Junior Designer / Production Artist

Monmouth Trading Cards

Junior Designer / Production Artist at Pulse Trading Cards creating and preparing trading card product files. Collaborating with creative teams to ensure production accuracy and quality.

Posted 7/24/2026full-timeRemote • Arizona, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesJunior💰 $50,000 - $65,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in print production fundamentals and file preparation, with strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator and Photoshop. Capable of managing high-volume production tasks while maintaining attention to detail and quality across various card products.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Adobe Creative Suite ProficiencyPrint Production FundamentalsFile Preparation for Specialty FinishesAttention to DetailPhoto-Editing Fundamentals

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Hard Skills

Print ProductionLayout DesignFile PreparationImage RetouchingTypographyDielinesColor CorrectionVersion ControlExport SpecificationsProduction Accuracy

Soft Skills

Collaborative MindsetAttention to Detail

Tools & Technologies

Adobe IllustratorAdobe Photoshop

Industry Keywords

Card ProductsPrint CollateralProduction FilesPackagingRetail DisplaysProofingPrepressSpecialty StocksLaminatesCoatings

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and prepare production files for trading card products, including base cards, inserts, autograph cards, parallels, checklists, packaging, retail displays, sell sheets, and supporting print collateral.
Work within established card templates and product systems to create accurate card layouts across athletes, teams, partners, variants, SKUs, and release formats.
Prepare print-ready files with precision, including bleeds, trim, safe zones, dielines, spot colors, foils, finishes, coatings, overprint settings, export specs, and vendor requirements.
Execute high-volume production tasks such as copy swaps, image placement, layout updates, card backs, versioning, resizing, checklist updates, and print file exports.
Process and retouch photography for card and packaging use, including color correction, cleanup, cutouts, masking, compositing basics, background removal, and preparing images to spec.
Help maintain consistency across large card sets, ensuring typography, spacing, alignment, image treatment, logos, legal copy, numbering, and production details are accurate across all files.
Package and organize working files, links, fonts, specs, references, proofs, and final exports so projects stay clean, searchable, and production-ready.
Review files for quality and accuracy before handoff, checking for common print and production issues before they reach vendors.
Support proofing rounds, spec checks, revision updates, and production handoff with print vendors as needed.
Create occasional supporting marketing or digital assets from approved templates when connected to a product release, such as web graphics, email images, social graphics, or launch materials.

Requirements

What you’ll need

2-3+ years of design and production experience with a portfolio that shows strong print, layout, production, or packaging-related work.
Strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, especially Illustrator and Photoshop.
A solid understanding of print production fundamentals, including CMYK workflows, resolution, bleeds, trim, safe zones, dielines, spot colors, proofing, prepress, and vendor handoff.
Experience preparing files for specialty print finishes, including foil, spot UV, embossing, debossing, die cuts, specialty stocks, laminates, coatings, and other production treatments.
Strong attention to detail and a careful eye for alignment, spacing, typography, image quality, file setup, and production accuracy.
Strong file hygiene, including clean layers, consistent naming, organized links, packaged files, version control, and accurate exports.
Comfort working within established templates, design systems, and production guidelines while keeping quality high and turnaround efficient.
Photo-editing fundamentals, including retouching, masking, cutouts, cleanup, compositing basics, and preparing images for print.
Ability to manage repetitive, detail-heavy production work without losing accuracy or consistency.
A collaborative mindset and willingness to take direction, ask good questions, and help keep projects moving smoothly.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Dental insurance
Flexible schedule
Free food & snacks
Health insurance
Opportunity for advancement
Paid time off
Training & development
Vision insurance