Designer

Designer is needed in Columbus, United States.

Overview
This freelance position provides critical day-to-day studio support for creative teams in the production of print and digital/interactive materials.

The position reports to the Studio Manager for day-to-day project assignments but also collaborates with the Agency’s creative and creative services team members for implementation and direction.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for building production-ready files (mechanicals), making edits to existing layouts and initial design.
• Prepare electronic mechanical print files according to vendor specifications and adhering to the brand style guides set by the clients.
• Work closely with Agency account, creative and creative services departments as part of an integrated team.
• Adhere to agency vision for quality and uphold the creative process while maintaining client style guidelines.
• Work with project managers on schedules and hours requirements.
• Maintain server structure and organization and collaborates with creative department personnel for file creation efficiencies and server organization.
• Perform other duties as assigned, such as on-boarding on file organization and studio process for new employees.
• Control tactical workflow within the brand, is the “go-to” person for agency creatives, and is the keeper of brand assets and logos.
• Self-motivated: Able to deliver a quality product on time and on budget (allocated hours).
• Champions the studio and strives to improve processes.
• Traditional graphic art and studio support, such as, mounting art on boards, building mock-ups and presentation materials, wide-format printing, etc.

Job Requirements

-Education

• Bachelors degree in Graphic Design or related field, creative studio and/or agency experience a plus
• 2 to 4 years experience in Graphic Design

-Skills

• In-depth knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop) as well as comprehensive knowledge of Macintosh computers
• Experience with PPT, animation, digital and/or video applications a plus
• Understands page layout, such as composition, color space, imagery, and typography
• Experience with email applications, electronic routing a plus
• Candidate should have good design and organizational skills, be a team player, complete work efficiently within deadlines and budget - have the ability to handle multiple tasks and projects.
• Understanding and Implementing Direction: Can understand creative direction based on objectives and executes creative work effectively. Communicates workload appropriately based on skill sets and talents; communicates well with others on workload issues & needs, the progress of work and results. Must be highly organized and very detail oriented.
• Industry Application: Picks up on technical things quickly; is good at learning new industry, company, product, and/or technical developments of the client’s business as well as the agency business; has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment
• Prepress Knowledge - Intimate pre-press knowledge, including production specification and terminology, dies, common production file formats, image resolution, and special printing techniques. Must possess an understanding of agency workflow, solid knowledge of four-color printing process, and prepress requirements.

Are you looking to pay or is this a collaboration?
Pay to hire someone

Is this ongoing work or a one off job?
Ongoing work

How would you prefer to pay?
Day rate

What’s your day rate budget range? (USD)
$250-400 (Industry average)

Do you have an estimate of the job or project length?
A few months

Are you a company or individual hiring?
Company

Do you have internal sign off on the hire?
Yes

Do you need to hire for a specific city, country or place?
Yes, they need to be at a location (give location in job title)

When do you want to have the freelancer secured by?
2-3 weeks

What is most important for this job?
Quality

How many freelancers do you want to contact you?
4-5

Do you have a job specification or creative brief?
Yes (please enter this in the description)

Does the freelancer need insurance?
Yes

Where did you find Twine?
You contacted me