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e.l.f. Beauty

Jr. Production Artist

New York, NY · Hybrid

$25 - $30/hr

As a Junior Production Artist , Merchandising, you will be responsible for creating in-store print-ready production graphics across all of our retail partners. You will follow design guidelines ...

e.l.f. Beauty

Jr. Production Artist

New York, NY · Hybrid

$25 - $30/hr

As a Junior Production Artist , Merchandising, you will be responsible for creating in-store print-ready production graphics across all of our retail partners. You will follow design guidelines ...

e.l.f. Beauty

Jr. Production Artist

New York, NY · On-site

$25 - $30/hr

As a Junior Production Artist , Merchandising, you will be responsible for creating in-store print-ready production graphics across all of our retail partners. You will follow design guidelines ...

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Flame Artist

New York, NY · On-site

$125K - $295K/yr

About WPP Production We are WPP Production - the unified global production company that brings ... Oversee junior artists and assistant Flame artists, delegating tasks and reviewing their work for ...

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A Junior Production Artist is responsible for assisting with the preparation and finalization of visual materials for print or digital media. They work closely with senior designers and art directors to ensure that design files meet technical specifications and are ready for production. Typical tasks include formatting layouts, retouching images, updating graphics, and making revisions as needed. This entry-level role is ideal for those looking to build their skills in graphic arts and gain experience working in a creative team environment.

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Jr. Production Artist

New York, NY • Hybrid

e.l.f. Beauty
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$25 - $30/hr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, PTO

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Job description

About the Company
 
e.l.f. Beauty's purpose is to make the world a better place for every eye, lip, and face. 
 
Our deep commitment to clean, cruelty free beauty at an incredible value has fueled the success of our flagship brand e.l.f. Cosmetics since 2004 and driven our portfolio expansion. Today, our multi-brand portfolio includes e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. SKIN, e.l.f. Hair, Well People, Naturium and rhode.
 
In our Fiscal year 26, we had net sales of $1.6 Billion and our business performance has been nothing short of extraordinary with 7 consecutive years of net sales growth. This consistent, category-leading growth is a testament to the strength of our team, strategy, and portfolio of brands. 
 
Our total compensation philosophy offers every full-time new hire competitive pay and benefits, bonus eligibility (200% of target over the last seven fiscal years), equity, flexible time off, year-round half-day Fridays, and a hybrid 3 day in office, 2 day at home work environment. We believe the combination of our unique culture, total compensation, workplace flexibility and care for the team is unmatched across not just beauty but any industry. 
 
Visit our Career Page to learn more about our team: https://www.elfbeauty.com/work-with-us

Position Summary:
 
As a Junior Production Artist, Merchandising, you will be responsible for creating in-store print-ready production graphics across all of our retail partners. You will follow design guidelines supplied by our e.l.f. Visual Merchandising Designers, our retailer guidelines, as well as our print vendors. In this role, you will translate design vision into print reality. 
Responsibilities:
  • Support the Sr. Manager in production of all visual merchandising graphics across all e.l.f. beauty brands.
  • Collaborate with Sales, Design, Copy and Project Management to take design from start to finish ensuring production deadlines are met.
  • Adapt and utilize templates to create large number of graphics across major retailers.
  • Come up with creative solutions to design, delivers on commitments, surfaces risks early, and supports complex timelines to keep projects on track.
  • Manage and lead the process from design hand-off, implementing copy, review and approval, to releasing to print vendors.
  • Ability to adapt and be able to keep up with evolving guidelines/design changes.
  • Produce and organize a large number of assets on a server and hand off final files to print vendors.
  • Support the Production team in the addition of 14 Specialty walls across 8 accounts, while freeing senior team members to focus on higher-volume work and strategic oversight.
  • Assist in establishing dedicated production infrastructure for specialty accounts, including translation support, standardized workflows, copy setup, and ensuring accuracy, consistency, and on-time delivery across all specialty assets, often on timelines that differ from broader North America projects.
  • Increase execution capacity and reduce operational risk by absorbing day-to-day production work, supporting complex timelines for global growth, and stabilizing delivery alongside multiple accounts and markets.
Skills:
  • Expert Adobe InDesign skills. Able to work in numbers and calculate sizes
  • Convert design files into print ready mechanicals
  • Build production files from scratch; following a template (creating templates a plus)
  • Able to follow multiple guidelines that vary per project
  • Excel; use a line listing and a planogram to build artwork files
  • Excellent type and layout skills paired with a strong print production knowledge
  • Strong production skills for mass producing files in InDesign
  • Ability to anticipate workload and communicate proactively to Senior Manager
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's Degree preferred
  • 2-5 years experience in a high volume, deadline-driven environment
  • Expert level knowledge of Adobe InDesign & Illustrator
  • Print production experience (preferably in beauty, and/or retail)
  • Excellent communication, time management and organizational skills, deadline driven.
  • Experience working cross-functionally with different teams across an organization
  • Comfortable working in a collaborative manner and a highly creative out-of-the-box thinker
  • Knowledge of computer programs including: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Excel, Google docs
  • Working in a project management tools (ie Wrike, ISM/portals) a plus
$25 - $30 an hour
The base salary range for this role is listed above. 
 
Total compensation includes base salary, annual company-based performance bonus, and equity. Under e.l.f.'s annual bonus program, employees are eligible to earn up to 200% of their target bonus when company performance exceeds defined goals. In addition, e.l.f. provides a variety of other benefits to employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a retirement savings plan, gender neutral parental leave, and unlimited paid time off. The amount of total compensation (including base salary) offered will be based on a wide range of factors, including geographic location, experience, specific skills, and qualifications.
 
Compensation components are subject to change at the company's discretion
 
This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this position. It also reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified, and shall not be considered, as detailed description of all the work required inherent in the job. It is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities, and it is subject to changes and exceptions at the supervisors' discretion.
 
e.l.f. Beauty respects your privacy. Please see our Job Applicant Privacy Notice (www.elfbeauty.com/us-job-applicant-privacy-notice) for how your personal information is used and shared.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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