Mailing Data and Variable Print Specialist

Role

Title:

Mailing Data and Variable Print Specialist

Operations / Mailing Services

Operations Technology Manager or Mailing Services Manager

The Mailing Data & Variable Print Specialist prepares customer data for accurate, compliant, and timely direct mail production. The position validates and transforms mailing lists, produces postal documentation, prepares variable-data output, and coordinates with customer service, prepress, production, mailing, and shipping. This role protects data integrity and provides the final quality‑control link between customer files and production release.

• Receive, review, format, and prepare customer data files; document file specifications, record counts, transformations, deduplication, suppression, and segmentation.
• Process mailing lists using BCC Mail Manager or comparable commercial mailing software, including current CASS-certified address matching, NCOALink processing, presorting, and Move Update support.
• Prepare postage estimates, postal statements, qualification reports, and electronic mailing documentation; support Postal One!, Business Customer Gateway, MID/CRID, and Mailer Scorecard activity as assigned.
• Prepare variable-data print files by mapping customer data to approved templates and generating production-ready output for digital press, inkjet, or inserting workflows.
• Create and inspect proofs, seed records, addresses, Intelligent Mail barcodes, version logic, and conditional content before releasing files to production.
• Reconcile input records, output records, piece counts, versions, and postage; resolve or clearly escalate discrepancies before production begins.
• Coordinate with customer service, prepress, print production, mailing, and shipping to confirm job specifications, mailing panels, postal deadlines, approvals, and production readiness.
• Maintain organized job records, processing notes, postal documentation, approvals, and issue resolutions while following secure file-transfer, access, retention, and deletion practices.
• Monitor recurring issues and help improve documented workflows, quality checks, and production efficiency.
• Additional duties as assigned

• Two or more years of directly relevant experience in mailing-data processing, direct mail, variable-data print, mailing services, or print-production data workflows.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, text manipulation, sorting/filtering, delimited files, and record-count reconciliation.
• Experience with postal presort or address-quality software; BCC Mail Manager experience is strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of USPS commercial-mail requirements, CASS, NCOALink, Move Update, addressing standards, mail piece requirements, presort concepts, and postal documentation.
• Ability to read job tickets and customer instructions, identify inconsistencies, and manage multiple time-sensitive jobs without sacrificing accuracy.
• Demonstrated judgment with confidential customer data and the ability to follow documented security and quality-control procedures.
• Clear written and verbal communication and the ability to collaborate across departments in a deadline-driven production environment.
• Soft Skills:
  
  Strong attention to detail, analytical thinking, organization, communication, problem-solving, and ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced production environment.
• Other:
  Ability to handle confidential customer data responsibly, collaborate across departments, adapt to changing production priorities, and work occasional overtime as workload requires.
• High school diploma or equivalent; comparable specialized training or directly relevant experience will be considered.

• Hands-on experience with BCC Mail Manager, AccuZIP, or similar software;
  Postal One!, Business Customer Gateway, Mail.dat/Mail.xml, or USPS Mailer Scorecard.
• Experience with Adobe Acrobat, InDesign, Fusion Pro, XMPie, Quadient, or another variable-data composition platform.
• Experience with Microsoft Access, SQL, database tools, scripting, or repeatable data-transformation workflows.
• Experience supporting high-volume,…