[Hiring] Senior Production Artist @ICON plc

Role Description

The Senior Production Artist is a highly skilled production and layout specialist responsible for developing, formatting, and delivering complex scientific communications materials, with a primary focus on high-volume scientific poster production for medical congresses. This role serves as a subject matter expert in scientific poster production and production workflows, ensuring the highest standards of quality, accuracy, consistency, and compliance across all deliverables.

Working closely with cross-functional teams, the Senior Production Artist provides technical expertise, production guidance, and innovative solutions while supporting studio-wide production initiatives, print-ready file packaging, and process improvements in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

• Lead the production, formatting, and layout of scientific posters, clinical trial deliverables, and other scientific communications materials utilizing expert-level Adobe InDesign skills.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects, ensuring high-quality deliverables are completed accurately and on schedule.
• Prepare, review, and package final production files for print and digital distribution, including preflight checks and release activities.
• Conduct comprehensive quality control reviews to ensure compliance with client, regulatory, editorial, and congress-specific requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients to provide technical expertise, production guidance, and solutions to complex formatting challenges.
• Serve as a production subject matter expert while driving process improvements through the development and maintenance of InDesign templates, libraries, style sheets, workflows, quality standards, and production best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, visual communications, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 6+ years of experience as a Production Artist, Senior Production Artist, or in a related production-focused role with experience within pharmaceutical, healthcare, medical communications, scientific publishing, or agency environments preferred.
• Demonstrated experience producing high-volume scientific posters, figure redraws, and other scientific communications deliverables in a deadline-driven environment.
• Expert proficiency in Adobe InDesign and advanced working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat) including complex document formatting, style sheets, templates, and production workflows.
• Advanced knowledge of print production, file preparation, quality assurance processes, and release packaging activities.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Portfolio demonstrating expertise in scientific poster production, complex document formatting, and publication-ready deliverables; flexibility to support occasional evening and weekend work during peak congress periods.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify and resolve production, formatting, and quality issues.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams and client groups.

Requirements

• Employment with ICON is contingent upon having the legal right to work in the country where the role is based.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and performance related incentives.
• Health and wellbeing programmes including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable.
• Retirement and pension plans.
• Life assurance and disability coverage.
• Employee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources.
• Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways.
• Benefits may vary depending on role and location.