Print Production Specialist

Job Title: Print Production Specialist
Location: Charleston, SC (onsite)
Duration: 3 Month Contract
Mon-Fri, 8am - 5pm

Designs electronic and printed materials, illustrations, publications, displays, and other media for various customer applications. Uses professional graphic design tools to create visual materials, manipulate files, and support print and finishing operations.

Responsibilities

• Follow service excellence performance requirements.

• Translate and develop artistic concepts into visual designs.

• Convert customers' basic ideas into graphic materials that meet business needs.

• Provide graphic design consultation through meetings and projects.

• Design and produce camera-ready artwork, including graphs, charts, clip art, posters, digitized graphics, line art, and photographs.

• Produce technical and scientific illustrations for presentations and publications, as required.

• Meet customer quality and design requirements.

• Provide multiple design ideas for customers to choose from when possible.

• Keep up with industry trends, new ideas, and technologies.

• Use innovation to meet design requirements within cost, time, and client constraints.

• Follow legal requirements related to duplication, printing, software, and fonts.

• Meet production schedules and deadlines.

• Consult with clients and staff to identify graphic needs, budget constraints, and project deadlines.

• Serve as a liaison between clients, printers, and publishers.

• Review proofs and coordinate with printers on printed material production.

• Maintain graphic or photographic libraries and digital records, as required.

• Provide technical computer support and install software programs, as required.

• Coordinate and lead other designers, as required.

• Create property identities using logos, layouts, and color palettes.

• Use various media, including photography and computer-aided design.

• Manipulate and create files and support print and finishing operations.

• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Four-year college degree in Commercial Art, Graphic Design, or related coursework/certifications preferred; equivalent years of related work experience accepted.

• Minimum of three years of related job experience.

• Copy or offset printing experience preferred.

• Project management experience preferred.

• Graphic design and layout skills.

• Ability to use desktop publishing tools, including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Macromedia FreeHand, QuarkXPress, PageMaker, Flash, Dreamweaver, CorelDRAW, and MS Office applications.

• Strong customer focus, creativity, flexibility, and attention to detail.

• Ability to meet deadlines and handle customer feedback or rejection.

• Good vision and hand-eye coordination.

• Ability to work independently and professionally.

• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs., stand for up to 8 hours, and walk through the warehouse.

• Ability to perform tasks involving walking, standing, bending, reaching, lifting, and carrying.

• Ability to use a calculator, keyboard, and basic hand tools.

• Ability to communicate with internal teams, customers, agencies, vendors, and the general public.

• Ability to work in a standard office environment with normal lighting, ventilation, temperature, and noise levels.

• Ability to resolve work problems using established procedures and develop alternatives when needed.