Print Production Specialist
About The Position
The Print Production Specialist designs electronic and printed materials, illustrations, publications, displays, and other media for customer applications. The role uses professional graphic design tools to create visual materials, manipulate files, and support print and finishing operations. It translates customer concepts into designs that meet business needs and quality requirements, while coordinating with clients, staff, printers, publishers, and other stakeholders. The position is onsite in Charleston, South Carolina, for a three-month contract, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Candidates offered the role must successfully complete a background check and drug test as a condition of employment.
Requirements
- Minimum of three years of related job experience.
- Graphic design and layout skills.
- Ability to use desktop publishing tools, including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Macromedia FreeHand, QuarkXPress, PageMaker, Flash, Dreamweaver, CorelDRAW, and Microsoft Office applications.
- Strong customer focus, creativity, flexibility, and attention to detail.
- Ability to meet deadlines and handle customer feedback or rejection.
- Good vision and hand-eye coordination.
- Ability to work independently and professionally.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, stand for up to eight hours, and walk through a warehouse.
- Ability to perform tasks involving walking, standing, bending, reaching, lifting, and carrying.
- Ability to use a calculator, keyboard, and basic hand tools.
- Ability to communicate with internal teams, customers, agencies, vendors, and the general public.
- Ability to work in a standard office environment with normal lighting, ventilation, temperature, and noise levels.
- Ability to resolve work problems using established procedures and develop alternatives when needed.
Nice To Haves
- Four-year college degree in Commercial Art, Graphic Design, or related coursework or certifications; equivalent years of related work experience accepted.
- Copy or offset printing experience.
- Project management experience.
Responsibilities
- Follow service excellence performance requirements.
- Translate and develop artistic concepts into visual designs and turn customers’ basic ideas into graphic materials that meet business needs.
- Provide graphic design consultation through meetings and projects.
- Design and produce camera-ready artwork, including graphs, charts, clip art, posters, digitized graphics, line art, and photographs.
- Produce technical and scientific illustrations for presentations and publications as required.
- Meet customer quality and design requirements and provide multiple design ideas when possible.
- Keep up with industry trends, ideas, and technologies, and use innovation to meet design requirements within cost, time, and client constraints.
- Follow legal requirements related to duplication, printing, software, and fonts.
- Meet production schedules and deadlines.
- Consult with clients and staff to identify graphic needs, budget constraints, and project deadlines.
- Serve as a liaison between clients, printers, and publishers.
- Review proofs and coordinate with printers on printed-material production.
- Maintain graphic or photographic libraries and digital records as required.
- Provide technical computer support and install software programs as required.
- Coordinate and lead other designers as required.
- Create property identities using logos, layouts, and color palettes.
- Use various media, including photography and computer-aided design.
- Manipulate and create files and support print and finishing operations.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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