Color Technician

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Full Time Contributor MN01, Chanhassen, MN, US

3 days ago Requisition

Do you want to work for a company where your co-workers are co-owners? We are 100% employee owned! At The Bernard Group, we work to wow. As a visual merchandising company leading the retail industry in design and production, we come together as a team to win big for some of the most successful brands in the world. Since we’re an employee-owned company, we don’t just list our values, we live them, providing the highest-quality products and services day in and day out.

And we do it all with sustainable materials carefully sourced from eco-friendly partners that support social change and community involvement.

We are looking for a Color Technician to join our Color team in Pre-press Production. You’ll be part of a talented group that collaborates to deliver world-class products to our customers. This opportunity works with print files, corrects them, adjusts them to match customer expectations, and is involved in ensuring color is managed and maintained correctly throughout the entire file preparation and printing process.

Shift Available:Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM

A variety of these traits will help land you this job if you have:

• a degree or certification from a Trade School or Vocational-Technical Institute
• 3-5 years’ full-time experience in a full color, Prepress department preparing files for printing
• experience in Large/Wide Format Digital printing is a plus.

On top of that you must:

• have intermediate and current knowledge of Adobe Photoshop masking and basic color manipulation tools, such as Curves and Levels.
• have intermediate level knowledge in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Acrobat Pro, and other software required for completing job duties.
• be able to accurately complete work projects independently and also effectively work as a team with Sales, Project Management, and other staff.
• be able to complete projects accurately within deadlines while meeting Company quality standards.
• be able to apply effective time management and self-management skills. Able to be flexible and productive in an environment with regular interruptions.
• understand and maintain confidential nature of organization, employee and customer information.
• be able to display high levels of customer service, responding promptly and thoroughly to the inquiries and needs of individuals both internal and external to the organization.
• pay close attention to details so you are able to complete projects accurately within deadlines while meeting Company quality standards
• be self-motivated, a fast learner, and show initiative to seek out customer and corporate needs
• have the ability to work independently, make decisions and solve problems independently, effectively and creatively
• apply effective time management and self-management skills
• understand and maintain the confidential nature of the company, employee and customer information
• have working knowledge of Adobe applications (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop and Acrobat)

In this position you'll
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• process and evaluate print files received from Customers or Project Managers.
• match color to customer specifications.
• evaluate and judge color, both visually and by the use of Spectrophotometers.
• manipulate color in RGB, CMYK or LAB color modes as appropriate.
• decide what changes need to be made to achieve the targeted color.
• ensure the file is handled correctly from start to finish according to company standards.
• receive existing print files from Prepress.
• troubleshoot problems such as poor color management, poor color match or incorrect print settings.
• solve color…