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Description:
Senior Photoshop Programmer
Portland, OR Studio
Description
Premier Press is one of the largest creative production companies on the West Coast, working with some of the most recognizable brands from around the world. Premier Press has been family-owned and operated for over 50 years and has always been committed to our clients and staff. If you’re someone who’s a self-starter, detail oriented and motivated to learn, this could be a great opportunity to work at an exciting and growing company. Visit our website to see our great work! http://www.premierpress.com
Our Mission: Bring order to the chaos of creative production and distribution, making it easy to bring your brand to life.
Our Vision: Create a world free from dull marketing.
Our Values:
Classification: Full-Time, non-exempt
Hourly Compensation: DOE
Reports to: Studio Manager
Schedule: Typically Monday - Friday, 8am- 5pm
Location: In-Office (no remote), 5000 N Basin Ave., Portland, OR 97217
Benefits
Key Responsibilities / Essential Functions:
Supervisory Responsibility: This position has no supervisory responsibility.
Requirements:
Work Environment: This job operates in a professional, fast-paced creative production environment that requires sustained focus, attention to detail, collaboration, and extended periods of computer-based work. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and photocopiers.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and sit; walk; use hands and fingers, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and push carts. The employee is occasionally required to stoop or kneel. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 5 pounds and occasionally lift and move objects up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Alcohol and Drug-Free Policy: We are an alcohol and drug-free workplace. Offers are contingent on the successful completion of background checks and drug screenings. (While we prohibit impairment on the job, our policy does not restrict lawful, off-duty marijuana use.)
EEO: Premier Press provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any time without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Senior Photoshop Programmer
Portland, OR Studio
Description
Premier Press is one of the largest creative production companies on the West Coast, working with some of the most recognizable brands from around the world. Premier Press has been family-owned and operated for over 50 years and has always been committed to our clients and staff. If you’re someone who’s a self-starter, detail oriented and motivated to learn, this could be a great opportunity to work at an exciting and growing company. Visit our website to see our great work! http://www.premierpress.com
Our Mission: Bring order to the chaos of creative production and distribution, making it easy to bring your brand to life.
Our Vision: Create a world free from dull marketing.
Our Values:
- Go Beyond
- Discover New Ways & Ideas
- Respect Ourselves, Each Other, and Our Community
- Deliver the Best Client Experience
Classification: Full-Time, non-exempt
Hourly Compensation: DOE
Reports to: Studio Manager
Schedule: Typically Monday - Friday, 8am- 5pm
Location: In-Office (no remote), 5000 N Basin Ave., Portland, OR 97217
Benefits
- Health insurance (100% employer-paid premiums)
- Basic Life Insurance (employer paid)
- Dental & Vision Insurance (low-cost premium)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Mass-Transit Reimbursement Program helps employees save on commuting costs
- 401k with annual profit sharing
- Paid Time Off, increases with tenure
- Paid Holidays
Key Responsibilities / Essential Functions:
- Develop automation solutions for Photoshop and image-production workflows using JavaScript and C
- Create new tools that increase production speed, efficiency, consistency, and capacity
- Automate repetitive or time-consuming Photoshop and image-processing tasks
- Develop solutions for automated image generation, processing, file preparation, and production workflows
- Maintain, troubleshoot, and improve existing scripts and automation systems
- Work directly with retouchers to understand their workflow and identify opportunities for automation
- Other duties. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice
Supervisory Responsibility: This position has no supervisory responsibility.
Requirements:
- 5 years of professional Photoshop experience
- 5 years of C programming experience
- 5 years of JavaScript programming/scripting experience
- Strong knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Creative Suite
- Experience creating Photoshop scripts, automation, tools, plugins, or related production solutions
- Experience troubleshooting and improving existing automation
- Strong understanding of digital imaging and creative-production workflows
- Photoshop SDK or plugin development
- Photoshop Actions and advanced scripting
- Automated batch processing
- Image-generation or image-processing systems
- MacOS development
- Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems
- Database integration
- File-system and production workflow automation
- Experience working in a commercial photography, retouching, advertising, or creative-production environment
- High attention to detail
- Efficient time management, prioritization & multitasking skills
- Great problem-solving skills
- Exceptional customer service
- Understands that the best automation isn't necessarily the most complicated but is the solution that makes the production team's work easier
- Is curious about new technology and constantly looking for ways to improve workflows
Work Environment: This job operates in a professional, fast-paced creative production environment that requires sustained focus, attention to detail, collaboration, and extended periods of computer-based work. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and photocopiers.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and sit; walk; use hands and fingers, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and push carts. The employee is occasionally required to stoop or kneel. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 5 pounds and occasionally lift and move objects up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Alcohol and Drug-Free Policy: We are an alcohol and drug-free workplace. Offers are contingent on the successful completion of background checks and drug screenings. (While we prohibit impairment on the job, our policy does not restrict lawful, off-duty marijuana use.)
EEO: Premier Press provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any time without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.