Prepress Technition

At The Vomela our greatest asset is our people. As a full-service visual communications company, we are looking for creative and intellectual thinkers that work with our customers to create compelling brand solutions and foster meaningful connections. And while you're focused on creating big things for global and local brands, we will help you build a career you can be passionate about.

****This position is for 2nd shift and/or weekend Prepress Technicians.****

Job Summary

Functions as coordinator to handle all work involved in preparing files for print, including layout, design, color correction and troubleshooting production issues as they arise.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure the accuracy of layouts, templates and print files to ensure optimal quality.
• Adjust, create and color correction to clients files so they accurately print to our print devices.
• Communicates with the customers and the sales staff to understand the prepress needs of the customer.
• Provides a format for quality control that is technically superior to that of our competitors.
• Interfaces with CAD Department and Account Management team to provide preflight solutions that focus on both cost and production.
• Works with files from design and CAD in order to ensure that jobs are accurately produced to represent how they would be in manufacturing.
• May communicate with customers on technical issues on their behalf.
• Provides an effective interface between production, account management team and sales, to provide clients with accurate proofs
• Increase of creative knowledge – learning new technologies
• Other duties as assigned

Critical Skills and Experience

• BS or BA degree in Graphic Design or related field preferred, or Technical/Trade School education with the equivalent in work experience and training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Two or more years’ experience in prepress with emphasis in computer design, and design project coordination.
• Must be experienced in four color process prepress output.
• Must understand digital printing and the generation of digital-printing artwork.
• Must be proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud suite applications.
• Must be able to provide prepress specifications for the construction of production parts.
• Must be able to supervise the set-up of digitally printed jobs. Act as an advisor to digitally printed jobs.
• Must be a good communicator and able to interface with customers and other departments at multiple levels.
• Must be a good listener and willing to provide what the customer and the company needs are with solutions to problems.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds and push/pull 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

We are an equal opportunity employer.