Equator Design

Role Description As a Retoucher at Marks, you will play a critical role in ensuring the high-quality and consistency of our digital assets. Your responsibilities will include: - Retouching and enhancing images. - Collaborating with CGI artists, photographers, art directors, producers, and our wider creative teams in the UK and overseas. - Working on industry-leading consumer packaged goods and premium brand Toy and Technology projects. Key Responsibilities - Utilize advanced retouching techniques to enhance and perfect digital images, maintaining the intended style and aesthetic. - Work closely with CGI artists, producers, photographers, and art directors to understand project objectives and deliver retouched images that align with creative visions. - Provide constructive feedback and guidance to other team members to elevate the quality of our collective creative output. - Conduct final quality checks to eliminate errors and ensure images are client ready. - Propose and implement process improvements for increased efficiency and quality. Skills and Abilities - Correct color, exposure, and composition with precision and attention to detail. - Firm understanding of light and color. - Engage with clients & creative teams to understand their specific retouching needs and ensure client satisfaction. - Demonstrated ability to work with remote teams efficiently. - Stay current with industry trends, technology, and AI integration to remain relevant and innovative. - Proactive attitude with the ability to take ownership of projects from start to finish. - Excellent attention to detail and the ability to maintain consistency across a large volume of images. - Strong communication skills for effective collaboration with team members and clients. Quality Control - Conduct final quality checks to eliminate errors and ensure images are client ready. - Review the work of other colleagues to ensure consistency and quality across all projects. Client Interaction - Engage with clients to understand their specific retouching needs and ensure client satisfaction while building confidence and strong partnerships. Qualifications - 4+ years of experience as a retoucher in a commercial photography or creative agency. - A strong portfolio showcasing your expertise in image retouching and your understanding of brand building and design. - Advanced knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and other relevant retouching software. - Advanced knowledge of color correction, image compositing, and non-destructive editing. - Experience working in a CGI-led environment, or with 3D design tools. - Interest in industry trends and emerging retouching techniques to continually enhance workflows and capabilities. - Experience and interest working in AI and emerging technologies. - Proven ability to work effectively with remote team members. Company Description Propelis is a go-to-market ecosystem that enables marketers to move their brands forward with greater speed, clarity, and confidence. Our broad range of integrated solutions include: - Brand creative - Packaging - Print solutions - Branded environments - Content production Services are delivered through our family of brands: SGX, Marks, Equator, Collide, and 5Flow. With a combined legacy spanning more than 150 years, Propelis commences operations with 10,000 employees in 30+ countries, nearly $1 billion in annual sales, and a diverse client base of over 2,000 leading companies.

Role Description We’re seeking an eCommerce Strategy Director to elevate content performance and drive digital shelf success for a major CPG client. In this role you’ll be serving as a dedicated strategic partner to drive their brand’s digital performance. In the future, this role may transition to a shared bench of eCommerce strategy expertise, supporting multiple clients. Your deep expertise in SEO, content performance, and retailer strategies will aid in translating complex business challenges into tailored, scalable eCommerce solutions that drive conversion, brand affinity, and market leadership. This leader will bring the right mix of strategic thinking, platform expertise, and content fluency to guide how our client shows up across key retailers like Amazon, Walmart, and Target—and how we as an agency can scale our strategic offerings. This is a remote role with preference to candidates in Chicago or Toronto. Qualifications - 5–8 years of eCommerce experience in content strategy, digital shelf optimization, or performance marketing - Deep knowledge of major retailer platforms (Amazon, Walmart, Target, etc.), SEO, PDP strategy, and content syndication tools - Experience with platforms like Helium 10, Walmart Connect, Amazon Ads / Vendor Central, Profitero, Stackline, Salsify, Vizit, or similar - Experience translating insights into action—from audits to optimization roadmaps - Strong communicator and presenter who can simplify the complex and align stakeholders - Highly collaborative and proactive, with experience partnering across creative, copy, insights, and client service teams - Understanding of retailer and Google algorithms - Expertise in industry best practices and a proactive approach to incorporating new techniques and tools into content strategies - Experience developing omnichannel comms plans that include eCommerce and retail conversion - Strong understanding of major retail