Digital Center Manager - Prepress & Workflow Leader

Smurfit-Westrock; Duluth (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k) plan

Life insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Smurfit WestRock in Duluth, GA is seeking a Digital Center Manager to lead day-to-day prepress operations and oversee staff delivering press-ready files for consumer packaging plants.

You will partner with cross-functional teams to optimize workflows, manage priorities, and ensure safety, quality, and on-time delivery while driving continuous improvement in color management and prepress systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in packaging prepress.
• Ability to supervise a prepress staff.
• Ability to manage a daily production environment with long-term projects.
• Strong communication with customers.
• Meet tight deadlines under pressure.
• Organized and detail-oriented.
• Work well independently and in a team.
• Familiar with national accounts requirements.
• Understand brand integrity during printing.
• Advanced knowledge of color management and press curves.
• Proficient in Mac with Illustrator/Photoshop.
• Knowledge of Prinergy/Esko workflows.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for all prepress, proofing, and platemaking operations within the Digital Center.
• Partner with senior managers to support prepress strategy across divisions.
• Collaborate to standardize workflows across plant locations.
• Lead Digital Center staff and deliver prepress support for consumer packaging.
• Investigate and resolve print quality issues with plant teams.
• Drive continuous improvement of prepress workflows and quality.

Skills

prepress management

staff supervision

project management

customer communication

color management

Mac environment

Tools

Prinergy

Esko Automation Engine

Illustrator

Photoshop

Job description

Smurfit WestRock in Duluth, GA is seeking a Digital Center Manager to lead day-to-day prepress operations and oversee staff delivering press-ready files for consumer packaging plants.

You will partner with cross-functional teams to optimize workflows, manage priorities, and ensure safety, quality, and on-time delivery while driving continuous improvement in color management and prepress systems.