Role: Digital Print Shop Production Assistant

Location: Bethesda, MD

Employment Type: Full Time

If you have a passion for the craft of printing and are searching for a rewarding career, then here’s a great opportunity for you! Crescent Printing is seeking to recruit an intelligent, resourceful, friendly and enthusiastic candidate as a Digital Print Shop Production Assistant.

Crescent Printing is dedicated to providing its customers with personalized solutions for all their printing, copying, and graphic design needs. Our quality products, compensation and benefit plans and our respect for a healthy work-life balance have made us the company of choice for many individuals seeking a challenging and rewarding career.

As a Digital Print Shop Production Assistant for Crescent Printing you will:

Operate a Xerox Digital Press (v180) using Fiery Command Station, and a Production Xerox Black & White Printer (D110)

Operate Wide Format (HP Latex 560) and Reprographic Equipment (OCE & HP)

Operate Laminating, Mounting, and Binding Equipment

Finishing responsibilities:

Cutting

Creasing and Folding

Laminating

Drilling

Padding

Mounting

Binding

and any other finishing task that may be assigned

Enter and keep up to date customer information and job specification in the project management system (Trello).

Run orders correctly based on the customer’s specification, maintaining quality, staying within budget (minimal to no errors), check first copy against customer provided files, and maintain company standards.

Send out hard copy proofs if necessary and get customer approval

Inspect finished work before packaging for sharpness, position, count, and sizes.

Prepare packages for shipment via UPS, FedEx, and local couriers.

Make assigned stops and pick up or deliver orders to customers in the shortest period of time. All deliveries will be walking distance.

Get customer acknowledgment for delivered items and file properly in their records.

Assist customer service by answering phones and taking orders, update daily log sheet, and responding to inquiries from customers as needed.

Periodic overtime on nights and weekends, including off-hour emergency response.

Other duties/responsibilities as assigned by Management.

Ideally, you will possess:

High school diploma or GED and 1-2 years of some related digital printing job experience.

Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, digital copier press & production equipment, knowledge of printing concepts and necessary software tools/program

Ability to manage multiple priorities with excellent organizational skills

Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Great communication skills.

Strong attention to details and active listening skills.

Knowledge of folding, cutting and processing digital files is a must.

Knowledge of preflighting, prepping files, imposition, layouts, ripping to press, and general troubleshooting is preferred.