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Pre-Press Specialist
Salary: £Neg

Due to continued growth and success an excellent opportunity has arisen to recruit an experienced Pre-Press Specialist to join the team.

Previous experience within a label printing environment essential, with strong reprographic skills.

Your duties will include:

  • Creating final customer proofs from the initial supplied raw artwork
  • Preparing print ready repro files ready for press (stepping, trapping etc)
  • Collating job bags ready for production
  • Output printing plates
  • Adhere to all company procedures and policies
  • Liase with Pre-Press manager to manage production schedules


You will be proficient in Adobe creative suite, especially Illustrator, a good knowledge of Heidelberg's Prinect Workflow would be a distinct advantage. You should be used to working within a busy pre-press environment, be resourceful and flexible, with excellent attention to detail. Ideally you will also have an understanding of Commercial Print and Flexo Print process.

If you are looking for job security, long term job prospects with energy and enthusiasm then you may be just who we are looking for, we work hard in an exciting and challenging industry currently producing in excess of 1.4 billion labels per year for blue chip clients.

We have an excellent team of people and we are sure you will find working with us very rewarding, if this sounds just what you're looking for please submit your C.V. to Tom Brown CEO for an appointment.