Print Production & Direct Mail Specialist

AppleOne Employment Services; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

AppleOne Employment Services seeks a Print Production Specialist in San Diego, CA, for a full-time, direct hire. You will manage customer print and direct mail projects from order to delivery, coordinate with production teams, and ensure accuracy of data, proofs, and schedules.

Ideal candidates have 6–10 years in commercial printing or direct mail, strong customer service, and experience with VDP workflows. Competitive salary and benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience managing commercial print and direct mail projects from order to delivery.
• Strong understanding of print production workflows including prepress and mailing processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage customer print and direct mail projects from initial order entry through final production, mailing, delivery, and completion.
• Prepare and review quotes, job specifications, work orders, proofs, production requirements, and customer communications.
• Coordinate with prepress, digital print, bindery, mailing, production teams, and outside vendors to keep projects accurate and on schedule.
• Review customer artwork, PDFs, mailing lists, Excel/CSV files, variable data files, barcodes, and personalized print requirements.
• Create, modify, proof, and troubleshoot Variable Data Printing projects using FusionPro or comparable VDP software.
• Monitor production timelines, identify potential print or mailing issues, and proactively communicate status updates to customers.

Skills

Print production

VDP

Customer service

Project management

Data merging

Tools

FusionPro

Printer's Plan

Adobe Acrobat

InDesign

Illustrator

Photoshop

Job description

AppleOne Employment Services seeks a Print Production Specialist in San Diego, CA, for a full-time, direct hire. You will manage customer print and direct mail projects from order to delivery, coordinate with production teams, and ensure accuracy of data, proofs, and schedules.

Ideal candidates have 6–10 years in commercial printing or direct mail, strong customer service, and experience with VDP workflows. Competitive salary and benefits are offered.