Management Trainee, School / College leaver

About the job

Empress Litho is a leading high quality award winning B1 sheetfed litho printing company specialising in multi colour, high value projects for Design Agencies, Galleries, Museums, Artists and the wider design conscious community. For each we produce their printed literature; brochures, books, catalogues, magazines, prospectuses, look-books, annual reports and high value marketing literature. What we do is of the highest value and requires considerable client interaction.

We operate in a rarified world of high expectations, high quality, time critical manufacturing. We do what only a few can and most covet being able to do. We have won 85 awards in the last 10 years. That requires skill and dedication but above all a love of making something. We need our next generation of leaders to drive the business forward and maintain our go to, first choice reputation, which has been hard won. There are only 25 of us at Empress so you will immediately become an important and integrated member of the team. You will need to establish yourself and we will expect you to start making a difference from your first day.

Our first priority is for you to understand what we do and make sure this is a career path for you. That means working in the factory seeing what we do and how we do it. Once you are fully conversant with the physical manufacturing process you will learn production control and job costing and then work with the sales and marketing team. How long your journey takes depends entirely on you, but we are a small company and most days every hand on deck matters.

What is most important is your aptitude, having a willingness to get involved and develop a love of the art of print. You will need an eye for design and be able to eloquently express yourself to clients who are creative. The secret of success is being able to translate a creative brief into a physical printed object within the constraints of the manufacturing process and the dual drivers of timetable and budget. You must be able to think on your feet, be confident in your decision making yet be able to justify your underlying thought process. Above all you will need determination, a sense of humour and boundless energy.

Key attributes:

• Sense of humour.
• Enquiring mind that always seeks process improvement .
• Excel and Word fluency
• Solutions focused with a positive outlook on life
• Results driven mantra, ability to work under pressure to deadlines.

Location Woolwich, London SE18

Starting salary £16,000 up to £19,000

More money, mobile phone, expense account, car, commission on sales, are all on the table - earn them!

Applications

If this sounds like a job for you please email a short factual CV with a covering letter which paints a picture of you, what you have achieved so far and what you want from the world of work. Brevity and an ability to engage the reader will help.

To apply jobs@empresslitho.com

More info www.empresslitho.com