Prepress Graphic Designer

Company Overview

A locally owned and nationally recognized Printing, Signage, and Marketing Services company in the Fort Lauderdale area is seeking an experienced Prepress Graphics.

Job Summary

Responsible for performing production requirements in a timely and efficient manner, offering graphic design ideas, scheduling work to meet customer time frame requirements, operating and maintaining prepress equipment, and providing necessary digital training to sales staff.

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.
• Maintain system for digital files sent by customers via MyDocs and e-mail.
• Preflight digital files for potential problems.
• Perform regular computer backup and archive customer files for safekeeping and for easy retrieval. Purge obsolete files.
• Output digital files per job specifications.

Requirements

• Two years’ education in graphic design, 1-year practical experience with 1 year of print production experience.
• Working understanding of the dual platform, applications, such as InDesign, Quark, Microsoft Word, Acrobat, Microsoft Publisher, Illustrator, PowerPoint, CorelDraw, and PhotoShop.
• Knowledge of PDF and postscript files and PDF plug-ins.

Qualifications

• Experience with PrintSmith or PrintersPlan

Skills

• Provide necessary digital training to sales staff when appropriate.
• Cook up 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.

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Pay

Competitive compensation

Schedule

Paid holidays and vacation

Benefits

• Indoor and comfortable working environment