SGS & Co is seeking a Junior Packaging Project Manager to join us and manage our packaging artwork projects, for one of our highest profile, Paris based clients.

The successful candidate will fulfil the following Responsibilities:

Partner with the Account Manager and be a direct report for client’s marketing teams in the coordination of packaging / e-commerce development projects.
Ensure the daily coordination of the production: manage workflows, summarize information received from the customer, follow-up of the quality of the production, ensure deadlines are met.
Be a brand guardian by supporting client in terms of brand development and consistency
Act as Point of contact for technical aspects: participation in technical meetings (launch of range, contact with the printers, etc.), press passing, technical point of contact for proof management.
Gather, coordinate and communicate job-related information to production to ensure highest level of quality briefing is supplied
Schedule and see that deadlines are being met on all aspects of the project
Review artworks and print materials


Requirements:

High school diploma +4 / 5 years of higher education
At least 2 years of experience in the design, print or production art industry. Ideally experience or high interest on cosmetics sector.
Possess very good technical skills, excellent knowledge of the graphic chain and packaging (artwork and reprography), printing processes (offset, flexo, rotogravure), proofing and color management
Enjoy working on a team and have good interpersonal skills
Organized, rigorous and proactive.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Pack
Knowledge of Indesign, Illustrator and Photoshop preferred
Native/Profesional French and conversational English required (B2)


Location & Timeline:

• Paris (92117 Clichy)
• CDD initial 5 months contract, with the possibility to be extended 6 more months (until end of December 25)
• Starting ASAP
• Hybrid work arrangement (3 daysWFO/2 daysWFH)

Our Company :

SGS & Co is a global brand impact group delivering speed and quality through innovation and insights to drive impact for our world-class clients. We combine deep expertise in design, graphic services, production, technology, and process optimization with unmatched marketplace understanding, dynamic ideas, and client-first customer service. We bring the world’s best brands to life and set them up for success in the modern world.
SGS & Co shifts brands to impact through the strength of our people. Our team of nearly 5,000 employees across 30+ countries works collaboratively to exceed client expectations today and anticipates how we’ll need to pivot together to win tomorrow. We take pride in our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion along with our ambition to lead the industry to a more sustainable future to drive a positive impact on our clients, our people, and our planet.
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Job Summary:

As a Senior Designer, you’ll be responsible to create design that translate brand needs into distinctive visual outcomes. Design craft and implement the brand experience across all touchpoints – Print & Digital; through cleverly applied insight, compelling conceptual territories, confident creativity and powerfully consistent activation. ?

You’ll know how to autonomously challenge a brief. Possessing in-depth knowledge of graphic design, styles and layout techniques, you’ll produce exceptional work, maintaining the brand experience across concepts and channels. You’ll work closely with Lead Designers, Art Director and Creative Studio Manager, helping to guide Middleweight and Junior team members and support their creativity.

Job Responsibilities

Work with Art Director and Lead Designer to understand the brief, brand guidelines and technical constraints for the project and aiding them guide middleweight and junior team members?.
Challenge the brief, delivering the expected and the unexpected in your response.
Autonomous in producing high-quality designs on medium to high complexity projects.
Championing and following our file set up, file naming and server filing procedures.
Adding value to internal design reviews, offering fresh perspective, giving feedback to executional consistency.
Be a team player. Keeping the channels of communication open between Design, artworking and management teams, seeking guidance and offering solution when things change.
Effectively manage your time.
Manage an allocated production workload and report progress/issues to line manager.
Use internal Management Information System (MIS) to record accurate data on personal production timings.
Ensure all quality control procedures and production standards are adhered to.
Pro-actively assisting the team, contributing to studio inspiration and design events.

