on design and fashion trends for creative solutions to our customer needs