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Applications close Friday 29 September, 2017, with interview priority given to more immediate applications.
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At The Distillery, we believe that creativity is best seen, felt and experienced.
As the world is digitised, we see the beauty and power of tactility, craft and specialty print continue to rise. Each day we strive to inspire imagination – not automation. We cherish the human skills of using our hands – not eyeballs glued to screens; And we believe in harnessing our heritage – to help boldly shape our future.
With an eye on tomorrow, The Distillery is seeking to educate, train and employ Sydney’s future creative leaders. Creative Printmakers are the new generation of design-skilled craftspeople, specialising first in letterpress printmaking.
The Distillery is a creative studio, specialising in crafting brands, luxury stationery, and events. Headquartered in Darlinghurst, Sydney, we’re all about the idea of seeing, feeling and experiencing design.
We specialise in positioning our clients in effective ways, often commercially, but always with soul, depth and meaning. As a full-service agency of artists and craftspeople, we don’t just dream up the big ideas, we bring them into the world with our own hands too.
As creative professionals with a passion for tactility, our creative agency offers branding and creative services to leading organisations and individuals. As a production studio, we offer letterpress, foil and specialty printing, packaging, and craft production services to some of the world’s leading luxury brands, businesses, and engaged couples. We love helping anyone passionate about paper, craft and tangibility.
One of the world’s oldest trades, re-imagined for 2017.
The Distillery’s Creative Printmaker Traineeship is suited for those seeking long term, learning and employment opportunities in the fields of printing, craft and design. It is a rare opportunity to patiently learn a beautiful and at times frustrating craft, while being paid a wage.
The traineeship is not an avenue for you to tick a box, or move onto something new, again. It’s not an Instagram photo, a three month hurrah, or an escape from a bad patch of freelance graphic design. It’s a serious decision (perhaps with 80% confidence), to invest your career direction towards the trade of printing.
If you are successful, you would join a highly motivated, successful and like-minded team of creative professionals who are multi-disciplinary skilled. At The Distillery, learning to print is often a starting point to diverse and rewarding career of commercial creativity. Since 2011, we have a proud history of helping shape the careers of some of Australia’s leading craft-skilled creatives.
Joining The Distillery’s Production Team, you would be intensively trained and educated to master the following skills including:
The traineeship is not suitable for everyone. From our experience, the following 7 qualities are non-negotiable requirements. Do you have them all?
You must be available either 3, 4, or 5 days per week (M to F) for a period of 12 continuous weeks. During this probationary period, you will be employed under the Graphic Arts, Printing and Publishing Award, commencing at Level 1.
If successful during your probationary period, depending on the needs of the studio, you may be offered permanent employment to join The Distillery in a full-time, part-time, or casual capacity. We want to help you grow in depth and breadth, so you can help us grow with you.
We are also keen to chat further if you have existing mid-level skills (3+years FT) in the following disciplines we are also seeking: branding, graphic, digital or stationery design.
In addition to your salary, superannuation and leave entitlements, with approval you will also be eligible for letterpress print and resources for your own personal projects.
Most importantly, The Distillery has a friendly, go-getting positive culture, and we are all driven by happiness and success in the evolving creative industry. This often turns the idea of ‘going to work’ into having an enjoyable day in Darlinghurst.
Applications close Friday 29 September, 2017, with interview priority given to more immediate applications.