Graphic Designer and Prepress

Crown Mark Design and Printing; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 67,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

Crown Mark Design and Printing in Abu Dhabi seeks an experienced Graphic Designer & Offset Printing Prepress In-Charge to lead prepress operations and ensure top-quality printing output. You will develop designs for brochures, catalogs, packaging, and promotional materials, while ensuring correctness of color separation and file preparation for production.

The role requires strong coordination with production, finishing, sales, and customer service teams to meet deadlines and minimize waste,

Qualifications

• Experienced Graphic Designer & Offset Printing Prepress In-Charge with strong knowledge of commercial printing, graphic design, artwork preparation, color separation, printing imposition, and CTP workflows.
• Skilled in managing prepress production, ensuring print quality, troubleshooting technical issues, and coordinating with offset printing and finishing departments.

Responsibilities

• Manage and supervise daily graphic design and offset printing prepress operations to ensure smooth production workflow.
• Create and develop professional designs for brochures, catalogs, packaging, labels, flyers, business cards, posters, books, and other commercial printing materials.
• Prepare and verify print-ready artwork according to offset printing production requirements.
• Perform CMYK color separation, spot color management, and Pantone color matching to maintain printing accuracy.
• Check artwork for correct dimensions, bleed, margins, trim marks, registration marks, image resolution, and font compatibility.
• Handle PDF preflight, artwork corrections, and print-ready PDF file preparation.
• Prepare and verify printing impositions, including page sequencing, signatures, sheet layouts, and folding arrangements.
• Manage Computer-to-Plate (CTP) workflows and coordinate plate output for offset printing machines.
• Inspect digital proofs, color proofs, and final artwork before plate production.
• Coordinate with printing machine operators to resolve registration, color, layout, and other technical printing issues.
• Ensure accurate preparation of files for single-color, two-color, four-color (CMYK), and spot-color offset printing.
• Coordinate with production, finishing, sales, and customer service departments to meet job specifications and delivery deadlines.
• Troubleshoot prepress errors, including missing fonts, low-resolution images, incorrect color profiles, overprinting, and transparency issues.
• Maintain organized artwork files, production records, job specifications, and approved final designs.
• Supervise prepress staff, assign daily tasks, monitor production progress, and maintain quality standards.
• Minimize material wastage, printing errors, and production delays through proper prepress quality control.

Skills

Graphic Design

Offset Printing

Prepress Management

Color Separation

CTP Workflows

Imposition

Color Matching

Team Supervision

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

CorelDRAW

Adobe Acrobat Pro

Job description

Job Responsibilities

• Manage and supervise daily graphic design and offset printing prepress operations to ensure smooth production workflow.

• Create and develop professional designs for brochures, catalogs, packaging, labels, flyers, business cards, posters, books, and other commercial printing materials.

• Prepare and verify print-ready artwork according to offset printing production requirements.

• Perform CMYK color separation, spot color management, and Pantone color matching to maintain printing accuracy.

• Check artwork for correct dimensions, bleed, margins, trim marks, registration marks, image resolution, and font compatibility.

• Handle PDF preflight, artwork corrections, and print-ready PDF file preparation.

• Prepare and verify printing impositions, including page sequencing, signatures, sheet layouts, and folding arrangements.

• Manage Computer-to-Plate (CTP) workflows and coordinate plate output for offset printing machines.

• Inspect digital proofs, color proofs, and final artwork before plate production.

• Coordinate with printing machine operators to resolve registration, color, layout, and other technical printing issues.

• Ensure accurate preparation of files for single-color, two-color, four-color (CMYK), and spot-color offset printing.

• Coordinate with production, finishing, sales, and customer service departments to meet job specifications and delivery deadlines.

• Troubleshoot prepress errors, including missing fonts, low-resolution images, incorrect color profiles, overprinting, and transparency issues.

• Maintain organized artwork files, production records, job specifications, and approved final designs.

• Supervise prepress staff, assign daily tasks, monitor production progress, and maintain quality standards.

• Minimize material wastage, printing errors, and production delays through proper prepress quality control.

Technical Skills

Graphic Design Software

• Adobe Illustrator

• Adobe Photoshop

• Adobe InDesign

• CorelDRAW

• Adobe Acrobat Pro

Offset Printing & Prepress

• Print-ready artwork preparation

• CMYK and spot color separation

• Pantone color matching

• Color management and ICC profiles

• PDF preflight and print production

• CTP plate preparation and output

• Printing imposition and signature layouts

• RIP workflow and file processing

• Trapping, overprinting, and knockout settings

• Bleed, crop marks, registration marks, and trim settings

• Image resolution and print quality checking

• Digital and hard-copy proof verification

Printing Production Knowledge

• Sheet-fed offset printing

• Single-color and multicolor printing

• Paper sizes, GSM, and paper selection

• Packaging and commercial printing

• Booklet and catalog production

• Folding, cutting, binding, and finishing requirements

• Print production planning and quality control

• Artwork troubleshooting and production coordination

Management & Professional Skills

• Prepress department supervision

• Team coordination and task allocation

• Production scheduling and deadline management

• Quality assurance and error prevention

• Problem-solving and technical troubleshooting

• Communication with clients and production teams

• Time management and multitasking

Desired Candidate Profile

Experienced Graphic Designer & Offset Printing Prepress In-Charge with strong knowledge of commercial printing, graphic design, artwork preparation, color separation, printing imposition, and CTP workflows. Skilled in managing prepress production, ensuring print quality, troubleshooting technical issues, and coordinating with offset printing and finishing departments. Proficient in industry-standard graphic design software, with a strong focus on accuracy, productivity, quality control, and on-time job completion