What are the responsibilities and job description for the Color Sponsor position at Quad Graphics?
As a global marketing experience company, Quad's goal is to help our clients win every day. We use our data-driven integrated marketing and manufacturing platform to streamline solutions for our clients, reduce friction and enhance their marketing spend effectiveness. We've built a rich legacy by believing in our people, allowing them to act like owners and to take charge of their own success. Whether an operator, sales rep, a graphic artist or a clinician, we're all driven to perform at our best- for ourselves and our clients. At our core, we're a company that believes we can always create a better way.
Quad is seeking an experienced Color Sponsor at our Coraopolis, PA client site to aid in the creation of exclusive content for one of our largest retail clients. The successful candidate will use their experience in high end color retouching, complex masking, extensive cloning, and composition to exceed client expectations and interpret color expectations within our fast paced environment.
Responsibilities:
- Showing color to customers
- Evaluating color and content according to customer specifications
- Giving specific color direction by marking up color proofs
- Evaluating job costing and profitability
- Might be called on to do press OK's with the customer or alone
- General knowledge of the workflows and procedures for the assigned area
- Understanding of Mac environment
- Create silhouettes and drop shadows
- Read and follow internal markup and customer instructions
- Convert digital images from RGB to CMYK
- Perform specific color correction as needed, determined by evaluation of provided copy and/or softproof evaluation
- Spec out RGB and CMYK values for customer swatches or product
- Maintain accurate lighting and monitor calibration conditions
- Ability to do file corrections in RGB and CMYK color space
- General knowledge of profiles, color space, and conversions
- Provide feedback to other color Mac operators
- Responsible for tracking or moving job components through production using Quad/Graphics Smartools or Imaging IT-developed application
Qualifications
- Five years of experience as a Color Sponsor/Operator or similar.
- Intermediate proficiency using the latest versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design, Acrobat and Quark on the MAC Platform is also required.
- Should possess good knowledge of color theory, experience with camera raw processing and color management preferred.
- High end inkjet proofing experience is a plus.
- Candidates with some college course work are also preferred
We offer excellent benefits to eligible employees, including 401(k), holidays, vacations and more.
Quad is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We are committed to creating a place of belonging - a space where employees do not need to sacrifice who they are to exist and grow in our workplace. Quad does not discriminate on any unlawful basis including race, religion, color, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Quad also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.
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