Quality Control Operator

Job summary
The Quality Control Operator ensures agreed upon quality standards are met in final layouts.This position executes digital and analogue techniques to confirm final product meets project standards and complies with technical specifications.Responsible for reading, understanding and applying customer, legal and regulatory specifications.
Job seniority: associate level
Responsibilities
• Attends project or production meetings as necessary to understand specifications of the project.• Establishes high quality standards for all production processes, workflows and client deliverables.• Ensures accurate, consistent, and timely completion of high quality, basic to intermediate level artwork.• Responsible for reading, understanding and applying customer, legal and regulatory specifications.• Performs assigned tasks within the overall production workflow and assigned budget.• Ensures client project team has most current information about the status of the assigned project(s) by logging and maintaining accurate records.• Meets quality standards for all assigned deliverables and makes recommendations to management for improvements.• Additional duties as assigned.
Requirements
• Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Arts or related field• 4+ years of previous graphic arts experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience• Basic understanding of effective print, photo studio and/or digital production, processes, roles, tools and workflows• Basic to proficient experience in photo and color manipulation techniques and processes• Computer Graphics certification preferred.• Occasional travel may be required.• High degree of proficiency in MS Office Suite, Outlook & Internet applications• Strong analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, budgeting, project management, & planning skills• Strong verbal and written communication skills• Solid understanding and application of mathematical concepts• Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with peers and colleagues• Ability to work well autonomously and within a team in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment.• Ability to work with and influence peers and senior management• Self-motivated with critical attention to detail, deadlines and reporting• Ability to work overtime as necessary
Key Skills Needed
• Understanding of effective print, photo studio and/or digital production• Photo and color manipulation techniques and processes• Proficiency in Apple Mac equipment and operating systems, Adobe Design Suite, Acrobat plus QuarkXpress, Agile, etc.• MS Office Suite, Outlook & Internet applications• Analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, budgeting, project management, & planning skills• Verbal and written communication skills• Mathematical concepts• Collaborative relationships with peers and colleagues• Work well autonomously and within a team• Work overtime as necessary