Lead Flexo Prepress & Repro Specialist

Harrison Scott Associates; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Harrison Scott Associates is partnering with a respected printing and packaging business to recruit an experienced technical prepress professional. You will manage the prepress process from artwork briefs to press-ready files, ensuring accuracy for flexographic production.

In this hands-on, site-based role, you will work closely with customers and production teams, reviewing briefs, providing technical guidance, and driving improvements to prepress workflows and lead times.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of flexographic printing and packaging production.
• Experience with artwork, reprographics and flexographic plate production.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Excellent planning, organisation and workload management skills.
• Proactive, practical and solutions-focused approach.
• Strong customer and commercial awareness.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• The confidence to work independently and make informed technical decisions.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a strong commitment to quality.
• The ability to work effectively under pressure and meet demanding production deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Managing artwork, amendments, reprographics, proofing and flexographic plate production.
• Reviewing technical briefs and ensuring artwork is fully prepared and suitable for print.
• Providing technical advice on flexographic prepress, print processes and production feasibility.
• Coordinating projects from initial brief through to press-ready output.
• Working closely with production, technical and customer-facing teams to ensure projects progress smoothly.
• Monitoring project deadlines, service levels and production requirements.
• Identifying potential technical or production issues at an early stage and implementing effective solutions.
• Supporting print trials, press-side investigations and technical problem solving.
• Attending project and production meetings, ensuring clear actions and communication between relevant teams.
• Helping to improve prepress processes, workflows and efficiencies, with a focus on reducing lead times and maintaining quality.
• Ensuring consistently high standards of technical accuracy, quality and documentation.
• Acting as a key technical point of contact for customers and internal production teams.

Skills

Flexographic printing

Prepress

Reprographics

Project coordination

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Job description

Harrison Scott Associates is partnering with a respected printing and packaging business to recruit an experienced technical prepress professional. You will manage the prepress process from artwork briefs to press-ready files, ensuring accuracy for flexographic production.

In this hands-on, site-based role, you will work closely with customers and production teams, reviewing briefs, providing technical guidance, and driving improvements to prepress workflows and lead times.