Workflow Colour Management Specialist

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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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A leading specialist printing company that engages trusted partners through creative solutions is looking for a Workflow Colour Management Specialist to join its team. This is an opportunity to join a company whose staff work together with loyalty, respect and honesty, challenging each other to improve every day, driving success through determination – with confidence and resilience, whilst still having fun.

This role requires a self-motivated individual with a full understanding of ISO 12647 and associated print and proofing standards, alongside an understanding of ISO 2846 and ISO 3664. You will also be knowledgeable about XML and JSON and be able to manipulate and use data from other systems APIs, Webservices etc to drive Esko Automation Engine. Ideally, you will have experience of Caldera or similar large format digital rips along with Harlequin rips and plate curves/linearisation. As part of your role, you will be confident in calibrating digital and litho presses from scratch using the G7 method. As part of this process, you will also be able to print and scan colour targets to create device link profiles and then upload them to the colour server to populate or create a queue.

The focus of this role is to remove touch points and successfully automate systems from receipt of artwork to processing the files and delivering them print ready to the presses, where they are produced as expected to match the target output Epson files. This area of the business is continuously improving and is perfect for disciplined yet curious and inventive candidates.