RYZ Labs is looking for a Production Artist to join one of our client’s teams in the sports merchandising industry. The ideal candidate will play a key role in preparing, assembling, and adapting trading card designs for both digital platforms and print production, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and creativity at every step.
The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, technically adept, and passionate about delivering flawless digital and print assets. Candidates with a passion for sports and entertainment will likely find themselves a strong cultural fit.
Responsibilities
Create, manipulate, and adapt digital assets (layered PSDs, posters, mockups) for use across websites, social media, and marketing platforms.
Implement effects such as foils and finishes to accurately reflect printed card designs in digital formats.
Prepare print-ready files, ensuring accuracy in colors, fonts, and layouts, following established templates and specifications.
Conduct thorough quality checks to guarantee consistency and error-free output.
Collaborate with creative, digital, production, and brand teams to align on specifications, proofs, and deliverables.
Use workflow systems such as Prinergy to process files, including imposition and trapping for optimal print output.
Stay up to date on design software, printing technologies, and industry trends to continuously improve workflows.
Communicate effectively across teams using tools like Microsoft Teams and Slack to keep projects on track.
Manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Requirements
- Proven experience (3+ years) as a Production Artist, Digital Designer, or Pre-Press Operator.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat).
- Strong understanding of print production processes, color management, file formats, and pre-press workflows.
- Familiarity with Prinergy or other workflow systems (preferred).
- Excellent attention to detail with the ability to maintain design consistency across multiple projects.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills in cross-functional teams.
- Ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines.
- Willingness to work occasional weekends (remotely) as needed.
- Passion for sports, collectibles, and staying current with industry trends.
About RYZ Labs:
RYZ Labs is a startup studio built in 2021 by two lifelong entrepreneurs. The founders of RYZ have worked at some of the world's largest tech companies and some of the most iconic consumer brands. They have lived and worked in Argentina for many years and have decades of experience in Latam. What brought them together is the passion for the early phases of company creation and the idea of attracting the brightest talents in order to build industry-defining companies in a post-pandemic world.
Our teams are remote and distributed throughout the US and Latam. They use the latest cutting-edge technologies in cloud computing to create applications that are scalable and resilient. We aim to provide diverse product solutions for different industries, planning to build a large number of startups in the upcoming years.
At RYZ, you will find yourself working with autonomy and efficiency, owning every step of your development. We provide an environment of opportunities, learning, growth, expansion and challenging projects. You will deepen your experience while sharing and learning from a team of great professionals and specialists.
Our values and what to expect:
- Customer First Mentality - every decision we make should be made through the lens of the customer.
- Bias for Action - urgency is critical, expect that the timeline to get something done is accelerated.
- Ownership - step up if you see an opportunity to help, even if not your core responsibility.
- Humility and Respect - be willing to learn, be vulnerable, and treat everyone that interacts with RYZ with respect.
- Frugality - being frugal and cost-conscious helps us do more with less.
- Deliver Impact - get things done in the most efficient way.
- Raise our Standards - always be looking to improve our processes, our team, our expectations. Status quo is not good enough and never should be.