Digital Art Worker - Loughborough, United Kingdom - KitKing Ltd

KitKing Ltd

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Loughborough, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job Summary:

Are you passionate about team sports? Obsessed with sports and sports brands? Have you played team sports at any level? Do you love working in or leading a team?
If the answer is
YES then working for might be for you. We are a Teamwear business established in 1992. We partner with the best global sports brands e.g. Nike, adidas and Puma. We work with grassroots sports clubs, professional sports clubs, schools, universities and National Governing Bodies. No sports organisation is too small or large for us. We aren't a normal business. Our culture is quite unique. We are ambitious, inclusive, purpose driven with a winning mentality. As a family run business, we have always embraced diversity and culture within our company, others have just started to wake up to how important this is

We strive to always learn, and compete against ourselves to be better every day.

Within our building based near the world renowned sports university town of Loughborough, we often have volunteers at grassroots sports clubs through to premier league footballers visit us for their kit needs.

If a fast paced, fun and team driven environment is for you, KitKing might be the right company for you.

We are looking for a talented Digital Art Worker to join our embellishment team working to KitKing's high standards and set lead times.

You will be working Monday to Friday within a flexible hour structure typically settling into 08:30 - 17:00 during off peak periods but flexing out to either earlier starts or later finishes during peak periods.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Artwork, prepare and print orders from print queue and priority board. Maintain good flow of work

through to the pressing team.

Identify which artwork can be completed 'inhouse' and which need sending to our remote art

- working team.

Schedule work on the Trello calendar for Pressing colleagues to work through
Create digital mockups when required for adhoc projects.
Update and maintain accurate order status' so order progress can be tracked by all parties.
Identify which method of print orders require: vinyl printers, direct to film or sublimation.
Be involved in production planning
Ensure the efficient use of print consumables is maintained and that waste is minimised.
Complete all art working requests for the company, often with tight deadlines.
Operate and maintain print equipment.
Assist with production (i.e., weeding, masking, pressing) during peak periods when required.

General Duties:

To maintain a consistent and efficient flow of work through the department. The Digital Art Worker will take

images provided by customer/sales and prepare them so that they are correctly formatted to produce high

quality prints that will be used to customise sports team kits. The Digital Art Worker checks to see what work

is in the Print Queue and produces the transfers. They will be responsible for operating the machines to produce

the transfers that they will then deliver to the pressing team for final production.

The Digital Art Worker is required to have an excellent working knowledge of many programmes and systems

including Trello, Drop Box, Bright Pearl, VersaWorks and CorelDRAW.

The Digital Art Worker may be required at times to carry out various other duties within their capabilities as

agreed and discussed by management

Other Requirements
Experience in a fast-paced production environment desirable. Must have excellent verbal communication,

interpersonal, and customer focused skills.

Strong computer skills, highly organised and tidy and a very strong attention to detail.

Must demonstrate the ability to follow written and verbal instructions. Confident to identify, put forward, and

help implement new working practices and processes where applicable.

Must have some graphic design experience/competency.

Pay:
Up to £24,000.00 per year

Benefits: