Associate Production Artist; IVP

Associate Production Artist (IVP)

Work Location:

Remote - USA

Schedule:

Full time

To advance the purpose of Inter Varsity Press (IVP), this position provide graphic production expertise and administrative support to the creative director, graphic designer, and internal stakeholders to effectively introduce titles into the marketplace and positively represent the IVP brand.

Personal:

Be a maturing disciple of Jesus Christ: growing in love for God, God’s Word, God’s people of every ethnicity and culture, and God’s purposes in the world.

Accomplish production and prepress work by:

• Preparing Marketing asset designs for digital channels (Amazon, social media,websites)

• Designing and preparingadditionalauthor support assets as assigned (PowerPoint templates,author videos,etc.)

• Preparing front covers as assigned anddistributedto archives and stakeholders.

• Coordinating with external vendorsregardingthe completion and distribution of front covers.

• Shepherding back covers and audiobook coversas assigned through the design, proofing, and production process.

• Preparing backlist title cover updates for reprints.

• Delivering print ready production files to print vendors.

• Signing off on production proofs.

• Distributing digital author photos to archives and stakeholders.

• Implementing and upholding the visual identity and brand of IVP.

• Supporting Bynderarchive and working with the IVP Production Artist who oversees the archive.

Coordinate IVP art licensing by:

• Purchasing rights-managedimagesas necessary.

• Submitting invoices to accounting.

• Communicating andmaintainingartdatabases.

Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by:

• Providing support tothe
  
  Designers.

• Working toensureorder and organization of systems, equipment, and Microsoft Teamsworkspaces.

• Supporting digital asset management,creating, andmaintainingelectronic archives of graphic files including stock photography, icons, logos, author photos, book covers, andotherassets.

• Completing assigned projects withintheallocatedtime.

• Performing team administrative duties to support the work of the team.

• Completing final output for assigned projects in necessary format (print or digital).

Communicate with project sponsors and other contacts by:

• Building relationships with print vendors and internal stakeholders

• Responding to e-mail inquiries, calendar invites and instant messaging

• Working in partnership with other teams, including graphic designers, on specified projects

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Any other duties as required

• Affirmation of Inter Varsity’s Statement of Faith

• Associate Degree in Art or Design preferred

• Portfolio of recent work

• Tech-savvy and quick learner

• Competent in Adobe Creative Suite, specifically InDesign and Photoshop

• Experience with HTML is a plus

• Experience with Microsoft Teams andClick
  
  Upa plus

• Effective oral and written communication skills

• Ability tomanage your workload and work independently

• Strong organization and time management skills

• Ability to work and communicate well in remote and hybrid environment using cloud-based project management software

• Ability to work well in a deadline-driven environment

• Demonstrated ability and commitment to work in a diverse team environment

• Prudence with confidential information

• Flexibility to attend the Urbana Student Missions Conference every six years, Dec. 26-Jan.
  1, and National Staff Conference every three years (the year after Urbana),approximately Jan. 2- 7

Experience required as described in the section below (dependent on the level of the position posted).Relevant higher education will be taken into account and may reduce the experience required.

Associate Production Artist, Level 4, non-exempt

The Associate Production Artist is responsible for all the duties listed above and is…