Color & Retouching Operator

With more than 150 years of industry-leading experience, the businesses of SGS & Co and SGK are uniting to form SGX—a powerful force in innovative packaging production. Building on the legacy of trusted service since 1947 and 1953, SGX will deliver the full suite of packaging graphics, plate and cylinder production, and metal deco services to brand owners, retailers, and printers—all with a focus on reducing complexity, delivering flawless in-market execution, and leveraging global reach to drive consistency and impact at scale.

Position Summary

We are recruiting for a Packaging Retoucher to join our team in Witham. The Colour & Retouching Operator modifies and Packaging imagery for Print assignments to incorporate in final layout for assembly. Under the direction of the client project team, this role performs colour manipulations, retouching, photo composition, colour proofs and printer-specific colour corrections or modifications for packaging or digital (pre-media) layouts per project technical specifications.

Job Responsibilities

• Create colour accurate print ready images, matching a supplied client target.
• Evaluate colour and technically adapt for correct print requirements.
• Consults with team and attends project meetings to evaluate individual project needs.
• Makes recommendations and/or changes to files that have been prepared for correct output.
• Prints proofs on all available proofing devices.
• Performs quality checks on proofs, including measuring colour.
• Creates ink recipes to match supplied colour target provided by clients or printers. May involve process to create a recipe, produce a proof, measure the results and adjust until the target colour is met.
• Assembles high quality proof presentations for clients.
• Reviews quality of final product before release to client.
• Ensures high quality standards in all production client deliverables, including accurate, consistent and timely completion of projects according to budget and project specifications.
• Effectively uses industry standard software, tools, and photo and colour manipulation techniques such as photo composition, colour manipulation, retouching and scanning.
• Ensures client project team has most current information about the status of the assigned project.
• Additional duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications / Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Arts, Photography or related field
• Colour and retouching experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with peers and colleagues across the organization, as well as, internal and external clients.
• 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 management.
• Self-motivated with critical attention to detail, deadlines and reporting.
• Ability to work overtime as necessary.
  
  

The businesses of SGS & Co and SGK have united to form Propelis, a go-to-market ecosystem that enables marketers to move their brands forward with greater speed, clarity, and confidence. Our broad range of integrated solutions include brand creative, packaging, print solutions, branded environments, and content production. Services are delivered through our family of brands: SGX, Marks, Equator, Collide, and 5Flow. With a combined legacy spanning more than 150 years, Propelis commences operations with 10,000 employees in 30+ countries, nearly $1 billion in annual sales, and a diverse client base of over 2,000 leading companies.