Production Designer

Production designer at Shokoladnitsa coffee house chain, salary from 110,000 RUB, office in Moscow. Tasks include creating price tags, menus, adapting ad campaigns, working with AI tools, preparing files for print.

Responsibilities: 1. Daily operational tasks — creating and updating price tags for showcases, menus, and trade equipment; developing and adjusting regime signs, info plates, pointers, and navigation; preparing materials on price changes, assortment, promotions, and special offers; creating and updating menus, inserts, table tents, stickers, and other POSM materials; preparing local materials for individual coffee houses and regions; promptly editing existing layouts. 2. Ad campaign adaptation — resizing and adapting approved key visuals for various advertising formats; preparing materials for outdoor advertising, screens, showcases, and internal advertising surfaces; adapting layouts to various sizes, orientations, and technical requirements; placing approved texts, prices, disclaimers, and mandatory information; creating series of standard layouts based on approved templates. 3. Working with AI tools — creating and refining AI images for advertising campaigns; preparing prompts, references, and visual compositions; integrating generated images into ad layouts; retouching, compositing, and refining AI content in Photoshop; preparing high-resolution images for wide-format printing using Magnific AI and Photoshop; preparing motion videos based on approved static concepts. 4. Preparing files for production — preparing print files according to printing house technical requirements; checking sizes, bleeds, image resolution, color profiles, and fonts; exporting layouts in required formats: PDF, TIFF, JPEG, PNG, and others; checking final files before sending; interacting with contractors on technical production issues. 5. Working with templates and archive — creating and maintaining a library of standard layouts; systematizing source files, fonts, images, and finished files; keeping templates up to date for regular tasks; following a unified file naming and versioning system; optimizing repetitive operations using templates, batch processing, and automation. 6. Interacting with the team — receiving and completing tasks through a unified project management system; working with the lead designer and brand designer; following approved priorities and deadlines; timely informing about missing materials and technical limitations; checking layouts against approved brand standards.

Experience as a graphic or production designer for 1–2 years; confident knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, After Effects, and Premiere Pro; skills in Figma; experience with AI generation and upscaling tools; portfolio with ad campaigns, print materials, branding, and AI generation cases; ability to independently implement design tasks from brief to final layout; knowledge of pre-press preparation basics; experience with multi-page and multi-variant layouts; understanding of RGB/CMYK color models, image resolution requirements, bleeds, and printing; ability to handle many small tasks and meet deadlines.

Office, Moscow. Salary from 110,000 RUB.