Printing Careers
Printing involves the preparation, production, and publishing of printed material. This can range from newspapers, brochures, and books to a huge range of labels, bags, and boxes for consumer products.
- Advertising Art Director
- Advertising art directors are responsible for developing advertising ideas and translating these into advertising for print or television to sell a client's product or service. They also pull together a number of people to work on the production of the advertising and give direction on how the final product should look.
- Bookbinder
- Bookbinders put books or other printed materials together by hand or machine. Their work includes binding and sewing books, guillotining, hand tooling, lettering, repairing and re-binding books.
- Graphic Designer
- Graphic designers create artwork, such as logos, packaging, advertising or posters, for the promotion or development of goods, services and ideas. They may also design artwork and/or layout for fabrics, magazines, websites and other publications, or help to develop television advertisements.
- Graphic Pre-Press Worker
- Graphic pre-press workers use a computer to prepare material for printing. This process may include typesetting, image assembly, manipulating graphics, doing design and layout, and preparing computer files.
- Paperboard Packaging Printer
- Paperboard packaging printers print onto paper and cardboard that is made into cartons used for packaging.
- Print Finisher
- Print finishers work in the bindery area of a print company. They operate machines that cut, fold, staple, stitch and trim paper.
- Reel-fed Printer
- Reel-fed printers set up and operate a machine that prints on rolls of paper and plastic.
- Screen Printer
- Screen printers use stencils and screens to copy designs onto a variety of materials and surfaces such as textiles, metals, walls, plastics and glass. Their skills are used in product branding and labelling, electronic manufacturing, signage and interior design.
- Sheet-Fed Printer
- Sheet-fed printers set up and operate sheet-fed printing machines that print text and images on separate sheets of paper, card, carton, plastics or metal.
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