Pre-Press QC Operator
Core
Review production PDF files and digital proofs for trading card products to ensure visual quality, printability, and adherence to licensor standards before press release.
Role type
Pre-press Quality Control Operator
Builds
Trading card products for professional sports and entertainment brands
Domain
Print production / Sports collectibles
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Pre-press and printing process expertise, digital imposition review, file integrity and design consistency checks, color management, Prinergy workflow proficiency, Adobe Acrobat Pro, sports terminology awareness
Preferred skills
Experience with foils, opaque white, and die cuts, ability to assimilate new digital platforms quickly
Technologies
Prinergy, Adobe Acrobat Pro
Responsibilities
Perform final review of imposed trading card sheets for errors and omissions, conduct quality checks on digital proofs verifying technical revisions, operate digital platforms to review print specifications, review composed files for file integrity and technical set-up, evaluate file construction based on print technology and image placement, verify content accuracy and print specs by product subset
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC
