Our client is a design studio based in Melbourne’s inner south-east, renowned for producing high-caliber corporate communications and reporting suites. They are looking for a meticulous freelance Finished Artist to support them through their peak reporting season, focusing on a variety of reporting projects and collateral.
  
The Role
  
We need a heavyweight Finished Artist who lives and breathes long-form documents. This isn’t a role for a generalist; you need to love the precision, speed, and strict attention to detail that high-end corporate reporting demands.

This requires someone who can pivot quickly between projects while maintaining absolute precision, speed, and strict attention to detail across every asset.

Key Responsibilities & Required Skills

Because annual reports are a unique beast, we are looking for a specialist who brings the following to the table:

• Mastery of Typographic Flow & Styles: Expert-level handling of complex character and paragraph styles, nested styles, and tracking across hundreds of pages. You know how to handle orphan lines and text wrapping without breaking a sweat.
• Data & Financial Wizardry: Deep experience typesetting intricate financial tables, balance sheets, and data-heavy sections. You can build, format, and align complex tables with absolute precision.
• Infographics & Graph Execution: Ability to interpret and clean up vector charts, graphs, and diagrams, ensuring they align perfectly with the client’s visual brand guidelines.
• Impeccable Accuracy & Version Control: Corporate reporting involves multiple rounds of stakeholder edits. You must have an eagle eye for detail and a bulletproof system for managing rapid-fire text updates and version control.
• Pre-flight & Production Excellence: Complete confidence preparing files for high-end print production.

Logistics & Availability

• Timing: You must be fully available for the duration of July (expecting 20–30 hours per week).
• June/August: Ideally, you have the capacity to pick up a day or two in late June for onboarding/kick-off, and early August for wrap-up.
• Setup: The client prefers a hybrid approach. You’ll need the flexibility to work in-house at their inner south-east studio for the initial stages of the project to get aligned with the team, with the option for off-site/remote work as the project progresses.

To Apply
  
If you are an annual report specialist who thrives on structure, logic, and beautiful typography, we want to hear from you.

Please apply with your current CV and a folio showcasing examples of long-form documents, financial tables, or corporate reporting projects you have successfully delivered.

Please note, while we would love to be able to get back to everyone, we will only respond to shortlisted applicants. We are only keen to hear from people who are Australian Residents or who have the appropriate Australian Working VISAs. Sadly, we won't be able to assist people based outside of Australia. A periodic rate of pay applies for this role. To help manage applications please no phone calls or DMs; apply here.
Additional information

• Creative Recruiters | Melbourne | Inner SE Suburbs
• Temporary Freelance Assignment; Hybrid / Onsite
• Call out to Finished Artists with extensive annual report experience.