Prepress & Print Design Technician III
About The Position
Printing Services is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Prepress & Print Design Technician III to serve as a senior technical resource supporting the prepress and production preparation workflow within our print environment. This role centers on advanced prepress operations, including evaluating, preparing, and optimizing files for production, resolving complex or non-standard issues, and ensuring files meet quality, accessibility, and production requirements across print and digital projects. This position operates with a high degree of independence and judgment, serving as an escalation point for higher-risk or atypical prepress challenges. The role supports efficient production by balancing print quality, schedules, and technical constraints, while also mentoring staff and student employees, contributing to workflow and webstore improvements, and collaborating with clients and production teams to ensure production-ready outcomes.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent
- 5 years of related experience
- Legally authorized to work in the U.S. on an ongoing basis without sponsorship
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in a printing services or production print environment.
- Experience working in a higher education setting.
- Experience using prepress software to prepare digital and wide-format print files.
- Experience supporting promotional or marketing materials, including design or production work.
- Experience with web design or managing/supporting web storefront functionality, including familiarity with mail processing software or variable-data/mailing list workflows.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a senior technical resource supporting the prepress and production preparation workflow.
- Evaluate, prepare, and optimize files for production.
- Resolve complex or non-standard issues.
- Ensure files meet quality, accessibility, and production requirements across print and digital projects.
- Operate with a high degree of independence and judgment.
- Serve as an escalation point for higher-risk or atypical prepress challenges.
- Support efficient production by balancing print quality, schedules, and technical constraints.
- Mentor staff and student employees.
- Contribute to workflow and webstore improvements.
- Collaborate with clients and production teams to ensure production-ready outcomes.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health and work-life benefits
- Medical and dental
- Retirement benefits including defined benefit and defined contribution plans
- Generous vacation, holiday, and sick time and leave plans
- Onsite childcare (Ames, Iowa)
- Life insurance and long-term disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Various voluntary benefits and discounts
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellbeing program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
