Senior Artwork Production Specialist

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JOB PURPOSE

This role exists to enable our brands to connect with billions of consumers through world‑class packaging and digital pack assets, bringing innovation to life across physical and digital touchpoints.

As part of Artwork Excellence within Global Marketing Services, you will play a critical role in ensuring operational excellence, quality, and speed in the end‑to‑end delivery of packaging artwork and digital content.

By leading adaptive design, artwork production, and digital pack creation across global brands, you help turn insight into execution — ensuring our products are shelf‑ready, channel‑ready, and future‑ready in an increasingly omnichannel world. You’ll be part of a team that believes in doing work that matters — for people and the planet.

Because here, we don’t just hire for jobs. We invite you to be part of something bigger.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the end‑to‑end lifecycle of packaging artwork and digital pack assets across multiple business groups, brands and global markets.
• Act as the senior technical and operational expert for adaptive design, artwork production, print management and CGI pack image creation.
• Manage a complex portfolio of global and regional projects, ensuring on‑time delivery, first‑time‑right quality, and compliance with global standards and regulations.
• Partner closely with Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain and E‑commerce teams to translate master designs into production‑ready artwork and digital assets.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the Artwork Production Manager within scope, including stepping in when required and managing escalations.
• Lead collaboration with external partners (adaptive agencies, print management agencies, printers), ensuring quality, cost transparency and SLA compliance.
• Drive process improvements, innovation and standardization within artwork production and adaptive design workflows, supporting hub‑led ways of working.
• Champion digital‑first approaches and robust data orchestration for accurate and timely downstream usage in omnichannel and e‑commerce environments.
• Mentor and develop team members, building capabilities, leading training initiatives, and representing the function in global forums and squads.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of experience in adaptive design, artwork production or packaging development, preferably in a global, FMCG or complex matrix environment.
• Strong knowledge of the end‑to‑end pack creation process (design → artwork → print → digital pack images), including compliance with global standards and regulatory requirements.
• Proven experience managing multiple stakeholders and external vendors across markets, cultures and time zones.
• Ability to operate confidently as a senior technical expert and business partner, influencing decisions and driving process compliance.
• Strong communication, influencing and relationship‑building skills, enabling effective collaboration with cross‑functional teams and agency partners to drive process compliance.
• High level of organizational awareness, with the ability to prioritize effectively, anticipates risks and unblock complex initiatives.
• Comfortable working in a virtual, global setup, with high proficiency in Microsoft Teams, Excel, PowerPoint and online workflow systems, and a partnership mindset that supports a “one‑team” culture with the Marketing Operations Hub and brand teams.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience working within centralized or hub‑based operating models and global governance frameworks.
• Exposure to digital content management, CGI pack images or e‑commerce asset orchestration.
• Previous involvement in process transformation, change management or continuous improvement initiatives.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Hybrid work and flexibility.
• Opportunities for the development and improvement of qualifications.
• Sharing the cost of professional training & courses.
• Benefits: life insurance, private medical care, pension fund, sharing the cost of sports activities, Benefits System – Cafeteria and many others.
• Extra days off to take care of yourself and others.
• Unilever store - Our products at attractive prices.

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.