Preflight Technician

The Moss Preflight Technician will review and process client supplied art, identifying problematic art, issues or concerns and communicating these issues to the Customer Success Managers. Create layouts for customer approval and production. The ideal candidate will be able to work efficiently with the Adobe Creative Suite while working closely with the Moss Customer Success Managers, Production, and the customer in a fast paced, deadline driven environment. Some overtime will be required depending on plant loading. One year of experience in the sign, printing, or graphics industry required with formal training with Adobe CS products.

What You'll Do...

• Download or navigate to customer supplied art, often determining what art coincides with an item on a Moss work order.

• Preflight, format and manipulate art as needed to meet quality standards.

• Prepare art files for client approval and production printing, cutting and sewing.

• Review client art for completeness, resolution, color space or profiles, linked files, fonts, effects.

• Communicate with the Customer Success Manager and customer clearly, professionally and efficiently to provide direction for creating and sending usable art.

• Create print ready art and cut files for internal printing of proofs and full-sized prints. Work with Color Correct and Print Technicians to resolve file issues, add bleed or manipulate images as needed for correct and efficient nesting and printing.

• Create layouts of the client art showing seam placement, overall sizes and print location for Color Correct and Print Technicians and for client approval.

• Work with Tech Design and Patterning to ensure the customer has the correct shape size to create their art files.

• Ensure the resolution of the client art allows for high quality printing.

• Ensure that client art effects are compatible with the printing process and adjust the art as required to meet the client’s expectation.

• Work with all current graphics programs from Adobe (CS: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign,) to open, manipulate and set up files for approval and for production.

• Update the production schedule and work orders as required.

• Keep current on the latest technologies and software tools.

• Provide training and advice to customers on the preparation of digital art files.