Supporting tasks

Complete any adhoc tasks as assigned by the Design Leads
Follow company protocols with regards to job delivery and completion through our system
Performs other duties as assigned by the Company from time to time

Technical Skills Required

4-8 years’ experience within a Brand, Design, Comms or Media agency, in a Design roles
Excellence in Adobe CC, (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, XD, Dreamwiewer) ?
Understanding of strategic, creative and commercial aspect of brands and the world they inhabit?
Deep understanding of print production, materials and finishes?
Coaching and mentoring skills?
Emerging client presentation skills, discussing, defending design
A degree in Graphic Design, Product Design, Illustration or related field?
Knowledge of Visual Code and responsive web design is an advantage

Behavioral Competencies Required

A real passion for the process of Design, aesthetic craft, perfectionism?
Focused, organized, collaborative?
Ability to confidently and clearly articulate your thinking?
Understand the power of a sketch?
Excellent communication, time management, and multitasking skills
Good interpersonal skills
Must be a team player with great problem-solving skills, positive, proactive and adaptable to a fast-paced environment
Quality driven mindset, balancing customer expectations versus internal processes and productivity demands. Has the ability to drive quality from a holistic point of view without compromising the output.


Elevate your design career with us—become a Senior Designer and create work that inspires and resonates globally!

Job Summary:

As a Senior Designer, you’ll be responsible to create design that translate brand needs into distinctive visual outcomes. Design craft and implement the brand experience across all touchpoints – Print & Digital; through cleverly applied insight, compelling conceptual territories, confident creativity and powerfully consistent activation. ?

You’ll know how to autonomously challenge a brief. Possessing in-depth knowledge of graphic design, styles and layout techniques, you’ll produce exceptional work, maintaining the brand experience across concepts and channels. You’ll work closely with Lead Designers, Art Director and Creative Studio Manager, helping to guide Middleweight and Junior team members and support their creativity.

-Job Responsibilities:

Work with Art Director and Lead Designer to understand the brief, brand guidelines and technical constraints for the project and aiding them guide middleweight and junior team members?.
Challenge the brief, delivering the expected and the unexpected in your response.
Autonomous in producing high-quality designs on medium to high complexity projects.
Championing and following our file set up, file naming and server filing procedures.
Adding value to internal design reviews, offering fresh perspective, giving feedback to executional consistency.
Be a team player. Keeping the channels of communication open between Design, artworking and management teams, seeking guidance and offering solutions when things change.
Effectively manage your time.
Manage an allocated production workload and report progress/issues to line manager.
Use internal Management Information System (MIS) to record accurate data on personal production timings.
Ensure all quality control procedures and production standards are adhered to.
Pro-actively assisting the team, contributing to studio inspiration and design events.

-Supporting tasks

Complete any adhoc tasks as assigned by the Design Leads
Follow company protocols with regards to job delivery and completion through FloWr/MySGS
Performs other duties as assigned by the Company from time to time
Performance management

Right-The-First-Time (RTFT)
Minimum of 90% utilization or productive hours on average
Minimum of 95% Efficiency
On Time Delivery

-Technical Skills Required

4-8 years’ experience within a Brand, Design, Comms or Media agency, in a Design roles
Excellence in Adobe CC, (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, XD, Dreamweaver) ?
Understanding of strategic, creative and commercial aspect of brands and the world they inhabit?
Deep understanding of print production, materials and finishes?
Coaching and mentoring skills?
Emerging client presentation skills, discussing, defending design
A degree in Graphic Design, Product Design, Illustration or related field?
Knowledge of Visual Code and responsive web design is an advantage

-Behavioral Competencies Required

A real passion for the process of Design, aesthetic craft, perfectionism?
Focused, organized, collaborative?
Ability to confidently and clearly articulate your thinking?
Understand the power of a sketch?
Excellent communication, time management, and multitasking skills
Good interpersonal skills
Must be a team player with great problem-solving skills, positive, proactive and adaptable to a fast-paced environment
Quality driven mindset, balancing customer expectations versus internal processes and productivity demands. Has the ability to drive quality from a holistic point of view without compromising the output.

