Graphic Production Artist - Accessories at Life is Good in Boston, MA

You're the eye that catches what others miss. Before Life is Good graphics head to press, they pass through you — checking color, sizing, and print quality until every mechanical is exactly right. If you love the craft of production art and want your keen eye to shape products that spread optimism around the world, this is your seat at the table.

Why This Job Exists

Life is Good's accessories business is growing, and a vital component to the brand. The artwork that powers it needs to be right every time — optimized for the process, consistent with the brand, and delivered on schedule. This role exists to bridge the connective tissue between creative assets and production output. You keep the accessories pipeline running, build the standards that protect quality at scale, and make sure every graphic that lands on an accessory reflects what Life is Good stands for.

IMPORTANT DETAILS

• This application requires a significant commitment to answering specific questions. You may want to compose your answers outside of this app and paste them once you're satisfied with your composition, spelling, grammar, and tone. We can't consider incomplete applications.
• Our market-based compensation strategy determines base pay for our jobs. You can use any of the publicly available tools to predict what you might earn here. All permanent roles are eligible for an annual bonus based on company performance, to which you will make a significant contribution.
• This is a remote role, but occasional in-person time at our Boston office may be needed.
• Everyone who applies will get a response from a human. Although we love and use AI regularly, you're about to put a lot of heart and skill into this application and deserve a human response. You'll get one. If you don't answer the questions or meet the requirements below, you'll get a swift and kind rejection.

Pay Transparency: We post our jobs on a collection of sites. Not all of them portray accurate information about our compensation ranges. For years, we've used a market-based approach to determine starting pay for all roles at Life is Good. We encourage you to explore reputable salary calculators like Salary.com or PayScale and, using accurate data for the apparel industry, this job (from the job description), our company size (under 300 people), location (Boston), you will see an estimated pay range for this role.)

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What You Know and Have Done

• You have a graphic design portfolio that shows a strong command of typography, color, and design principles.
• You are proficient in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop on Mac OS, and comfortable in Word and Excel.
• You have working knowledge of various accessory embellishment techniques – specifically but not limited to – headwear, bags, socks, stickers, magnets, patches, etc.
• You have experience with vendor communication in order to execute product goals.
• You have working knowledge of product lifestyle management system/s.
• You are willing to learn new technologies and software as they evolve.

What You'll Do

• Collaborate with product managers & business units to meet development deadlines according to Company Calendars
• Prepare artwork packages to production-ready standards including determining color standard & sizing callouts for mechanicals
• Seamlessly shift from project to project in order to best support the Production Art team
• Develop a strong color point of view for the artwork packages based on the direction from the Production Art Director & Custom Production Art Manager.
• Work on the continued growth of our corporate & SMU programs reworking graphics to keep within brand standards while accommodating requests from our clients
• Maintain entry of graphics in Centric & maintain accuracy of entries.
• Facilitate the flow of mechanical artwork from LIG to vendors; provide graphic support for vendors
• Review graphic strike-offs for print and color quality
• Support ECommerce with the creation of images for our website that accurately represent our product offering

How You Show Up

• You believe in the Life is Good mission and bring that optimism into the work every day.
• You take ownership of the accessories production art process — when you see a gap, you don't wait for someone to assign the fix.
• You hold a high bar for quality and apply it consistently, whether you're the first set of eyes or the last.
• You communicate clearly and simply across teams, translating visual decisions into language that production and operations can act on..

When You Know You're Successful

• You are meeting your annual goals and the accessories program is hitting its production milestones.
• The Graphic Production Manager and Graphic Production Director trust the artwork coming out of your hands.
• Your peers seek out your opinion on artwork and know they'll get a straight answer.
• Quality standards are documented, the team is following them, and on-press surprises are rare.

We are located in the innovative and thriving Fort Point neighborhood. Our community is full of green space, outstanding food, and entertainment options. We offer top quality Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, Transit or Parking Reimbursement Accounts, Life, AD&D, Short and Long-Term Disability, 401(k) with a match, Paid Time off, 10 paid holidays, Good Vibes Time (we pay you to volunteer for the non-profit cause of your choice) and Family Time. And we have dogs. You’ll be involved in growing our social mission through the Playmaker Project.

Life is Good is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender orientation or expression, marital status or veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic under applicable federal or state law.