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.