Lead Post Production Art Worker

Lead Post-Production Artworker

Trafford Park

Salary - Competitive + Benefits

Permanent RoleAbout the Opportunity

At Studio, our purpose is to make more affordable and more possible for our customers, our Studio.co.uk website and app. offer our customers great value clothing and footwear, home and garden, sports and leisure, electricals, and gift items they need… and flexible ways to pay for them.

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do.

Studio is part of Frasers Group, a collection of the world’s most iconic brands that includes Sports Direct, House of Fraser, Frasers, FLANNELS, GAME, Jack Wills, Sofa.com, Evans Cycles, USC, and Everlast. Together, we are changing the face of retail and have significant growth plans to fulfil.

Whilst our customers are at the heart of everything we do, our colleagues are at the heart of everything we are. Colleagues enjoy a diverse and inclusive workplace which actively supports continuous learning and development, health and wellbeing, communication, and, of course, our local communities!

If you’re #Amazing, #Savvy, #Inclusive, #Trusted and Customer-Focussed, we’d like to hear from you – there’s room for you in #OurStudio.

As we evolve our structure to better serve our customers, we are looking to recruit an experienced Lead Post-Production Artworker to lead, manage, develop and mentor the post-production artwork team to build accurate, high quality, brand aligned, print pages and retouch digital images that enable customers to shop with ease, in line with the Print and Time Studio schedules and within the designated budget - embedding the studio brand.

As a Lead Post-Production Artworker at Studio, you will be:

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  Leading and managing the post-production artwork team to ensure smooth workflow and all quality standards and schedules are adhered to
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  Managing key internal and external relationships to deliver objectives
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  Manage catalogue setup and catalogue production
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  Lead a culture of high performance and ensure the potential of people is maximised

Who are we looking for?

This is a great opportunity for an ambitious individual, keen to join a business going through significant transformation. The ideal candidate will have:

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  Experience of co-ordinating a team
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  Experience of managing ad coaching junior team members
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  Excellent stakeholder management skills
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  Excellent time management skills
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  Ability to multi-task
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  Excel competent
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  An excellent eye for detail
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  Methodical in approach to work
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  Highly creative and act as a guardian of high-quality output
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  Experience of working with brand guidelines ensuring all work ladders up to key brand guardrails and messaging
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  Background of graphic design and layouts
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  Commercial acumen and the ability to prioritise accordingly
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  Skilled cross functional relationship builder
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  Strong communication and influencing skills
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  Ability to plan and prioritise effectively to meet changing priorities and demands
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  Excellent knowledge of the Mac operating system
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  Experience of working with InDesign, Quark. Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Bridge

Why Studio Retail Limited?

We have many experienced colleagues who’ll tell you they love working at Studio because of the people and the opportunities to develop. It’s a fast-paced environment and the offices have a friendly and informal feel to them, no suits required to do a great job here!

As part of the Frasers group, Studio has strong foundations and can offer a breadth of opportunity for continued development and career growth.

Our newly refurbished offices are based in the heart of Salford Quays with excellent public transport and motorway links, and we’re easily commutable from Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Preston and all point in between. Our offices work with flexible start and finish times.

We offer a great benefits package including flexible working hours, generous holiday allowance, great pension options and a generous staff discount, we’d love to hear from you if you think we could be the right company for you.

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