Corporate Artwork Technician

Date:  May 13, 2025
Department:  Corporate Quality Operations
Job Type:  Direct Employee
Business Area:  Industrial Operations & HSE
Contract Type:  Permanent
Location: 

Parma, IT

About us

Based in Parma, Italy, Chiesi is an international research-focused pharmaceutical and healthcare group with over 85 years’ experience, operating in 30 countries with more than 6,000 employees (Chiesi Group). To achieve its mission of improving people’s quality of life by acting responsibly towards society and the environment, the Group researches, develops and markets innovative drugs in its main therapeutic areas: Discover more here

We are proud to be the largest global pharmaceutical group to be awarded B Corp Certification, a recognition of high social and environmental standards. We are a reliable company that adopts and promotes a transparent and ethical behavior at all levels.

We believe that the success of Chiesi is built and shaped by our people and our strong set of shared Values and Behaviors. Our people make a critical difference to our success, which is why it is vital that we attract and retain the right talent who will continue to enrich our culture by living and breathing our values and behaviors.

We are committed to embrace diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities. In fact, we are a global family made up of different cultures, different genders, generations, ethnicities, abilities, sexual identities and many other enriching diversities. 

Chiesi Global Manufacturing Division

Chiesi Group has three production plants:

Parma (Italy), the strategic hub for the production and distribution of our products, serving as an international supply center with exports to over 80 countries. Here, solid medicines such as tablets and dry powders for inhalers, solutions and suspensions for inhalations and sterile suspension vials for endotracheal administration are produced.

In 2024, a new Biotech Centre of Excellence has launched in Parma. The new facility is dedicated to developing and producing monoclonal antibodies, enzymes, and other proteins.

Blois-La Chaussée Saint Victor plant (France), a center of excellence specializing in the production of Dry Powder Inhalers and Metered Dose Inhalers (MDIs). The site manages direct distribution to customers in the French market and exports to other markets, effectively meeting both local and international needs.

Santana de Parnaiba (Brazil), specialized in the production of pressurized solutions and suspensions for inhalation therapy (pMDIs). Additionally, it has an area dedicated to nasal sprays for the European market. Santana produces pressurised solutions and suspensions for inhalation therapy (MDI).

In 2025, a new investment in Nerviano (Italy) has been announced with the construction of a new facility which will be primarily dedicated to manufacturing carbon minimal inhalers (reinforcing the company’s commitment to both patients’ health and sustainable healthcare solutions), dry powder inhalers and sterile biological products.

Purpose

Within the Global Quality Operations, we are seeking for a collaborator specialized in supporting the artwork process for affiliates and partners under his/her own responsibility. 
This position provides operational support for artwork management, collaborating with cross-functional team members and external service providers as required.
The role is based in Parma (Italy), in the Global Product Compliance team.
 

Main Responsibilities

The collaborator will actively perform graphic-related activities for products marked across all countries where a Chiesi affiliate or a commercial partner is present. Specifically, the collaborator will:

  • Manage activities related to printed materials autonomously, coordinating and involving the relevant stakeholders both internally (Chiesi) and externally (CMOs, service providers, etc.);
  • Collect and conduct preliminary analysis of all information, data and files needed to prepare an artwork;
  • Technically analyze and verify the artwork, to ensure its compliance to the production lines and to the regulatory requests;
  • Manage, upload and check the status of drafts and approved files in the identified system;
  • Guarantee the compliance of secondary packaging materials use in accordance with what approved by affiliates/partners and as agreed with Supply Chain teams;
  • Collect information about new product launches and ensure the launch plan feasibility coordinating all activities required;
  • Collaborate with the Supply Chain teams and support launches and lifecycle of products within the scheduled timings;
  • Participate in regulatory inspections as required;
  • Complete and oversee KPIs;
  • Update internal procedures, if needed.

Experience Required

3 years in the pharmaceutical industry, preferably 1+ years in Quality departments

Education

Master’s degree in scientific (e.g. Engineering, CTF, etc.), arts (e.g. Economics, Foreign Languages, etc.) or other relevant disciplines

Languages

English: fluent (spoken and written)

Technical Skills

  • Knowledge of primary/secondary packaging materials and production lines and/or artworks 
  • Knowledge of multi-layered PDFX and typographical basics
  • Knowledge of GMPs, at least basic level
  • Experience with the company’s ERP (SAP)
  • Experience with text verification tools (i.e. TVT, DocuProof) will be considered a plus

Soft Skills

  • Quality orientation
  • Attention to details
  • Analytical skills
  • Planning and organizational skills
  • Communication skills

What we offer

You would join a dynamic, fast-growing, challenging and friendly environment.
In Chiesi we firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, that is why we invest in continuous training, learning and development. Therefore, we strive to continuously promote and satisfy development needs, paying particular attention to the quality of our working environment and to collective well-being.
We want our people to come to work happy every day, and we know how important it is to find the right work-life balance in order to be able to give our best. That is why we offer flexible working approach, remote working, support in the relocation process, tax assistance service for foreign colleagues and many other people-care services.

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