Prelim/Prepress Operator 1

RRD Company; Wilson (NC); On-site; USD 29,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Parental leave

Tuition assistance

Employee discounts

Job summary

RRD is seeking a Printing and Bindery Specialist in Wilson, North Carolina. You will review client files, adjust layouts, and prepare proofs, ensuring accurate page layout, folds, bleeds, and crop marks.

You will work with customers and production teams, load files to the Pre-Press server, and create manufacturing proofs for press and bind operators. Familiarity with Mac/PC design software and digital formats is required.

Qualifications

• Proficiency with graphic design/Lay-out software on Mac/PC platforms.
• Good understanding of digital file formats (pdf, tiff, eps).
• Basic color management and ability to work with diverse digital formats.
• Knowledge of how printing color interacts across processes.
• Mechanical skills for maintaining pre-press hardware (scanners, image setters).

Responsibilities

• Review client files for completeness before plate making.
• Manipulate print job formats to paper dimensions using desktop publishing software.
• Determine layouts with folds, trims, bleeds, and crop marks as needed.
• Identify missing components and communicate with Customer Service and production.
• Collaborate with Customer Service and production to resolve job issues.
• Load customer files to Pre-Press server.
• Create electronic page images for manufacturing proofs.
• May prepare color proofs for customer review.

Skills

Graphic design software

Digital file formats

Color management

Output to devices

Offset printing knowledge

Mechanical skills

Tools

Pre-Press software

Flatbed scanner

Image setter

Automated film processing

Job description

• Army MOS: 83F:Printing and Bindery Specialist
• Compensation: USD 21 - USD 29.11 - hourly

Company Description

RRD is a leading global provider of marketing, packaging, print, and supply chain solutions that elevate engagement across the complete customer journey. The company offers the industry’s most trusted portfolio of creative execution and world-wide business process consulting, with services designed to lower environmental impact. With 22,000 clients, including 93% of the Fortune 100, and 32,000 employees across 28 countries, RRD brings the expertise, execution, and scale designed to transform customer touchpoints into meaningful moments of impact.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Review electronic files that are received from clients and check them for thoroughness and completeness in advanced of the plate making process
• Using desktop publishing software manipulate the format of the print job to the dimensions of the paper
• Determine page layout, accounting for folds, trims, bleeds and gripper, and add crop marks and color bars as necessary
• Identify missing or problematic components and communicate them to the Customer Service Reps, customer(s), and production personnel
• Work directly with Customer Service Reps, customer(s), and production personnel as necessary to work out any problems with the job
• Load customer supplied electronic files for output, onto the Pre-Press file server
• Create an electronic image of the pages to create manufacturing proofs used by the Press and Bind operators during the manufacturing process
• May prepare color proofs for customer review

Qualifications

• Must be able to work with various graphic design and layout software applications commonly used on Mac's and PC's
• Good understanding of digital file formats (pdf, tiff, eps) from different operating systems (Mac and PC) is required
• Basic color management skills and the ability to work with different digital formats are required Must have the ability to output digital files to various output devices; must have the ability to continue to learn and use new graphics software on an ongoing basis
• Must have an understanding of the offset printing process and how one color affects another
• Mechanical skills using small hand tools in order to make minor repairs and perform maintenance on a flatbed scanner, image setter, and automated film processing equipment is required

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The salary range for this role at the noted RRD location is $21.00 - $29.11 / hour. Starting pay decisions are determined based on multiple factors including but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, skills, experience, certifications, proficiency, performance, shift, location, and other business needs. Typically, roles follow step progressions to a target rate or set increments over time. Depending on the role, in addition to the hourly rate of pay, the total compensation package may also include overtime, shift differential, call-in, and/or stand-by pay. RRD’s benefit offerings include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, disability insurance, 401(k) with company match, life insurance and other voluntary supplemental insurance coverages, plus parental leave, adoption assistance, tuition assistance and employer/partner discounts.

At RRD, we value innovation, authenticity, and integrity. To uphold the security and fairness of our hiring process, we ask that candidates refrain from using AI tools during interviews to ensure an authentic and secure experience. We appreciate your cooperation as we work to maintain a transparent and equitable hiring process.

All employment offers are contingent upon the successful completion of both a pre-employment background and drug screen.