Automation-Driven Prepress Technician

Calyx Containers; West Valley City (UT); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Calyx Containers in Salt Lake City, UT seeks a Prepress Technician to bridge artwork and the digital press. You review files, preflight, and prepare production-ready layouts to keep multiple jobs moving on schedule.

This role is building automated prepress workflows in CLOUDFLOW and PACKZ, with AI-enabled productivity across the company. You will communicate with customer service, clients, and press operators to ensure flawless handoffs.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of prepress, graphic production, or digital print experience.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Acrobat.
• Solid grasp of print fundamentals: bleed, trim, safety, resolution, CMYK vs. spot color, overprint, and PDF/X standards.
• Sharp attention to detail – able to catch errors before they reach press.
• Ability to juggle deadlines and shifting priorities in a fast-paced production environment.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• A process-improvement mindset and genuine interest in workflow automation.

Responsibilities

• Review incoming artwork for print readiness: resolution, bleed, safe margins, fonts, color mode (CMYK/spot), transparency, and overprint settings.
• Preflight files in Illustrator, Acrobat, or PACKZ and correct common issues - missing fonts, low-resolution images, incorrect bleeds, RGB elements.
• Flag problem files early and communicate required fixes to customer service or clients in clear, non-technical language.
• Build production layouts and impositions optimized for press sheet size, substrate, and finishing (step-and-repeat, one-up, gang runs, dielines).
• Apply crop marks, bleeds, registration marks, and color bars per press and finishing specifications.
• Adjust files for ink coverage and special layers (white ink, spot varnish) where applicable.
• Generate accurate digital (soft) and/or hard proofs for customer approval.
• Send proofs to customers or account managers, track approval status, and follow up on outstanding approvals.
• Incorporate customer revisions accurately and re-proof until final sign-off.
• Release approved, print-ready files to the digital press queue/RIP with correct job settings (substrate, quantity, color profile, finishing).
• Verify first prints against the approved proof and support press checks as needed.
• Archive final production files and maintain organized job folders per company file-naming standards.
• Design, build, and maintain automated prepress workflows in CLOUDFLOW (HYBRID Software) - file intake, automated preflight, corrections, proof generation, approval routing, imposition, and output to press.
• Manage multiple jobs at once and prioritize to meet daily production schedules.
• Proactively communicate job status with production, customer service, and press operators.
• Support color management standards and proofing device calibration.

Skills

Prepress experience

Attention to detail

Clear communication

Automation mindset

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Acrobat

Enfocus PitStop

Job description

Calyx Containers in Salt Lake City, UT seeks a Prepress Technician to bridge artwork and the digital press. You review files, preflight, and prepare production-ready layouts to keep multiple jobs moving on schedule.

This role is building automated prepress workflows in CLOUDFLOW and PACKZ, with AI-enabled productivity across the company. You will communicate with customer service, clients, and press operators to ensure flawless handoffs.