Prepress Graphics Specialist - Flexible Team & Growth

Sir Speedy; Miami, Northern (FL, KY); Hybrid; USD 22,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Sir Speedy in Miami Lakes, FL, is seeking an experienced Prepress Graphics professional to support production and improve print quality. You will work with customers and the sales team to ensure satisfaction and drive sales, leveraging your graphic design and print production skills.

The position involves coordinating with copy and press operators, operating prepress equipment on PC and Mac, and staying current with graphics technologies. Compensation is $17.00 per hour.

Qualifications

• Two years’ education in graphic design, 1-year practical experience with 1 year of print production experience.
• Working understanding of PageMaker, Quark, Microsoft Word, Acrobat, Microsoft Publisher, Illustrator, PowerPoint, CorelDraw, and PhotoShop.
• Knowledge of PDF and postscript files and PDF plug-ins.
• Provide necessary digital training to sales staff when appropriate.
• Coordinate with copy and press operators to ensure that work meets their expectations/ requirements.
• Reject poor quality or incorrect jobs and notify management.
• Monitor graphics supplies and order as needed.
• Experience with PrintSmith or PrintersPlan

Responsibilities

• Perform production requirements in a timely and efficient manner.
• Offer graphic design ideas, solutions, and alternatives based on customer input.
• Schedule all work to meet customer time frame requirements. Monitor deadlines and report conflicts to management to establish priorities BEFORE the jobs are due.
• Operate and maintain prepress computer, printer, and other equipment (PC and Mac), scanner, and RIPs.
• Become proficient in the current technology for creating graphics, documents, and digital files utilizing existing equipment and materials.
• Follow-up with customers on all proofs.
• Monitor system for digital files sent by customers via MyDocs and e-mail.
• Perform regular computer backup and archive customer files for safekeeping and for easy retrieval. Purge obsolete files.

Skills

Graphic design

Print production

Mac/PC

Proofing

Education

Graphic design education

Print production experience

Tools

PageMaker

QuarkXPress

Illustrator

Photoshop

CorelDraw

PDF workflows

PrintSmith

PrintersPlan

Acrobat

PowerPoint

MS Word

MS Publisher

Job description

Sir Speedy in Miami Lakes, FL, is seeking an experienced Prepress Graphics professional to support production and improve print quality. You will work with customers and the sales team to ensure satisfaction and drive sales, leveraging your graphic design and print production skills.

The position involves coordinating with copy and press operators, operating prepress equipment on PC and Mac, and staying current with graphics technologies. Compensation is $17.00 per hour.