Visualisation Specialist

Location We are offering a hybrid working pattern to combine home and studio, your studio days will be in either Leeds or Manchester, depending which location is closest to home

Working Hours Full Time, Monday to Friday, 38 hours per week, Permanent Contract

Company Benefits 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays + Your Birthday off! Contributory Pension Scheme, excellent training and development opportunities, early Friday finish!

Role purpose

You are passionate about packaging, innovating with technology & process and also driving efficiencies, to deliver the highest quality visualisation imagery.
With these ideals you will be responsible for creating accurate and technically sound computer generated imagery across a variety of media and to a number of creative and production briefs. Working closely with the core team is a must to ensure high standards are met and excellent quality is achieved. To help achieve this you will demonstrate the ability to assess project requirements, lead range reviews, check and feedback on your colleague’s work (as part of a peer to peer checking process), ensuring quality of work is never compromised. Maintaining strong communication and working with all teams across the group, you will deliver on client requests in a timely and effective manner.
Support and work with the department leads and managers in helping to deliver key strategic initiatives and plans into the studio. Identify, champion and drive innovations in technology for continual improvement throughout the business.

1. Quality

• Responsible for quality assurance in all aspects of Visualisation work
• Ensure approved design and communication principles are understood and maintained throughout
• Highlight and help resolve any issues ensuring they do not become problems
• Ensure design adaptation / ranges are reviewed and are accurate to agreed standards
• Buddy check and provide feedback on the work of your peers to agreed quality standards
• Contribute in range reviews presenting back to Client Delight (CD) team
• Be a strong brand guardian, ensuring consistency and quality is maintained

2. Process and Procedures

• Maintain and strictly follow process and procedures, always looking for improvements in our workflows
• Follow best practice in file management and versioning
• Actively contribute and proactively share new ideas to help shape procedural efficiencies
• Support in the maintenance and development of reference documents such as knowledge banks and brand guidelines
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of processes and procedures within the department

3. Collaboration and Communication

• Work with all departments, to ensure accuracy of input, schedules, necessary reviews and client presentations are achieved and maintained to required standard
• Attend and contribute to the team through monthly meetings and team catch up forums
• Support Management and your team with any business developments
• Discuss and ensure all briefs and inputs (including assets) are fit for use prior to work starting
• Establish and escalate timings needed for projects with CD team and relevant Production Managers
• Assist CD team in presentation set up when required, including ability to present to clients in an informative and engaging manner when appropriate
• Build collaborative working relationships with other departments and cross functional teams within the business to ensure smooth transition from Design to Production
• Manage own time effectively ensuring that agreed deadlines and delivery of work is achieved
• Provide regular project detail / updates ensuring key stakeholders are kept informed, and that clear lines of communication with CD team / Production Managers are maintained throughout

4. Innovation and Technology

• Proactively seek out key / relevant innovations within the industry and share these findings amongst the team to further strengthen our culture for development and improvement.
• Embrace and drive automation and workflow technology within the business.
• Support and champion the implementation of technology to improve efficiency and quality, allowing departments and the overall business to grow further.
• Regularly review and identify areas requiring improvement, and, if necessary, challenge the business to work smarter by escalating your recommendations.
• Actively work closely with the digital solutions team to identify and help support with innovations in technology.

5. Culture

• To lead by example and always display the core values of the business in everything you do.
• Be nice, use good honest judgement, see the opportunity, seize the opportunity, delight our clients everyday and make stuff happen.
• This job holder will act as an ambassador of the company values at all times.

Skills
Highly proficient in 3D softwares (Cinema 4D preferred, but not essential), as well as Adobe Creative Suite – Illustrator and Photoshop
Ability to adapt across the different media / work types, demonstrating a high level of knowledge
Demonstrate a keen eye for detail
High levels of organisation
Proficient in file, folder and digital asset management
Prioritisation of high volumes of work to achieve all tasks on time, on brief and on brand

Experience
3+ years industry experience within CGI, brand and packaging
Comprehensive guideline / toolkit / knowledge bank creation – strong brand guardianship
Ability to present across all media channels to a high standard (Packaging, E-commerce)
Able to follow process and procedure to a high level
Working within a team to drive forward efficiencies in a collaborative manner
Previous experience of working closely with Client Services within an agency environment

Knowledge
An understanding of database systems and technology
Knowledge of print processes and colour management
IT Literate
A good understanding of brand and corporate guidelines and how to follow them

Qualifications
Desirable if educated to degree level or equivalent comparable Graphic Design qualification.