Prepress Operator

About the Role

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 worldwide business process consulting, with services designed to lower environmental impact.

Responsibilities

• Review electronic files that are received from clients and check them for thoroughness and completeness in advance 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 resolve 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 produce manufacturing proofs used by the Press and Bind operators during the manufacturing process.
• May prepare color proofs for customer review.
• Perform minor repairs and maintenance on a flatbed scanner, image setter, and automated film processing equipment using small hand tools.

Requirements

• Must be able to work with various graphic design and layout software applications commonly used on Macs and PCs.
• 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 and continue learning and using 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 for minor repairs and maintenance on pre-press equipment are required.

Pay

The national pay range for this role is $56,433 per year. The pay range may vary slightly based on the geographic location of the hired employee. Actual pay offered may depend on education, skills, experience, proficiency, performance, shift, and location.

In addition to base salary, the total compensation package may include participation in a bonus, commission, or incentive program.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off
• Disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Life insurance and other voluntary supplemental insurance coverages
• Tuition assistance
• Maternity leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employer/partner discounts