XTN-7182686 | FINISHED ARTIST

The Finished Artist works closely with BMF’s Retail Production, Creative and Project Management teams to produce artwork to a high standard that reflects our established reputation for work of extremely high quality. 300,000 Maximum Benefit Limit HMO Benefit with one free dependent on day one. Group life insurance Overtime, holiday, and night differential pay. Up to 20 leave credits. Birthday leave credit. Carry-over of unused leave credits. Remote work arrangement with available pro-working space at any KMC site. · Highly competetent in InDesign with regular use over a minimum 3 years’ experience. · High-volume page production · File prep for print · Experience with template-driven work, versioning and rollouts · Full Creative Cloud knowledge: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat and Bridge. Working knowledge of MS Office and GoogleDocs/Slides. · Experience with Figma and other digital design tools, including AI functionality, and enthusiasm for continual learning as technology evolves. · Ability to ensure that finished artwork is technically proficient and prepared correctly for dispatch or upload, in line with the brief and reference materials supplied. · Accuracy and attention to detail is paramount, with much of the work focussed on price and product specification. Advantageous: · Ability to adapt ways of working to suit the speed and quality requirements of the brief. · Excellent layout and typographical skills. · Basic graphic design skills. · Experience working with a Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems and automated workflows. · Ability to produce HTML banners and simple animations. Experience preferred from these fields: · Retail · Publishing · Packaging · Supermarket catalogues · E-commerce asset production Key Result Areas OPERATIONAL Tasks/Accountabilities | Key Performance Indicators · Working closely with internal stakeholders to develop and craft retail catalogues and other advertising across a variety of print and digital channels. · Manage all work in line with processes in place to enable high volume production across multiple workstreams. · Attention to detail is absolutely paramount, as is the ability to manage workload to achieve deadlines. · Liaise with Project and Production Managers when required to ensure that artwork specs align with printer/publisher expectations. · Communicate and collaborate with Creative/Design teams to produce the best result from their ideas. · Become familiar with your clients’ brand guidelines and able to flag any work that is not on brand, or has unclear print specs or artwork brief. CULTURAL Tasks/Accountabilities | Key Performance Indicators · Possess a can-do attitude and a positive approach when dealing with colleagues. · Proactively resolve any queries on a job to minimise time delays, unnecessary artwork amends or studio backlog. · Strong communication across multiple teams to ensure clarity of priorities and outputs required. · Take ownership of your work and pride in the accuracy and quality of what you deliver. · Alignment with BMF’s strategic vision and cultural values – Cheeky, Gutsy, Humble FINANCIAL Tasks/Accountabilities | Key Performance Indicators and other duties as directed by your manager · Maintain timsheets accurately on a daily basis. · Engage with opportunities to upskill, cross-skill and learn from your colleagues and the wider team. · Flag with producers/project managers when work is likely to take longer than planned/expected. • Full Creative Cloud knowledge: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and Bridge. Working knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Quickcut as well as Google Docs, are also preferable. • Knowledge of Adobe Suite • Experience with Figma and other digital design tools, and enthusiasm for continual learning as technology evolves. • Able to ensure that finished artwork is technically proficient and prepared correctly for dispatch or upload, in line with the brief and reference materials supplied. • Accuracy and attention to detail are paramount, with much of the work focused on price and product specification. • Ability to adapt ways of working to suit the speed and quality requirements of the brief. • Excellent layout and typographical skills. • Good creative and graphic design skills. • Experience working with a Digital Asset Management (DAM) system and automated workflows is desirable. • Demonstrated working knowledge of Pre-Press processes. • Experience in Colour Management. • The ability to produce HTML banners and simple animations is a distinct advantage. • Absolute attention to detail, quality, and timely execution of tasks is paramount. • Ability to work at a pace in a busy Agency environment. • To make quick and confident decisions about jobs and be proactive about resolving queries. • Ability to work within set processes and timelines to ensure high-turnover, high-frequency briefs are executed to the highest possible standard, whilst allowing enough time to be as creatively led and well-crafted as possible. • Relevant interests: illustration, photography, fine art, or related media have proven advantageous in the past. • Can do attitude, with a career-focused nature. • Passionate about the industry. • Team player; Provide assistance to colleagues with day-to-day tasks as required. • Show behaviour that aligns with BMF values: Humble, Cheeky, and Gutsy. • Possess a can-do attitude and a positive approach when dealing with colleagues.