Production Artist

Sway Creative Labs • Norfolk, VA

2d • $50,000 - $62,000 • Remote

About The Position

Sway Creative Labs is seeking a meticulous, systems-minded Production Artist to manage campaign creative from approved concept to final file delivery. This role is crucial for handling the high volume of assets required for integrated campaigns, including various display sizes, video cutdowns, localized variants, print specifications, and social formats. The ideal candidate will approach this work with craftsmanship, build scalable systems, and proactively identify errors. This is a hands-on, self-sufficient role where you will be trusted to deliver finished and correct work, with an emphasis on building systems rather than just clearing tasks.

Requirements

• 2–4+ years of production design experience, agency setting strongly preferred.
• Deep proficiency in Figma, specifically components, variants, auto-layout, and variables/tokens.
• Strong command of Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
• Thorough understanding of print production processes, specifications, and vendor requirements.
• Solid design fundamentals: typography, color theory, composition, and visual hierarchy.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a very low error rate on high-volume, detail-heavy work.
• Strong organizational and file management discipline.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted creative tooling and the ability to construct a specific, well-framed prompt.
• Ability to handle multiple concurrent assignments and communicate proactively on capacity.

Nice To Haves

• Motion and animation capability in After Effects, including templating and versioning video units.
• Working knowledge of HTML and CSS sufficient to communicate effectively with developers.
• Familiarity with version control concepts and shared source-of-truth workflows.
• Experience with retouching, photo compositing, or color correction.
• Background on healthcare, tourism, food/beverage, legal, or CPG accounts.

Responsibilities

• Build out full display advertising sets from approved master designs across all required sizes and platform specs.
• Adapt campaign creative across channels: web, social, email, print, out-of-home, and video end frames.
• Produce localized and market-specific variants while maintaining absolute consistency with the master.
• Version, name, and archive files to convention so any team member can find the right asset without asking.
• Build and maintain reusable Figma component libraries, variables, and design tokens.
• Convert existing hardcoded artifacts into true component-driven template systems.
• Maintain brand asset libraries and style documentation across our client roster.
• Partner with developers on handoff: specs, exports, redlines, and asset packaging.
• Produce print-ready files across formats with full command of bleeds, trim, color spaces, imposition, and vendor specifications.
• Preflight and QA every file that leaves the building.
• Prepare and optimize digital assets to spec, including file weight, format, and accessibility requirements.
• Work from Art Director and Creative Director direction with accuracy and speed, raising questions early.
• Contribute to concept development and offer better executions.
• Provide accurate time estimates for assignments and consistently meet them.
• Use AI-assisted tooling where it genuinely saves time: generative fill and extend, background removal, upscaling, retouching, rotoscoping, transcription and captioning, and batch operations.
• Write prompts precisely enough to get usable output.
• Hold the quality line for AI output.
• Bring new tools and techniques back to the team.

Benefits

• Three Optima Health Plan options; Sway covers 80% of employee premiums and 50% of dependent premiums.
• Sway pays 100% of employee's United Concordia Dental Plan.
• 401(k): 1:1 match on the first 3% of pay; 50% match on the following 2%.
• 15 Paid Vacation Days, resetting at your start date with up to a 5-day negative balance available.
• 17 Paid Holidays, including your birthday, the Monday after the Super Bowl, Juneteenth, and the full week between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day.
• Two-Hour Windows: Leave windows at the start (9–11am) and end (3–5pm) of the workday for personal appointments, not counted against PTO.
• 100% remote with occasional pre-scheduled in-person meetings and on-set requirements.
• Year-end performance bonus eligibility; additional bonuses available based on individual and company performance.
• Upskilling: 100% reimbursement for at least one approved course, workshop, or conference annually.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed