We want you to join our USA team!

Location:

New York, USA

Position Available:

1

Company Description:

Newprint is a North America–based, family-owned printing company with a long, multi-generational history in the print industry. Originally founded in USA as an offset printing company in 1990, Newprint has grown beyond its regional roots to serve clients across the United States, and other international markets. With an established presence supporting clients in New York and throughout the U.S., Newprint provides professional printing services to a diverse range of organizations, including non-profit, public, and private sector clients. As a qualified supplier to various government and institutional clients, we operate under rigorous quality control standards. These same standards are applied consistently across all customer engagements, regardless of size or industry. Our focus is on delivering innovative products and customized printing solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers. To support this, we leverage industry-leading tools from Esko and EFI to optimize workflow efficiency and turnaround times, along with advanced production equipment from Heidelberg and Xerox to ensure high-quality finished products.

Description:

We are looking for a skilled and experienced Senior Prepress technicians to set the foundation for successful printing production. The chosen individual must possess excellent interpersonal communication skills and be able to deal with a variety of people and personalities; understands and displays high levels of internal and external customer service. He/She must also have an advanced understanding of printing theory including digital imposition, trapping, bleed, overprinting, screen ruling & angles, substrate characteristics, color separation, and color theory.

Daily Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Work with electronic, customer-supplied art files making advanced color, text, and digital image corrections to assure proper format, appearance, and layout
• Prepares die lines and templates based on technical specifications for various custom branded packaging products
• Uses advanced proofing and prototype techniques to product mock-ups for internal and external use
• Follows standard operating procedures for template layout, typesetting, copy changes, digital image corrections, color separation, trapping, stepping, and ripping to produce print-ready optimized art files to meet customer expectations
• Verifies quality of layout prints, proofs, and files by evaluating spelling, content, legal compliance, and prepress standards
• Partners with supervisor to develop solutions for complex orders
• Partners with Technical Services to support development of new products and technologies. Carries forward introduction of new products through training and documentation within the Graphics department
• Supports Manufacturing press-side when troubleshooting

Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Graphics or a related field, or a combination of Associate’s Degree education and experience demonstrating advanced proficiency
• Minimum 6 years (Ten years preferred) Prepress experience in the printing industry.
• Advanced proficiency with graphics industry standard applications including Illustrator and Photoshop components of Adobe CC, Automation Engine, Microsoft Office applications, and Macintosh and Windows platforms
• Demonstrate advanced understanding of printing theory
• Possess excellent interpersonal communication skills

How to Apply:

Send your resume and portfolio (if applicable) to: [email protected]

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