Your Opportunity as the Production Designer  

We are seeking a skilled Production Designer to join our in-house agency, Seed Creative, and help execute stellar creative for our iconic brands. The ideal candidate is a technician by nature, with the design sense to execute graphic projects when given guidance. This individual will provide production support for our portfolio of brands, including frozen handheld foods, spreads, coffee, sweet baked snacks, and pet food/snacks. Seed Creative’s work directly influences consumers’ and B2B customers’ perceptions of these brands.

Creative executions span both digital and print, with a strong emphasis on digital. These may include (but are not limited to) digital ads, eCommerce content, social media content, websites, environmental signage, in-store signage & displays, print ads and collateral, and style guides. A base knowledge of motion design is preferred as several of these executions often incorporate motion.

Location: Orrville, OH- Corporate Offices

Work Arrangements: Hybrid, 30% in office expectations (onsite approximately 6 days per month, mostly during core weeks determined by the Company)

In this role you will: 

• Collaborate primarily with project managers, designers, copywriters, external partners and vendors

• Make various formats of supplied artwork production-ready and troubleshoot problems as they arise

• Apply existing style guides to various tactics, adapting the work for various retailers and versioning

• Work with dielines and understand how they translate to 3D structures and displays

• Prepare final files based on supplied specifications and package them for release to media partners

• Organize and maintain file libraries, including (but not limited to) fonts, photos, graphics, logos, style guides, templates, etc.

• Maintain retailer media templates, both optimizing and adapting templates to specification changes

• Keep abreast of the latest production techniques and software advancements

• Evaluate ongoing developments in artificial intelligence and consider how they can be utilized to create efficiencies

• Demonstrate thought leadership by proposing and applying new ways to improve efficiency and the creative product—always evaluating, testing, and learning

• Provide image retouching, manipulation and enhancement as needed

The Right Place for You 

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

What we are looking for: 

Minimum Requirements: 

• BA/BS in Graphic Design or similar degree

• 4 years of production experience

• Highly proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign on a Mac platform

• Strong portfolio of production work

• Solid understanding of digital printing, offset printing, and preparing color profiles for the web

• Strong sense of urgency, and ability to maintain creative excellence while meeting fast-paced deadlines

• Self-starter with proven ability to balance multiple projects at once

• Outstanding attention to detail

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:  

• Animation skills, proficiency in After Effects

• Prior agency experience

• Familiarity with consumer-packaged goods, especially food, beverage and pet brands

• Professional expertise in retouching

• Proficiency with Adobe software advancements in artificial intelligence

Learn more about working at Smucker:

• Helping our Employees Thrive
• Delivering on Our Purpose 
• Our Continued Commitment to Ensuring a Workplace for All 

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