Product Information and Label Specialist

Pay Range: $65.00hr - $70.00hr Job Overview:
The Global Labeling group designs, develops, and supports product labeling for the full lifecycle of the organization's products. This position is within Global Labeling, reporting to the Label Design and Development Manager. As a Graphic Production Designer & Label Specialist, the successful candidate will work closely with internal labeling project leads/managers, designers, mechanical engineers, supplier engineers, and purchasing to create print-ready system label artwork and drawings with specifications.

Supplied design intents are used to create label artwork and detailed drawings; the labels are released in Agile for the supplier to manufacture finished labels for all new and sustaining system labels. As a production designer, the candidate will create reproducible drawings or artwork that enable an efficient design-to-release process. The role requires using creativity with Label Design tools (Adobe Illustrator, Bar Tender, or labeling applications) to own and create labeling artwork across Business Units for Systems, Packaging Labels, and translated caution and warning system label kits for approximately 24 languages.

The ideal candidate possesses an innovative and adaptable passion to blend aesthetics and functionality to produce artwork efficiently. The candidate should be a self-starter with a Experienced attitude toward design feedback, work quickly and accurately, have an eye for detail, and be a quick learner of complex information. Essential

Job Duties:

This position requires collaborating cross-functionally among multiple departments and effectively working with Test Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Project Management, Document Control, Industrial Design-Product Graphics, and Engineering. The candidate will work closely with fellow labeling specialists and project managers to create quality labeling for system and package labels to support worldwide business needs and solutions for the manufacturing team's multiple product lines. Support and execute company initiatives and Quality Management System (QMS) as identified by management.

Manage multiple, simultaneous labeling projects and meet specified department and corporate requirements and goal deadlines. Coordinate with internal project leads/managers and stakeholders to ensure labels meet compliance, regulatory, and legal requirements. Maintain intense focus and attention to detail, with the ability to handle pressure, short time frames, and unexpected changes while keeping projects running smoothly. Required

Skills and Experience:

Demonstrated ownership, supporting, and managing deadlines among cross-functional teams, while organizing and prioritizing multiple projects within a fast-paced environment and capable of executing frequent iterations with patience. Ability to learn quickly, comprehend complex technical information, and express concepts in both verbal and written forms. Ability to recognize critical issues, problem solve, respond quickly under pressure, and see issues to closure with coordinated direction.

Strong verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal, organizational, and self-management skills required. Required Education and Training:

Minimum education:

BS / BA. Minimum of 4+ years product labeling experience working within a highly regulated, medical device or life science environment. Expert knowledge and user of the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, especially Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat Pro, Sketch, Figma, or other similar applications. Familiarity with CAD drawings and ability to interpret them accurately, as well as the ability to visualize the product three-dimensionally with marking or labeling.

Experience with or knowledge of printing processes: screen, pad, and laser printing for on-product markings, and screened printing on UL-compliant Polycarbonate labeling material for system labels is necessary. Ability to specify color and complex die cut measurements, in both inches and metrics, and communicate other pertinent details to the supplier via supplier drawings. Responsible for execution final review and approval of supplier proof and approve first article reports in SAP.

Support automated packaging labeling design, executing and processing labels using ILMS, a custom version of Innovatum or similar enterprise labeling management system, as well as create labels in Bar Tender software. Able to execute required label qualifications including attribute, images, symbols,…