Sign Production Designer Supervisor - Adelanto, United States - SAFEWAY SIGN COMPANY

SAFEWAY SIGN COMPANY

Verified Company

Adelanto, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Reporting to the General Manager for the Art Department, the Sign Production Designer Supervisor is responsible for creating new and updating designs for our customers signage needs.

You'll work both individually, and with the CAD team, to bring these designs to fruition.

As a hands-on position, you will be using your experience with wide format printing to help setup and run printers, laminators and plotters in addition to the design work.

You will also be in charge of ensuring the effectiveness of the CAD team and its production output.

Requirements:

The list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Create team schedules and setting goals for performance that align with Production deadlines.
Ensure employees understand their duties and performance expectations.
Liaison between departments and senior management.
Support continuous improvement at the organizational level.
Develop and modify artwork using vector based software, for example, Flexi Sign, Gerber, Corel Draw, Illustrator, etc.
Operate and setup as needed wide format printers, plotters, flatbed cutting and routing machines, and laminators. Including EFI, Graphtec, Mimaki, Aristo, HP.
You must be able to work multiple projects/multitask within tight deadlines.
Produce materials to customer specifications for final production.
Retouch and color correct images using manufacture and customer specifications to produce the desired results.
Adhere to style and industry guidelines.
Communicate with team members and work hand in hand with customer service to ensure correct and accurate art production.
Ability to convert artwork from working form to finalized, appropriate file formats for specific print purposes.
Ability to upload appropriate files and to print & assemble proof materials for customer approvals.
Art layout for large format printing and calibrating colors.
Troubleshooting/reasoning ability to keep production from stopping.
Collaborate with company staff to provide exemplary service to customers.
Other duties as assigned.

What this job is not:

This is NOT a remote position.

This is NOT a graphic artist position. This job is tech centric, with some elements of graphic artistry within industry regulations.

Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability

required. This list is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other qualifications.

3+ years of production work experience with graphics software.
2+ years using vector based software.
Experience with RIP software such as FIERY XL or similar.
Degree in Computer Graphics Arts is a plus.
Experience with Wide format printing required.
Experience color matching and setting up profiles on wide format printers required.
Knowledge of flatbed cutting & routing machines.
Pressure laminator experience is a plus.
Able to use CAD software used to operate our laser.
Able to read a ruler/tape measure properly.
Able to sitstandbend over on a regular basis.
Work independently as well as with others.
Maintain a positive attitude.
Attention to detail and organized.
Excellent verbal and written skills.
Must meet daily work load deadlines.
Capable of analyzing issues and developing solutions.
Ability to be creative and innovative.
Excellent judgment and decisionmaking ability.
Organizational and time management skills.
Ability to retain product and process knowledge.
Must be selfmotivated and able to work independently to meet or exceed goals.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
Must be capable of lifting up to 50 pounds.
Must have good color vision, and be able to identify and distinguish colors.