media platforms - Amazon and Walmart - Off-line shopper marketing strategy experience in the CPG category - Occasional travel either locally, nationally, and/or internationally may be required Requirements - Serve as a strategic partner to client teams—turning business goals into actionable eCommerce content strategies - Lead digital shelf and SEO-driven content strategy across key retailers and DTC platforms - Build frameworks that define what “best-in-class” looks like across PDPs and brand storefronts - Translate data and insights into performance-boosting content strategies and roadmaps - Lead client presentations and work sessions to align on strategy and measure progress - Guide copy and creative teams with content best practices across Amazon, Walmart, Target, and other retailers - Audit content regularly to identify opportunities for optimization or syndication - Recommend content variations and enhancements tailored to platform algorithms, requirements, capabilities and shopper behavior - Stay ahead of algorithm changes, retailer updates, and eCommerce trends - Partner with insights teams to analyze content health, SEO performance, and retail KPIs - Make data-backed recommendations to continuously improve content effectiveness - Collaborate with analytics to connect e-commerce results to broader marketing impact/full funnel effectiveness - Support tool evaluation, both internal and external client tools (Helium 10, Jungle Scout, Salsify, Profitero, Stackline, etc.) to improve performance visibility and tracking - Support the development of reusable tools, templates, and best practices - Responsibility to contribute to business impact and client revenue growth - Share thought leadership internally and contribute to client RFPs or case studies - Help elevate overall eComm IQ across internal teams through informal mentoring and knowledge sharing Benefits - Group benefits currently include a selection of health care plans with prescription drug coverage - Dental plan - Vision plan - Basic and supplemental life insurance - Flexible spending account for medical and dependent care expenses or a health savings account based on plan selection - Short/long term disability - 401(k) Savings Plan

Agency Overview Marks is a brand design and experience agency that is uniquely constructed to enable brands to win in an age of constant change. Fueled by our dual vantage points – embedded partners and future-forward experts – we build brand momentum to move fast, move forward, and move confidently. As a full-service agency, our expertise extends across all facets of the branding spectrum: strategy, innovation, design, adaptation, integrated marketing communications. Together, we are 800+ people across 16 studios and 10 countries. Marks is part of SGS & Co, a brand impact group built with the agility and inventiveness that enables our clients to thrive. Our sister company, SGS, is an integrated packaging and marketing company. Together, we shift brands to impact. Position Overview The seasoned senior project manager plays a pivotal role in supporting the Project Management team across diverse accounts and client projects. This role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams, and direct client engagement if required. In addition to ensuring project delivery within established timelines, budgets, and scope, at the senior level, you will guide and mentor junior team members and be involved with any process improvements needed. Key Responsibilities • Project Leadership: Spearhead a diverse range of client projects, ensuring exceptional quality, adherence to deadlines, and alignment with budget constraints. Implement robust project plans and workflows, capitalizing on your comprehensive understanding of creative and design project life cycle. Proven ability to manage large volumes of work. • Client and Internal Collaboration: Act as a central communication hub among clients, Client Service teams, and internal departments including Creative, Design, Content, Operations and Studio. Foster positive relationships and efficient collaboration to achieve project objectives. • Process Improvement: Actively contribute to the optimization of project management processes, increasing efficiency and effectiveness across client and internal projects. Leverage project management tools and techniques to enhance team workflow and project tracking, and proactively identify potential roadblocks, offering strategic solutions to keep projects on track. • Resource Coordination: Coordinate resource allocation in partnership with studio operations, internal schedulers, ensuring availability and optimal deployment of talent and resources needed for project success. PM load level, notifying PM Director of any capacity issues. Also advising when the team has capacity to take on more work. • Training/Onboarding: Able to provide training/guidance/mentorship to junior team members Project specific responsibilities • Develops and maintains production execution plans, including documentation of project scope, implementation of QC plan, objectives, deliverables, key milestones, timelines, schedules, internal and external resources, project dashboards, etc. • Communicates the status of production/manufacturing in respect to overall project schedule, requirements, Deadlines, and structure to all necessary departments and team members. •Ensuring