Senior Design Production Artist

Job Description

Senior Design Production Artist

Collaborate with Innovative 3

Mers Around the World. This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career. 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3

Mers, with a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

Looking for an experienced Senior Production Artist to execute packaging production artwork in the consumer packaging industry. You will work with our design teams to adapt graphic design concepts into production-ready artwork, support the development and execution of brand guidelines and their application across packaging and other key consumer-facing touchpoints to help drive best-in-class consumer experiences. You will collaborate with production art project managers, designers and agency partners to prepare packaging artwork files for print production.

• Focus on creating a diverse array of projects from simple to highly complex global packaging artwork concepts into final print production art.
• Ensure technical design specifications/contributions/structure/process/decisions align with business unit and design-function expectations.
• Drive global artwork consistency and design content accuracy within brand guidelines, while effectively managing details and consistency within artwork. Embrace style guides, packaging production standards, and process optimization across all stages of execution, managing multi-SKU packaging versions.
• Prepare final art files for various media, including print, digital, and packaging.
• Understand color concepts: CMYK vs. RGB, spot colors, global colors, and Pantone matching.
• Understand packaging artwork requirements, including working with die lines, net contents, regulatory and warning texts, color and printing methods.
• Understand packaging and labeling systems and printing technology and their constraints for layouts. Experience creating or maintaining production art templates for master artwork and scalable packaging workflows.
• Manage project timelines with internal project management team.
• Learn and adapt to new systems and processes as needed.
• Build and maintain relationships with key internal partners.

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• High school diploma/ GED or higher (completed and verified prior to start)
• Ten (10) combined years of working experience in artwork production for packaging within corporate, creative, agency and/or printing industry in a private, public, government or military environment
• Five (5) years experience in consumer packaging and pre-press printing industries.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) for packaging design and layout
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, Teams. Familiar with remote collaboration and cloud-based workflows.
• Effective organizational and time management skills to juggle multiple projects and deadlines.
• Experience in consumer branding, packaging and retail merchandising industry.
• Excellent visual design skills, layout, typography, and colors.
• Packaging design knowledge and experience with print production.
• Strong interest or hands-on experience in applying AI technologies to artwork creation, automation, and workflow optimization.
• Knowledge of packaging regulation, labeling requirements and uniform packaging laws is important, as well as for regulated business industry.
• Understanding of current print and pre-press industry processes (offset, flexo, digital, gravure, etc.). Familiarity with print finishing techniques, substrate behavior and its impact on print and design.
• Detail-oriented with a sharp eye for proofing, preflight checks, and quality control across packaging assets.
• Ability to manage high volumes, shifting priorities, and tight timelines.
• Strong communication, collaboration, time management and attention to detail.