CHILI TEMPLATE BUILDER

Role Overview

The CHILI Template Builder is responsible for creating, maintaining, and troubleshooting dynamic, web-to-print templates within the CHILI GraFx platform. This role bridges graphic design and technical implementation — turning static Adobe files into smart, data-driven templates that regional users and clients can safely customize without breaking brand standards or print specs. This is a hands-on, ticket-driven role: you'll be building, fixing, and optimizing real templates for real clients from week one.

Key Responsibilities

Template Creation & Dynamic Layouts

• Transform Adobe InDesign files and client PDFs into GraFx Publisher templates, ensuring proper document setup (size, bleed, layers, trim/printer marks).
• Convert static layouts into responsive, reusable templates — dynamic frames, smart cropping, object anchoring, and alternate layouts for fully dynamic multi-format output.

Variable & Logic Configuration

• Build complex data models using text, image, and list variables.
• Implement conditional logic and dynamic behavior using CHILI Actions.
• Manage Company Profile Groups (CPGs) to auto-populate user/company data into templates.

Integration Management

• Associate CHILI templates with items in DB Commerce (DBc) and manage the test adjust reset workflow to push changes live.

Technical Troubleshooting

• Diagnose and resolve rendering failures to determine why a high-res PDF failed to render.
• Resolve variable insertion errors, font licensing/loading issues, and slow template performance.
• Optimize complex templates to reduce load times on personalized promo items.

Asset & Environment Setup

• Organize asset libraries and folder structures.
• Partner with engineering to set up CHILI environments for new distributors.

Required Technical Skills

• Adobe Creative Suite: Proficiency in InDesign (initial layouts) and Acrobat (cleaning PDFs, removing embedded variable data). 
• Print Production Knowledge: Solid grasp of print specs — CMYK, spot colors, trim/printer marks, font embedding, preflighting, and vendor-specific export requirements.

Nice to Have

• CHILI Expertise: Deep, hands-on knowledge of the CHILI editor — Foundations, Variables, Actions, and PDF Export Settings. 

• Prior experience in a web-to-print or e-commerce personalization environment (business cards, letterhead, promo items, marketing collateral).