Create custom layouts for corporate ID cards, security badges, access cards, and event passes.
Format step-and-repeat artwork and continuous vector graphics optimized for lanyard sublimation and silk-screen printing.
Develop digital mockups and press proofs for client review, ensuring exact alignment with their brand identity and style guides.
Pre-Press & Technical Production
Prepare flawless pre-press files, managing exact bleed lines, safety zones, card overlays, and punch-hole placements.
Manage variable data printing processes, setting up template files to dynamically merge client databases (names, photos, barcodes, QR codes).
Calibrate colors (CMYK and Pantone matching) to guarantee that physical manufacturing outputs match digital proofs precisely.
Collaboration & Innovation
Partner with the production team to troubleshoot file formats, material limitations, and printing techniques (e.g., UV printing, dye-sublimation, embossing).
Build and organize a structured digital asset library containing client vector logos, templates, and completed design orders.
Minimum Qualifications
Experience: 1–3 years of professional graphic design experience, ideally within a commercial print shop, packaging, or promotional products manufacturing environment.
Software Mastery: Advanced proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop (InDesign or CorelDRAW is a strong plus).
Technical Skills: Strong understanding of vector artwork creation, typography layout, and color theory (Pantone/CMYK).
Data Handling: Basic comfort working with Excel/CSV files for variable data merging.
Attention to Detail: Absolute precision in catching typos, low-resolution assets, or alignment errors before files hit the factory floor.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience setting up files for variable data printing (VDP) or using card issuance software.