Digital Color Technician: Print Calibration & Quality

varsitybrands; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 48,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

BSN SPORTS, a VARSITY BRANDS company, is seeking a Digital Color Technician to ensure accurate color output and consistency across production sites. You will calibrate, profile, and measure to meet brand standards, supporting color-ready workflows and vendor collaborations.

You will partner with production, prepress, and QC teams to troubleshoot color issues, maintain ICC profiles, and document procedures for scalable color control across locations.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of color theory, ICC profiling, rendering intents, and color management.
• Hands-on experience with digital print technologies, RIP software, spectrophotometers, and color-management tools.
• Ability to interpret color measurements, identify trends and variation, and translate findings into production actions.
• Strong troubleshooting and documentation skills with disciplined follow-through.
• Ability to communicate effectively with operators and teams.

Responsibilities

• Color Calibration and Control: Perform and maintain linearization, calibration, profiling, and verification routines for digital print devices and related equipment.
• Color Measurement and Validation: Use spectrophotometers, densitometers, and color-management software to measure output and verify acceptance criteria.
• Color Standards and Libraries: Maintain ICC profiles, RIP settings, rendering intents, Pantone references, and brand colors across locations.
• Issue Investigation and Resolution: Troubleshoot color variation and print-quality issues and escalate complex concerns to technical partners.
• Production and Prepress Support: Ensure files, proofs, and equipment settings are color-correct and production-ready.
• Testing and Production Readiness: Support test prints, material evaluations, equipment trials, and validation of new workflows.
• Multi-Site Standardization: Reinforce color-management procedures and identify variation across locations to improve repeatability.
• Performance Monitoring: Track color-performance metrics and provide data for continuous improvement.
• Documentation and Standard Work: Create maintenance SOPs, profiling guides, and validation records.
• Training and Technical Support: Guide operators and production teams on color best practices and measurement tools.
• Vendor and Technology Support: Coordinate with vendors to resolve issues and implement color-related improvements.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Color theory

ICC profiling

Color management

Calibration

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Tools

RIP software

Spectrophotometers

Densitometers

Color-management software

Job description

BSN SPORTS, a VARSITY BRANDS company, is seeking a Digital Color Technician to ensure accurate color output and consistency across production sites. You will calibrate, profile, and measure to meet brand standards, supporting color-ready workflows and vendor collaborations.

You will partner with production, prepress, and QC teams to troubleshoot color issues, maintain ICC profiles, and document procedures for scalable color control across locations.