Vinyl Sign Shop Manager

Creative-Solutions-Group; Maumee (OH); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Solutions Group in Maumee, OH seeks a full-time Sign Shop Lead to supervise hands-on graphics work, maintain quality, and support a fast-paced production environment.

You will oversee key production activities, ensure accuracy, and collaborate with design and production teams to meet project deadlines and quality standards.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of sign production experience preferred.
• Ability to stand for extended periods.
• Ability to lean over a waist-high table and apply vinyl letters and graphics.
• Ability to work under pressure while producing high-volume, high-quality work.

Responsibilities

• Read graphic layouts and perform QA to ensure accuracy.
• Operate printers, laminators, and plotter cutters.
• Prepare substrates for vinyl application and apply vinyl to substrates.
• Weed excess vinyl and perform finishing operations (laminating, mounting).
• Monitor inventory and report stock needs to manager.
• Assist designer with measurements for tradeshow booth properties.
• Install SEG fabric graphics and support other production departments.

Skills

Sign production

Stand for long periods

Precision handwork

Pressure tolerance

Tools

Printers

Laminators

Plotter cutters

Job description

Sign Shop Lead - Maumee, Ohio

About the Job

Creative Solutions Group is seeking a full-time, highly skilled Sign Shop Lead to join our fast-paced team at our Maumee, OH facility. This role is ideal for a production professional who can lead hands-on graphics work, maintain high-quality standards, and support a collaborative production environment.

In this role, you will oversee key graphics production activities, support quality control, maintain equipment and materials, and collaborate with design and production teams to complete projects accurately and on schedule.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform pre- and post-production quality assurance by accurately reading graphic layouts and checking work for errors or unacceptable standards.
• Operate and maintain printers, laminating equipment, and plotter cutters.
• Prepare substrates for vinyl application.
• Apply computer-cut vinyl or full-color graphic images to predetermined substrates or media according to approved layouts.
• Weed excess vinyl from computer-cut images using techniques appropriate to the size, vinyl type, and image complexity.
• Perform finishing operations, including laminating and mounting printed pieces.
• Monitor inventory levels and report stock that needs to be reordered to manager.
• Assist the graphic designer with measuring tradeshow booth properties and display pieces to validate dimensions.
• Install SEG fabric graphics.
• Clean and maintain storage areas.
• Collaborate as a team player and assist others as needed.
• Assist other production departments as needed, including tradeshow booth set-up and tear-down.
• Learn new skills as required.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of sign production experience preferred.
• Ability to stand for extended periods, including four hours or more.
• Ability to lean over a waist-high table and use repetitive hand motions to apply vinyl letters and graphics to substrates.
• Ability to work under pressure while producing high-volume, high-quality work.