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Print Specialist
Exciting Opportunity for a Print Specialist
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Print Specialist to join the ASDA Brand Team.
This role is responsible for print technical and brand colour control throughout the design process for Own Brand packaging, ensuring best-in-class levels of print quality and Brand consistency.
About the Role:
As a Print Specialist, you will be one of a team of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
This is a fast-paced and demanding role, ensuring that the eventual product design execution is both cost-effective and aligned to our wider business objectives.
You will work closely with other teams within the Own Brand Function as well as a wide range of external stakeholders as a source of expert knowledge and guidance.
What You’ll Be Responsible For:
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Packaging, Print, and Packaging Sustainability, you will:
- Execute print solutions for New Product Development (NPD) and redesign projects across all business unit areas as required, including:
- Fresh and Ambient Food
- Non-Edible Grocery
- Foodservice categories
- Work with creative artwork agencies to ensure right-first-time print, delivering:
- Technical print management support
- Best-in-class colour control
- Develop strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders in order to identify and deliver innovative print solutions aligned with ASDA Brand and Customer strategies
- Act as a print quality guardian, proactively and efficiently managing print quality issues with suppliers and agencies
- Stay in touch with trends and developments in technology, sharing findings with internal teams and integrating them into execution projects
- Invest time in learning and self-development, maintaining high levels of expertise in Print Technology and related subjects
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About You:
You will have:
- An excellent working knowledge of all print techniques used in the production of Packaging, including:
- Flexo
- Litho
- Gravure
- Dry-Offer
- Screen
- Digital
- Letterpress
- A detailed understanding of the artwork and repro-for-print processes, able to interpret design and advise on printability
- Previously worked in an advisory capacity for a supplier, brand, or FMCG retailer, and have an excellent understanding of how to translate creative design inspiration into physical printed packaging, along with the associated challenges
- Familiarity with using a spectrophotometers, able to create and interpret CXF data
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Additionally:
- Strong interpersonal and organisational skills, allowing you to:
- Work independently
- Prioritise effectively
- Deliver to deadlines
- Strong communication skills, enabling you to present recommendations clearly and concisely to decision makers at all levels
- A highly motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment
- Ability to demonstrate real passion for print, staying in touch with latest industry news and using your network to propose opportunities
- Broader structural packaging knowledge and/or qualifications will give you a distinct advantage in this role.
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