Creative Prepress & Print Finishing Designer for Displate Limited Editions

Displate Corporation; Marki; On-site; PLN 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Displate Corporation in Marki, Poland is seeking an on-site Prepress & Artwork Technician to prepare artwork for print, manage color, resolution, bleed, and separations, and ensure files meet printing requirements for metal prints.

You will collaborate with artists, licensors, and in-house teams, build production-ready files, and help validate finishes and samples on the factory floor.

Qualifications

• Experience preparing artwork for print on metal.
• Ability to manage color, resolution, bleed and trim across formats.
• Strong attention to detail to ensure artwork quality.

Responsibilities

• Take incoming artwork from artists, licensors and in-house creators to a production-ready state.
• Manage color, resolution, bleed and trim, overprint, and separations across our formats and substrates.
• Spot early when artwork won't hold up on metal, and propose fixes.

Skills

Color correction

Prepress workflows

Artwork preparation

Attention to detail

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

InDesign

Job description

• Prepare other artists' artwork for print - file setup, color, resolution, bleed, separations, and everything else the printer needs.
• Design and apply print finishes on top of existing artwork: selective gloss and varnish, metallic and holographic under-prints, textures, glow-in-the-dark layers.
• Retouch and refine small details - clean-ups, edge work, missing detail, contrast and color corrections, the small fixes that make an image work on metal.
• Prepare and evaluate print samples, then iterate - adjust the file, print again, compare, repeat until it's approved.
• Work daily with Print Technicians on the production floor - compare results against the file, diagnose why a sample came out the way it did, and agree on what to change.
• Keep production files, naming, and documentation in order.
• Support R&D and Production trials of new finishes, substrates and effects.

Core responsibilities

• Prepare other artists' artwork for print - file setup, color, resolution, bleed, separations, and everything else the printer needs.
• Design and apply print finishes on top of existing artwork: selective gloss and varnish, metallic and holographic under-prints, textures, glow-in-the-dark layers.
• Retouch and refine small details - clean-ups, edge work, missing detail, contrast and color corrections, the small fixes that make an image work on metal.
• Prepare and evaluate print samples, then iterate - adjust the file, print again, compare, repeat until it's approved.
• Work daily with Print Technicians on the production floor - compare results against the file, diagnose why a sample came out the way it did, and agree on what to change.
• Keep production files, naming, and documentation in order.
• Support R&D and Production trials of new finishes, substrates and effects.

Areas of responsibility

Prepress & artwork preparation

• Take incoming artwork from artists, licensors and in-house creators to a production-ready state.
• Manage color, resolution, bleed and trim, overprint, and separations across our formats and substrates.
• Spot early when artwork won't hold up on metal, and propose fixes.

Finishes & creative detail

• Design the finish layer for Limited Edition (LE), Ultra Limited Edition (ULE), Textra and Shards releases.
• Build the masks, channels, and effect layers that drive selective gloss, metallic and holographic under-prints, textures, and glow layers.
• Refine detail inside the existing artwork so the finish has something to sit on, while keeping the artist's intent intact.

Samples & collaboration with the floor

• Plan, prepare, and assess print samples, and decide what to change and why.
• Work side by side with Print Technicians, R&D, and the production team through every iteration.
• Build up real know-how of what our machines and materials can and can't do, and feed it back into how we design.

Production files & documentation

• Maintain clean, consistently named, reproducible production files.
• Document finishes and settings so a release can be repeated exactly.
• Keep the Design Studio's shared standards in good shape as the product line grows.

What Is Not Part Of The Responsibilities

• Creating artwork or illustrations from scratch - the art comes from our artists, licensors and partners.
• Designing digital products, interfaces, websites or apps - this is not a UX or product design role.
• Branding, advertising or campaign design.
• Working in Figma or other digital product design tools.
• Choosing which artworks or licenses become Limited Editions.

Where you'll work

• This is an on-site role, every working day, at our factory site: Okólna 45c, Marki.
• It isn't remote or hybrid. The printers, materials, samples, and technicians are all here. This is hands-on work with physical objects, and being next to them is most of the point.
• Public transport to Okólna 45c is limited, so check your commute before you apply. Most of the team drives or carpools.