that projects flow seamlessly from conception through to completion, embodying the highest standards of quality, budget adherence, and timeliness. • Monitor project progress, handle issues and escalations that arise, document and follow up on critical actions, decisions, issues and risks. • Develop a detailed project plan/tracker to monitor and track progress. • Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation. • Develop thorough understanding of internal team operations and processes. • Manage changes to the project scope, schedule, and costs (working with CS to ensure all costs are captured). • Review and validate mandatory project information required prior to project kick-off. • Verify information is accurate on design briefs, and specifications received from the account team and/or client. • Procure all assets (dielines, copy, packaging/printer specs, reference materials) needed for studio and provide flexible solutions to potential production roadblocks. • Work within our project management tool to write up work orders, and create project tasks for the studio. • Facilitate/lead accurate and clear briefing to the creative team and/or Adaptive team in a timely fashion in partnership with CS. • Act as a liaison between the creative team, external partners, and the account team to obtain missing information and materials. • Set up and/or attend technical review of projects via pre-pro meetings or onboarding meetings providing valuable insight into project process and next steps. • Provide the final rounds of QA on all assets – checking all design files to ensure work has been executed to the client brief prior to releasing for final delivery. • Lead and/or participate in post-mortem meetings to review and provide insight on completed projects. • Report and escalate issues to management as needed. •Evaluates engineered drawings to identify potential production plans and internal/external suppliers • Scopes and procures work to external partners to fill gaps where applicable to overall production plan • Actively manages relationships, project schedules, and quality with external suppliers Prerequisites • BA or higher in Graphic Management Services (concentration in packaging is an asset), or Design or in Marketing/Business Administration. • 6+ years proven experience in project management, preferably in a design environment (concentration in packaging preferred). • Profound understanding of branding, design, and print-production processes, including knowledge of Flexo, Litho, and Gravure printing techniques. • Excellent communication skills, leadership qualities, and the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced agency setting. • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, Teams, Outlook), project management platforms, and potentially Adobe software suite, with a focus on solution-oriented approaches and critical thinking. • Intermediate ability to read/interpret engineered drawings Personal Attributes: • Demonstrated ability to lead by example, fostering a collaborative team environment while driving for results. • A solutions-oriented mindset with unparalleled attention to detail, strong analytical skills, and a proactive problem-solving approach. • Organized, a self-starter able to prioritize effectively, and possesses a deep interest in brand stewardship and project management excellence. About Propelis: Propelis is a portfolio of global marketing services and technology companies with a combined legacy of 150+ years, 2,000+ clients, 9,000 employees, and operations across 30 countries. Propelis provides the scale and support of a global organization while preserving the unique culture and identity of each company in its portfolio. For more information visit: www.MakeMarks.com EEO Statement: We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We offer equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled. We strive to make our employment website and application process accessible to all users and applicants. In doing so, we provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation or assistance completing the application process, please contact a member of our Human Resource Team. Flex Force employees are part of our extended workforce and support our teams on an as-needed basis to meet changing business demands. Flex Force roles are designed to supplement staff during peak periods or for specific projects. Flex Force positions operate under a flexible, project-based work arrangement that differs from traditional full-time or part-time roles. Schedules vary based on business needs, and hours are not guaranteed on a weekly basis. There may be periods with limited or no work between assignments; however, Flex Force employees may remain active members of our workforce and may be re-engaged as new opportunities arise! Unless otherwise noted, Flex Force roles do not have a standard schedule or a defined end date. ur salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. This is a remote position in the US. We are open to candidates in various states, with the exception of those residing in the following: AK, DC, ME, NH, NM, OK, HI, MS, MT, NV, NE, ND, SD, VT, WY, WV Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $30 - $35 USD hourly. Ultimately, in determining pay, we will consider the successful candidate’s location, experience, and other job-related factors.