Trainee Digital Colourist

About the job

A high quality print and design company is looking for someone to become fully trained in all aspects of their digital colouration department. You will develop an understanding of profiles and general machine operations that effect colour or design quality, and an ability to run a full shift effectively while ensuring products are efficiently matched for shade and enable production plans to be met within the budgeted quality & efficiency levels.

The purpose of this role is to maintain high standards of colour matching to customer preference while allowing the area to run efficiently to achieve targets on quality, output, and general behaviour. Communication in this role is of high importance and an understanding of the whole digital process is required.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Communicate with design on the running and allocation of initials

• Familiarise and follow all SOPs within the area

• Maintain standards and targets set for the digital area

• Ability to carry out sample work when requested

• Day to day running of the shift hours (6-2, 2-10 & 10-6)

• To keep good standards of house keeping

• To work in accordance with all health and safety policies and procedures

• Competency in altering colour in CAD & BULK situations

• Create and maintain standards and continuities throughout the department

• Obtain a basic understanding for other processes throughout the digital area

• Demonstrate good communication with area supervisors

• Demonstrate good workflow throughout the area

• Communicate accordingly with operatives

• Ability to priorities orders when requested

• Demonstrate good communication skills with customer services when required or asked

• Ability to follow a planned structure

• Demonstrate spreadsheet needs to maintain fent data and other processes used for communication

• Show support to digital team when and where required

• The ability to train other in the colouration area

What we are looking for:

• Art & Design qualification

• Computer literate with CAD/Photoshop experience

• Communication skills

• Knowledge of software systems

• Organisational skills and management of own time

• Team Player

• Excellent eye for colour & matching

• Excellent attention to detail