Platemaker

Company Description
RRD is a leading global provider of marketing, packaging, print, and supply chain solutions that elevate engagement across the complete customer journey. The company offers the industrys most trusted portfolio of creative execution and world-wide business process consulting, with services designed to lower environmental impact. With 22,000 clients, including 93% of the Fortune 100, and 32,000 employees across 28 countries, RRD brings the expertise, execution, and scale designed to transform customer touchpoints into meaningful moments of impact.
Job Description
Operate plate making equipment to correctly produce lithographic and/or flexographic plates from digital files.
Responsibilities:
Impose images and operate plate making, bending/tabbing, and sheering, equipment to prepare plates for flexographic and offset press
Review images produced on plate for defects or errors
Maintain production documentation
Responsible for physical creation of flexographic and/or lithographic plates
May replenish materials necessary in automatic plate processors and perform routine light maintenance on equipment
May maintain inventory for plate making materials
Review electronic files that are received from clients and check them for thoroughness and completeness in advance of the plate making process
Using electronic page layout software (desktop publishing software) to manipulate the format of the print job to the dimensions of the paper
Determine page layout, accounting for folds, trims, bleeds and gripper, and add crop marks and color bars as necessary
Identify missing or problematic components and communicate them to the CSR, customer and production personnel
May prepare color proofs for customer review
Perform quality checks on finished plates before releasing to manufacturing
Perform basic troubleshooting and maintenance on platemaking equipment
Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
High School Diploma or GED required, 2 year technical degree or certification preferred
1 years of print or graphic design experience
Must be able to work with various graphic design and layout software applications commonly used on Macs and PCs
A thorough understanding of digital file formats (pdf, tiff, eps) from different operating systems (Mac and PC) is required
Experience with imposition software (Mac) and Adobe Creative Suite software (PC) is preferred.
Advanced color managementskills preferred
Must have the ability to output digital files to various output devices
Must have an understanding of the printing process
Mechanical skills using small hand tools in order to make minor repairs and perform maintenance on platemaking equipment
Additional Information
The hourly wage range for this role at the noted location is $15 to $17 per hour. The actual rate of pay offered may vary based upon, but not limited to education, skills, experience, proficient, performance, shift, and location. In addition to the base salary, depending on the role, the total compensation package may also include a sign-on bonus, overtime, shift differential, call-in and stand-by pay. RRD offers benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, disability insurance, 401(k) with match, life insurance and other voluntary supplemental insurance coverages, plus tuition assistance, and employer/partner discounts.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
RRD is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans
RR Donnelley is an EEO/AA including Vets and Disabled Employer
RR Donnelley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. The companys policy is to select, place and deal with all its employees without discrimination based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, age, disability, perceived disability, sexual or