National Heritage Academies is looking for an extremely motivated Production Artist/Print Production Specialist to join the Creative Department. To be considered for the position, you must possess a great attitude, a high level of taste, an eye for great design and production, and the energy to make it happen.

About Us

NHA, founded in 1995 and based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is one of the nation's leading for-profit charter school management organizations.

NHA's system of schools is designed to eliminate the achievement gap and provide a public school choice to families so their children are prepared for success in high school, college, and beyond. With a commitment to hard work, good citizenship, and personal responsibility, students experience a safe, secure learning environment where achievement thrives. A passion and dedication to the mission of serving children and partnering with communities to provide an excellent educational experience permeates the culture of our organization.

Your Role

• Reports to and works closely with the creative director and freelance graphic designers to execute design
• Design education, training, or experience required
• Knowledge of principles of design, including layout, typography, color, balance, composition, and current design trends
• Based on experience and proven ability, develop and create new concepts
• Create and adapt design templates to meet various needs
• Consistently apply and enforce style/brand guidelines.
• May produce presentations and other creative print media based on content prepared by marketing dept. - familiarity with power point a plus
• Responsible for archiving and updating graphic files
• Responsible for maintaining photo/creative asset library
• Must be knowledgeable in pre-press and commonly used printing concepts, practices, standards, processes, and procedures
• Oversee print production
• Responsible for scheduling, tracking, and producing all print jobs
• Report on use of materials, monitor customer orders, postproduction schedules, and calculate production rates
• Coordinate print production schedules, print specifications, and cost analysis reports for internal budget approval
• Initiate requests for bids, quotes, and purchase orders
• Expected to rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
• At all times, continually improve the quality of design and production and ensure that brand standards are met

Requirements

• Must know how to create art to support digital campaigns, familiarity with requirements of HTML
• Familiar with working in mass printing, apparel, merchandise, and novelty items
• Other technical duties may include scaling, cropping, retouching, repositioning and preflighting, or eliminating defective imaging
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 - Illustrator, Photoshop, In Design, Acrobat
• Ability to work with various graphic formats for print and web, knowledge of optimal format to use based on the application
• Able to recognize and attend to important details with accuracy and efficiency
• Can work constructively under stress in a fast paced, multi-tasking environment
• Ability to learn from and handle feedback
• Must be able to take direction, as well as conceptualize, design, and organize projects
• Great proofreading skills are a must
• Excellent organizational/communication skills, also a must
• Ability to provide exceptional customer service to departments both internally and in the field
• Familiarity with production requirements and working with outside vendors, i.e. printers, exhibit vendors, other agencies.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines
• Must be a team player
• Must be knowledgeable in pre-press and commonly used printing concepts, practices, standards, processes, and procedures
• Could be asked to perform a variety of project-related tasks

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National Heritage Academies is an equal opportunity employer.