Prepress Graphics and Production for a Sign and Print Shop

Sir Speedy, Pleasantville, NY•Village of Pleasantville, NY

About The Position

A locally owned and nationally recognized Printing, Signage, and Marketing Services company in the Pleasantville, NY area is looking for an experienced Prepress Graphics and Production. We have a fast-paced, creative, and flexible work environment that empowers our employees to contribute and work independently with a solid team of experienced professionals. We work with a dynamic and interesting client base. With the tools and technologies provided, we focus on putting our energy towards creating a remarkably unparalleled experience for each and every customer. This is where our Production Team comes in! You will be working on design and print output activities associated with the Print and Sign business. You will have the opportunity to lend your keen eye to improve quality. Our Prepress Graphics person works closely with customers and our sales team, providing support with the goal of increasing sales and customer satisfaction.

Requirements

Two years’ education in graphic design, 1-year practical experience with 1 year of print production experience.
Working understanding of the dual platform, applications, such as InDesign, Microsoft Word, Acrobat, Illustrator, PowerPoint, Excel and PhotoShop.
Knowledge of PDF and postscript files and PDF plug-ins.

Nice To Haves

Provide necessary digital training to sales staff when appropriate.
Coordinate to ensure that work meets their expectations/ requirements.
Reject poor quality or incorrect jobs and notify management.
Monitor graphics and press supplies and order as needed.

Responsibilities

Perform production requirements in a timely and efficient manner.
Offer graphic design ideas, solutions, and alternatives based on customer input.
Schedule all work to meet customer time frame requirements. Monitor deadlines and report conflicts to management to establish priorities BEFORE the jobs are due.
Operate and maintain prepress computer, printer, and other equipment (PC and Mac), scanner, and RIPs.
Become proficient in the current technology for creating graphics, documents, and digital files utilizing existing equipment and materials.
Follow-up with customers on all proofs.
Monitor system for digital files sent by customers via MyDocs and e-mail.
Preflight digital files for potential problems.
Perform regular computer backup and archive customer files for safekeeping and for easy retrieval. Purge obsolete files.
Output digital files per job specifications.