Print Production Specialist

About the role

The Job Description Specialist and Graphic Designer position at RICOH involves developing and designing complex, multimedia visual communications. This includes creating designs for print, web, or multimedia products, specifying production techniques and materials.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates excellent customer service skills and represents RICOH in a professional manner.
• Strong organizational, customer service, and follow-up skills.
• Develops new artistic concepts into the visual medium.
• Provides graphic consultation and strong customer service to internal and client stakeholders.
• Responsible for production art including page layout to produce print, packaging, advertising, point-of-purchase, and digital graphics.
• Maintains customer quality and design requirements.
• Designs and formats multipage documents using style sheets and style mapping.
• Stays knowledgeable of industry thinking, new ideas, and technologies.
• Uses innovation to redefine a design brief and meet the constraints of cost, time, and client need.
• Adheres to legal requirements relating to duplication, printing, software, and fonts.
• Adheres to production schedules and deadlines.
• Consults with clients and staff to identify their graphic needs, budget constraints, and reasonable deadlines for the projects.
• Serves as a liaison between the client and printers/publishers.
• Reviews proofs and works with printers on the production of printed material.
• Familiar with asset management technologies and the ability to manage libraries.
• May coordinate and lead the work of other designers.
• Creates and conceptualizes property identities using logos, layout, and color palette.

Qualifications

• 4-year college degree (Design) preferred or other related coursework/certificates or equivalent years of related work experience.
• Intermediate to advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills.
• Proven design and layout abilities.
• A minimum of three years of related job experience in print production.
• Project management experience preferred.
• Knowledge, skills, and abilities in graphic design and layout.
• Ability to use desktop publishing tools, specifically Adobe Creative Suite & Microsoft Suite.
• Requires a minimum of three years of related job experience in print production.
• Requires a minimum of three years of related job experience in project management.
• Requires a minimum of three years of related job experience in graphic design and layout.
• Requires a minimum of three years of related job experience in desktop publishing tools.