Print Production Artist - National Magazine - Quarterly

Inside Weddings, the insider's guide to weddings with style, is the fastest growing wedding magazine in America. Visit www.insideweddings.com for more information. We are seeking an experienced, detail-oriented professional production artist to assist in publishing a national wedding magazine. Excellent salary and benefits. Enjoyable work environment.

Must be proficient in Photoshop (color conversion and correction of digital photographs - RGB to CMYK), Quark, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat (PDF X-1a) and PitStop. MAC OSX environment.

Duties:
* Prepares pages by placing art and text; completing color separations; color correcting and resizing photographs; revising and modifying existing files.

* Maintains quality results by proofing and pre-flighting layouts, including required files, fonts, links, and call-outs; confirming design printability, including traps, overprints, and minimum half-tomes dots and line weights; maintaining consistent appearance and standards across projects; adhering to make-up and layout standards.

* Obtains layout approval by submitting completed layout; coordinating with designers, proofreaders and editors; reviewing and implementing changes.

* Initiates production by preparing PDF X-1a files and proofs for prepress; releasing files to printer.

* Maintains historical records by filing and retrieving advertising and editorial files.

* Keeps equipment operating by following operating instructions; troubleshooting software problems; calling for repairs.

* Updates job knowledge by studying new software; participating in educational opportunities; reading technical publications.

* Accomplishes organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.