Pre-Press Operator

This position has now been filled, but has been left on our website as we have other similar vacancies to this on an ongoing basis that might interest you. More importantly, we have vacancies that are not advertised due to their confidential nature therefore it would certainly be in your interest to email your CV, as a word document, depending on which sector you are in, to :-

Head of Packaging recruitment – Greg Nelson – greg@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head of Print recruitment–Neil Pearson – neil@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head Paper recruitment – Gary Young – gary@harrison-scott.co.uk

Board level, account management and all levels of sales vacancies –

George Thompson – george@harrison-scott.co.uk

Our divisional heads will then email your CV internally to the consultant who specialises in your exact sector, for example a category of packaging is cartons, a category of print is print management, in fact we have over 30 specialist categories. Our specialist consultant will contact you if we have a live vacancy that matches, or contact you in the near future as soon a good match to skill set and experience becomes available.

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Our client is niche printing company specialising in high quality print & packaging. They are looking to grow their enthusiastic and dedicated team with the addition of an experienced Repro/Prepress operator.

Job Role
Repro/Prepress operator in a fast paced and challenging printing environment. Salary commensurate with skills and experience up to £25,000pa. Hours 9-5.
The primary responsibilities will include:
• Checking and preparing artwork for print
• Making necessary amends to artwork
• Communicating amends to customers
• Processing orders through MIS system
• Preflight and Proofing
• Creating simple layouts
• Creating and converting templates and cutter guides for customers
• Developing POB, corrugated and folding carton boxes and creating cutter guides
• Designing and ordering foiling plates
• Liaising with the sales and production teams
• Training other team members
• Managing workload and more junior team members
Candidate must be proficient in the following software:
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Pitstop Pro or similar Preflight Software
• Imposition Software
• (optional) Expedience using CAD software such as Artios CAD
Candidate must possess the following qualities:
• Understanding of colour management
• Enthusiastic
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work unsupervised or as part of a team
• Good work ethic
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Computer literacy
• Willing to learn and continuously improve
• Knowledge of packaging and cardboard engineering would be helpful
• Willing to go the extra mile for the customer