Duties and responsibilities

Position Summary

This position will be part of the production team and will help execute packaging artwork by the preparation and application of printer’s technical specifications to pre-media packaging graphic
files. This position will maintain the highest level of quality and workmanship and ensure production deadlines are met. This position also directs and leads the production and service processes of the pre-press team assuring that customer needs are met.

Essential Responsibilities, Accountabilities & Results
· Thoroughly understand the expectation of customer’s needs. Ability to follow work instructions, specifications, workflow diagrams and SOPs.
· Responsible for ensuring all artwork files are saved in designated file locations on the server with the appropriate document control file naming specifications.
· Provide direction, support and training and development to pre-press team.
· Participate in various production meetings and lead pre-press team meetings as needed.
· Monitor production schedule and route jobs to ensure workloads are balanced and capacity is being fully utilized among all operators.
· Provide technical support to internal and external customers and troubleshoot print related concerns and provide action plans to remedy issues.
· Develop and continually improves on standardized workflows and processes.
· Regularly audit and measure processes to demonstrate output is meeting quality standards, customer requirements and business objectives.
· Participate in process improvement efforts including recommending technology, workflow and equipment that may improve process.
· Ensure proper development of new customers by working with business leaders to design the pathways and connections to meet or exceed customer expectations
· Interacts regularly with customers, sales and printers regarding the production of products or services.
· Supports EH&S activities within area of responsibility and accomplishes the plants safety goals.
· Attend to technical queries/issues on production
· PM support for technical matters
· Actively participate in team growth by helping fostering team work and engagement
· Support prod/QC in cases of need for producing
· Perform technical check when required
· On the spot trainings + planned upskilling trainings (artwork and repro) and coaching

Competency Requirements:
Ability to effectively lead, motivate and inspire a team
Ability to coordinate work with others, seeks opinions, values working relationships
Excellent organizational, interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
· Ability to read, understand and follow work instructions, specifications, workflow diagrams and SOPs
· Ability to meet deadlines, work under pressure and problem solve collaboratively with internal and
external stakeholders

SGS, an sgsco company, is an industry leader in design-to-print branding opportunities partnering with global corporations to produce packaging with noteworthy brand recognition. With over 60 years’ experience serving the Print, Retail, Consumer Goods and Pharmaceutical Markets, the company’s operations are located across North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia - Pacific.
Great salary and benefits package including 25 days holiday, Employer contribution pension scheme and Private Medical. Over periods of high volume, overtime may be requested.

The Role:
Based at ourBoulogne-Billancourt site, the successful applicant will work as part of a busy and thriving reprographics department. They will be an integral part of the Print Conversion Team that specialises in the Flexographic printing process and will be expected to have experience creating single image repro files using Esko Packedge and complex step & repeat files using Esko Plato. They will be responsible for ensuring that all files will print according to the printers specifications and brief supplied. Excellent communication skills and a positive and friendly attitude are essential. A knowledge of Artpro+ would be an advantage.

Key Responsibilities:
• Creating high quality, print-ready files for Flexographic printers.
• Colour retouching specialist
• Maintaining brand/print consistency throughout all disciplines
• To use internal MIS in accordance with standardised work procedures to ensure an accurate permanent asset database is maintained.
• To follow all internal processes in place for repro
• To adhere to all reporting processes set up within the department
• Provide input into development of quality processes based on client needs.
• To communicate/advise directly with internal CSR team and client regarding possible risks -to-print.
• To actively participate in the Performance Development Program

Skills and Abilities:
• Experience working with digital packaging artwork files
• Excellent understanding of flexographic repro requirements
• Good understanding of Colour management
• Demonstrate ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced office setting.
• Keen eye for detail.
• Demonstrate ability to share skills and knowledge with others.
• Experience of working with Esko graphic editors and Esko AE.
• Ability to use Artpro+ and Adobe Creative Suite an advantage
• Excellent, proven interpersonal, verbal and written communications skills.

Timeline & location:
Onsite position at SGS&co Boulogne-Billancourt
CDD 6 months
Ideal starting date : ASAP