Global Marketing Artwork Production Manager

At Avolta (SIX: AVOL), our people are at the driving force behind our success. With a team of over 76,000 individuals representing more than 150 nationalities, we are a truly global company driven by passion, innovation, and excellence.

Avolta is the world’s leading travel experience player. With a traveler-centric philosophy and a geographically diverse network, the travel retail and F&B company addresses the needs of up to 2.3 billion passengers each year, with 5,500 outlets in more than 75 countries across six continents. Guided by their Destination 2027 strategy and boosted by their recent combination with travel F&B giant Autogrill, the company is well positioned to realise their ambition to create a Travel Experience Revolution through their many locations at airports, motorways, cruise lines, seaports and railway stations amongst others.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The Global Marketing Creative Artwork Production Manager creates, executes & produces visual content that resonates with our target audience, across all retail, corporate and marketing platforms, ensuring alignment with business goals and consumer needs. The role involves managing artwork production, development of the master artwork files and guidelines, maintaining brand consistency across consumer facing and corporate brand, providing creative directions to all internal teams and external partners, managing multiple design projects and applying market insights to enhance the brand’s visual impact. The role is based  at our Bedfont Lakes office in London UK.
 
RESPONSIBILITIES

Design & Branding 
•    Creates visually appealing and brand-consistent graphics for various platforms, including in-store signage, packaging, seasonal campaigns, loyalty and corporate communication 
•    Understands and anticipates consumer needs and preferences, translates insights into impactful visual designs 
•    Maintains and evolves creative brand guidelines to ensure a cohesive look and feel across all touchpoints 
•    Supports the Global Head of Marketing Communications and Global Head of Corporate Communications with the creation of communication elements and visuals 

Artwork Coordination & Production 
•    Coordinates the global production of marketing artworks, ensuring all locations receive the necessary materials to implement Avolta’s marketing plans effectively
•    Develops and distributes master artwork files and brand guidelines in a timely manner to support global campaigns and communications 

Brand Guardian & Quality Control 
•    Serves as the brand guardian for both Avolta’s corporate brand and retail brands, ensuring consistency across all marketing assets 
•    Oversees all artworking outputs from internal studio and external partners, ensuring all materials align with Avolta’s corporate and retail brand guidelines 
•    Provides clear guidance to all marketing teams related to artwork production and brand guidance using Avolta’s online brand platforms. 

Team Management & Stakeholder Collaboration 
•    Manages relationships with creative agencies and internal design teams, including both graphic and motion graphic designers 
•    Maintains strong relationships with regional/ country marketing/creative teams to maximize brand and campaign exposure 

Process Improvements & Development 
•    Maintains and refines internal processes for artwork production, identifying areas for improvement and drives efficiencies 
•    Uses market research to stay informed about industry trends and competitor activities, applying these insights to the design work 

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
•    Education: Bachelor's degree in Design or related field
•    Experience: 5+ years in designing in-store marketing materials such as signage, POP displays, window graphics and promotional materials; 10+ years in working with artwork and print/print agencies
•    Strong leadership, collaboration skills with cross functional teams and external agencies & vedors; ability to manage multiple design projects simultaneously
•    Excellent artworking skills (layout, creativity & attention to detail)
•    Excellent skills in InDesign – Advanced, Adobe Illustrator – Advanced, Adobe Photoshop – Advanced, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premier Pro, MS Office
•    Management of online design & brand portals
•    International background

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