Graphic Designer

Description

You sweat the small stuff because you know that great design is in the details.

As a Graphic Design Production Artist, you assist teams in the production of graphic material, packaging, display, and advertising projects, and more. You collaborate with Art directors, designers, and graphic designers to format artwork, ensure print quality standards are met, and will often collect, process, and organize files.

You are self-motivated — you have a true passion coupled with the exceptional ability to translate the vision of our clients into high quality and impactful deliverables. You would also be responsible for troubleshooting problems that may arise with a piece and coming up with creative solutions to make sure things happen the way they're supposed to. Such talent and ingenuity make you the right fit for this unique Graphic Design Production Artist role with BoldSky.

Responsibilities:

Mid-Level Graphic Designer: Core contributor to projects, owns bigger pieces and proficient at adhering to brand standards. They work with all the information at their disposal and use their skill set and knowledge to solve problems.

The position reports to the Discipline Lead for day-to-day project assignments but also collaborates with the Agency's creative and creative services team members for implementation and direction. Responsibilities will range from laying out files, making prescribed edits to layouts as requested, to prepping print files according to vendor specification to.

• 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.
• Traditional graphic art and studio support, such as, building mock-ups and presentation materials.
• Able to deliver a quality product on time and on budget (allocated hours).
• Responsible for building production-ready files for print and digital tactics, making edits to existing layouts with some opportunities for initial design.
• Prepare electronic mechanical print files according to vendor specifications and adhering to the brand style guides set by the clients.
• Work with project managers on schedule and hours requirements.
• Maintain server structure and organization and oversee creative department personnel for file creation efficiencies and server organization.
• Perform other duties as assigned, such as on-boarding of 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).
• Champion BoldSky workflow and strive to improve processes.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design or related field, creative studio and/or agency experience
• 5-10 years' experience in Graphic Design
• In-depth knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat) as well as comprehensive knowledge of Macintosh computers
• Extensive Prepress Knowledge — including production specifications and terminology, common production file formats, image resolution, and special printing techniques, solid knowledge of four-color printing process, and prepress requirements.

Candidate must have:

• Good communication skills to address needs with project managers and creative leadership and to provide direction to junior staff.
• Good design skills and understand page layout: composition, hierarchy, color space, imagery, and typography
• Good organizational skills
• Excellent organizational skills and an acute attention to detail
• Ability to be a team player, handle multiple tasks and projects, while working efficiently within deadlines and budget.
• Be a team player
• Complete work efficiently within deadlines and budget
• Have acute attention to detail
• Be capable of handling multiple tasks and projects.

Additional Qualifications:

• Management experience a plus
• Experience with Sketch and/or Figma a plus
• Experience with PPT, animation, digital and/or video applications a plus
• Experience working in Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems a plus

Should also be:

• Able to Understand and Implement Direction: Can understand creative direction based on objectives and execute creative work effectively. Understands the concept of talent-to-task and communicates well with others on workload issues & needs, progress of work and results
• Industry Application: Picks up on technical things quickly; is good at learning new industry, company, product, and/or technical knowledge 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
• Demonstrating Ownership and Proactivity: Demonstrates ownership of assigned Brand work by continually coming up with new ideas proactively. Ability and willingness to show ownership of Brand work from a visual standpoint
• Willingness to be Flexible: Willing to work outside of job description as needed, be flexible for the team, and ultimately the work.

At Syneos Health Communications, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles. We also encourage you to join our Talent Network to stay connected to additional career opportunities.

BoldSky Creative Studio supports more than 12+ Syneos Health marketing and communication agencies as well as direct-to-customer engagements. We function as the agencies' creative execution and production arm, implementing their creative vision. As part of Syneos Health, our agencies — consisting of leading brands and experts in advertising, branding, public relations, managed markets and medical communications — are engaged in every point of influence in health, providing real-world insight into markets and audiences in ways that no other partner could.

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Syneos Health companies are affirmative action/equal opportunity employers (Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled)

Syneos Health has a voluntary COVID-19 vaccination policy. We strongly encourage all employees to be fully vaccinated. Additionally, certain local governments or Syneos Health customers may have vaccine requirements that apply to some of our employees. These employees are required to submit proof of vaccination to Syneos Health and maintain compliance with these requirements.

At Syneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality-of-life balance. The benefits for this position will include a competitive compensation package, Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, flexible paid time off (PTO). Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos Health complies with all applicable national/federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.