Pitstop Pro Designer with Prepress

*WE ARE HIRING GRAPHIC DESIGNER / PRE-PRESS SPECIALIST*

*Express Print* is looking for an experienced *Graphic Designer / Pre-Press Specialist* with strong knowledge of commercial printing and print-ready artwork preparation.

*Position:* Graphic Designer / Pre-Press Specialist

*Required Software Skills:*

• *Enfocus PitStop Pro* – Strong knowledge required
• *Adobe Acrobat Pro* – Advanced knowledge required
• *Adobe Illustrator*
• *Adobe Photoshop*

*Pre-Press Knowledge Required:*

• Must know how to prepare *professional print-ready PDF files*
• Must be experienced in using *PitStop Pro inside Adobe Acrobat Pro*
• Check and correct *bleed, trim size, page size and margins*
• Check *CMYK / RGB / Spot Colour* issues
• Check and correct *image resolution*
• Check *fonts, embedded fonts and outlined text*
• Detect and fix artwork/preflight errors
• Check *overprint, transparency and colour separation* issues
• Add or correct *bleed* where required
• Resize and adjust customer artwork according to final printing size
• Prepare *cutting lines / die-cut paths* where required
• Preflight customer-supplied PDF artwork before production
• Ensure files are correctly prepared for *digital and large-format printing*
• Able to identify printing problems *before files are sent for production*

*Important:*

This position is not only for graphic design. We specifically need someone with *hands-on PRE-PRESS experience* who understands how commercial printing files should be checked, corrected and prepared.

Candidates with experience working in a *printing company / commercial print production environment* will be preferred.

*Interested candidates:*

Please send your *CV/Resume, portfolio, pre-press experience and expected salary* to Express Print.