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"The details are not the details. They make the design."
— Charles Eames
Prepare creative layouts and production art based on customer direction and style guides. Maintain artwork files and provide prepress support for various printing equipment.
Responsibilities
- Preparation of creative layouts and production art following direction from customer contacts, style guides and graphic design manager
- Decoration of prototypes including creation of artwork and hand application of graphics to various materials and retail structures
- Recommendations of substrates, printing methods and techniques to best hit quality and cost requirements of project
- Create imposition layouts of artwork for best yield
- Create, review and manage proofs and customer approvals to ensure quality and accuracy
- Maintain artwork files
- Organize and maintain files on the network
- Keep print queues free from outdated files
- Perform color matching to PMS color or provided sample
- Make color corrections to existing art
- Expertly work in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign Software
- Provide prepress support for: Fuji Film Acuity Large Format Flatbed UV Printer, Kongsberg CNC Cutter, Roland Eco-Solvent Printer/Cutter
- Operate Kongsberg Precision Cutting Console, Esko I-Cut, Color gate Production Server, and Roland Versa works software
- Assist and occasionally direct Print Operators
Requirements
- 3-5 years' experience working as a Graphic Designer or Pre-Press Technician.
- Associate or Bachelor of Arts Degree in Graphic Design or appropriate industry experience.
- Must be able to work independently in a fast-paced environment
- Highly motivated and willing to learn printing techniques for retail displays
- Detail-oriented, organized, and a team player with strong interpersonal communication skills
- Bilingual in English and Spanish is a plus
Key Skills
- Expert knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign software
- Experience developing print ready production art for large format digital printing
- Experience in the Point-of-Purchase display industry is a plus but not mandatory
Benefits
- Competitive 401K match and a historically generous profit-sharing retirement savings contribution
- Paid Time Off and IL Paid Leave after 30 days of employment
- 9 Paid Holidays
- Medical PPO, HSA, Dental, and Vision insurance
- Wellness Program
- Life Insurance, Short Term and Long-Term Disability available
- Health Fitness, Safety Prescription Glasses, and Safety Shoes Reimbursement
- Tuition Reimbursement available after 1 year of service
- Opportunities to advance your career and compensation level
- Annual increases
About Great Northern
Great Northern was founded in 1962 to provide innovative solutions that solved our customers' packaging needs. Through the years, this intent has not changed as we added capabilities such as in-store displays and protective packaging products, and facilities throughout the United States. Today, Great Northern exists to live out the core values established by our founders - integrity, personal growth, entrepreneurial spirit, and a shared future. Our vision, "We help our employees win through personal growth and a shared future" is a call to action for our team to deliver on building a people-centric culture, developing leaders from within, and sending people home fulfilled about their role and contributions. The "win" for everyone is a trusting and collaborative culture that helps us be at our best every day. Our mission statement, "We help our customers win by doing what others can't or won't" gives us a clear purpose and raises the bar for performance. Doing what others "
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