Hogarth Worldwide is the world's leading creative content production company. Born to make the best work brilliantly, we combine craft, insight and technology to bring creative work to life for many of the world's most famous brands.
Diversity & Inclusion
Hogarth is an equal-opportunity employer. That means we believe in creating a truly inclusive culture that values diversity, equity and inclusion for everyone through our ideas, our people, how we behave and how we conduct ourselves. We strive to recruit people from diverse backgrounds and support them to achieve long-term success. This not only makes Hogarth a better company and place to work, but an environment where everyone can give their point of view, experience connection, enjoy opportunity and feel a sense of belonging.
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The Company:
Hogarth Worldwide is a leading creative production company, producing advertising and marketing content for many of the world's most famous brands, across all media around the world. Hogarth was founded 10 years ago and has grown from a start-up to over 4,000 people, across 28 cities worldwide and is now part of the WPP family. Our rapid growth continues to drive us forward making Hogarth an exciting place to work and a great place to achieve your career ambitions.
The Role:
This role is responsible for localising print mechanicals / producing screen imagery with Photoshop, to be featured on all marketing communication materials. This position is reporting directly to Hogarth Dubai office.
Key Responsibilities:
- Responsible for building and prepping print and digital mechanical files for release to production using Adobe Creative Suite software
- Build screen imagery in Photoshop/AI format, with extensive usage and application of "Smart Objects", "Layer Styles", and "Adjustment Layers."
- While honoring the design intent as much as possible, the mechanical artist will be responsible for the iteration and versioning of localized and original artwork files, solving for unique re-formatting needs as required
- Photo retouching for all lifestyle images and for complex campaign imagery to client's art direction.
- Inspire and proactively strive to get the best out of each team member, offer coaching and new opportunities to expand skill-sets
- Oversee communications with account service and print production teams and resolve any problems with artwork that may arise
- Collate and dispatch all materials required for printers and/or client
- Liaise with Project Management and Studio Manager on print preparation
- Act as a brand QC/Guardian – always ensure brand guidelines, QC checklists and procedures are followed
- Manage a high-volume workload, including foreign language versions, if required
Requirements:
- Minimum of 4 years' experience in graphic production at a design firm, ad agency or interactive shop
- Proficiency in written and oral English
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experienced in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and
- Strong knowledge of print, colour retouching, and digital artwork production.
- Knowledge of image and production specific needs for image reproduction; including website builds, POS, Motion Graphics and email marketing
- Proficiency in OS & iOS software.
- Resourceful, adaptable, and results-oriented with high energy and a positive attitude.
- A keen design sensibility with confidence in both adaptation and creation of work
- Ability to work in a fast paced, demanding creative and production environment.
- Attention to detail is essential.
Hogarth Values
Heart and Soul: We love what we do. We bring energy and enthusiasm to all our work. We push boundaries, we are never satisfied and always want to find a better way.
Hands on: We don't wait for things to happen, we get on with it. We are pragmatic and don't have an ego. We do what it takes to get the job done to the highest standards.
Honest: We are straightforward; we speak openly and clearly. We operate with integrity and live up to our promises.
Happy family: We enjoy working together. We look out for our colleagues. We are an eclectic bunch. We want to work with people from many cultures and demand great things of each other. Even when things get tough, we don't lose perspective or our sense of humor.
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