WELCOME TO ZOO

ZOO Digital are an award-winning cloud software company with offices in Sheffield, London, LA, India, and Dubai. We help the biggest names in global entertainment to reach audiences everywhere with our high-quality localization and media services, adapting original TV and movie content for different languages, regions, and cultures.

Our Mission: To help our clients share their stories, by adapting the world’s most watched TV shows and movies into new formats and languages for international audiences to enjoy.

Our Clients: Major Hollywood studios and streaming services, like Disney, Netflix, NBC Universal, Paramount, Facebook, Sony, and HBO, among others.

Our Services: Dubbing, subtitling and captioning, audio description, metadata localization, artwork creation &localization, and media processing.

ZOO Digital’s state of the art technology services are backed by the award-winning bespoke software created by our ever-growing Research & Development team, ZOO Digital Labs. The team create cutting edge software solutions to supercharge our services and make our customers’ lives easier. To find out more, visit https://www.zoodigital.com/

ABOUT THE ROLE

Salary: £31,000 - £35,000 DOE

Location: Sheffield/Hybrid

Due to continued expansion, ZOO Digital is currently seeking an Artwork Manager to join our busy Artwork team, overseeing the art and localization production department in order to create and/or localize graphical elements. With departments in Sheffield and LA, ZOO’s Artwork team is centred in a fast-paced production environment, so you must be an effective multi-tasker, able to take initiative and communicate effectively. You’ll collaborate with other members of the Artwork team, coming up with creative, innovative solutions – at ZOO, your only limit is your own creativity!

The Artwork Manager will supervise ZOO’s Art & Localisation production artists, defining workloads, training, and assigning work to the team. In addition, the successful candidate will have a strong Artwork background, focusing on the creation, conversion and localization of both video and still materials for a range of clients worldwide. You will collaborate with Project Managers to meet client deadlines, attending meetings to report on status updates and any factors that can affect our ability to produce high quality work within expected deadlines.

Day to day responsibilities will include;

• Conducting training and ensuring that all department procedures are up to date, documented, and being followed.
• Performing performance reviews of direct reports.
• Collaborating with Vice President of Technical Operations regarding resources needed to successfully run the department.
• Displaying mastery of software (Created by ZOO or 3rd parties) and workflows used in the department. Communicating technical and workflow issues with management in order to improve efficiency within the department.
• Understanding graphical creation and localization workflows, which may include various types of still and video creation/localization workflows.
• Creating and localizing content as needed.
• Internal marketing design as needed.
• Assisting in other creative tasks which relate to other departments within the company as requested.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We are looking for creative and experienced people managers, with excellent communication skills and attention to detail. The Artwork Manager must have previous experience working in a production environment for design or localization, as well as demonstrable managerial experience ideally gained within a creative environment. A passion for creativity is essential, as well as the ability to meet creative deadlines.

As well as 2 years proven work experience as an Art Manager, Production Artist or Graphic Designer, we are looking for applicants with the following skills and experience;

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills including ability to manage time and prioritize effectively.
• Quality driven approach with the ability to follow strict briefs, guidelines, QC checklists and instructions.
• Experience using graphic design, video and image editing software’s (Adobe Creative Cloud, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects & Premiere Pro etc).
• Existing typography skills and experience in creating and editing custom fonts in Adobe Illustrator
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work well under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Experience working in a production environment for design, localization, and/or pre-press is required.
• A proficiency in Adobe Created Suite is required.
• A working knowledge of scripting languages (i.e. JavaScript), markup languages (i.e. HTML, XML), and basic web design is a plus.
• Qualification in Graphic Design or experience of print/pre-press environment, digital asset localization, or design is a plus but not essential given sufficient experience and portfolio.

WHY CHOOSE ZOO?

Our technology is constantly evolving, so there’s never a dull moment with ZOO! Our team is made up of creatives, innovators, linguists, and collaborators from all corners of the world, and we employ the brightest and most original thinkers in our industry. Along with a competitive salary, we also offer excellent company benefits, which include;

• Flexi time
• Reward and Benefits Portal – ZOOPerks, including discounts from many high street retailers
• Unlimited access to over 5000 courses on Udemy for Business
• Pension scheme
• 25 days holiday
• Free fruit and snacks
• Staff Socials

We value all the folks that make ZOO a great place to work. For further details on what it’s like to work for us, please visit our company Glassdoor page - https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Overview/Working-at-ZOO-Digital-Group-EI_IE12459.11,28.htm