Key Art / Print Producer, Amazon Studios Marketing - Key Art Production

Job Description

Amazon MGM Studios is the home for talent, creating and producing original films and television series for a global audience. Original series premiere exclusively on Prime Video, which is available in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Amazon MGM Studios also produces and acquires Original movies for theatrical release and exclusively for Prime Video, in addition to producing Original content for Freevee, Amazon's premium free streaming service.

Amazon MGM Studios is looking for a Key Art / Print Producer to join our Key Art Production team. This team manages the finishing, adaptations and delivery of static digital artwork and all printed materials, including out-of-home (OOH) for Amazon MGM Studios Series and Movie campaigns. We work closely with internal and external studio services to create high-quality creative that is designed, localized and finished for multiple channels, and localized for an impactful customer experience in multiple markets. The ideal candidate strives to balance creative quality and operational efficiency, and is well-versed in managing creative work through internal teams or external vendors, and has developed strong vendor management practices.

Key job responsibilities
- Produce digital and print key art assets and breakouts for use across diverse media mixes, including but not limited to Amazon owned & operated channels (Amazon.com placements), paid digital placements, OOH, paid and organic social
- Ability to read and understand spec sheets to accurately QC incoming files
- Check files for correct pixel count, dimensions or other specs called out on spec sheets
- Ensure assets are in the correct color space and understand when to leverage specific color profiles
- Understand the difference between vector and bitmap files and when it is appropriate to use each
- Assess required resolution to ensure that our OOH materials print at a high quality bar
- Liaise closely with internal campaign management and creative leads to understand campaign goals, creative strategy and overall project constraints including budgets and timelines
- Successfully manage internal creative reviews and approvals
- Own communications with external vendors to produce finished art and all relevant adaptations
- Manage art finishing including proof reviews to ensure creative quality and color accuracy is achieved
- Advise on creative design direction in relationship to various breakouts and based on expert knowledge of media type
- Translate complex media plans into clear creative production plans, and recommend solutions that maximize quality, within set budget and timeline limitations
- Responsibly manage artwork finishing and asset production budgets with regular reporting to campaign management and marketing finance teams
- Where relevant, optimize project management system and workflow to simplify end-to-end production and invent scalable asset creation processes

About the team
Our team has a very high level of expertise in developing Print and Key Art for our title campaigns. We are the subject matter experts well versed in all aspects of static art production including various printing technologies such as large format digital, offset, flexo and short run digital printing.

This is a very technical role that does require extensive hands-on experience working in Adobe Creative Cloud with a focus on Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. We often have to advise vendors on the most efficient method to build our files to ensure adaptability downstream from our team.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of creative services experience
- Knowledge of deliverables and technical specs for streaming assets
- Experience and understanding of the workflow within a marketing, production, or creative department or company
- Experience working at or with a creative or advertising agency, network, streaming service or studio
- Experience working with stakeholders
- Direct experience building final mechanicals / digital adaptations in Adobe Creative Cloud Applications

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience working on or with large-scale, global creative campaigns
- Experience with asset management, design workflows, or partnering with creative teams

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $70,600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $151,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d2jx25-18-119-118-210-42 in your application.