What are the responsibilities and job description for the Digital Print Assistant - On Call position at Bates College?
Job no: 493163
Work type: Staff Per Diem
Location: Lewiston, ME
Categories: Other Departments: Post and Print
Title: Digital Print Assistant - On Call
Position Purpose:
The On-Call Digital Print Assistant provides critical operational support during high-volume periods, staff absences, and special campus events. This position oversees the daily on-demand intake, file preparation, production, finishing, and billing for college printing services in a fast-paced central print operation. This position will also assist in the Post Center when needed, providing excellent customer service with shipping and receiving.
Job Duties:
- Provide excellent customer service to staff, faculty and students.
- Assist in handling package pickup and drop-off within the Printing Center.
- Operate production machines to support on-demand printing, copying, and special events projects.
- Provide support to the printing team with finishes to products requested by customers.
- Assist in the Post Center with shipping, receiving, and over-all customer service when needed.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education
- High school diploma or GED equivalent required. Valid driver’s license also required.
- Associate degree, technical certification, or post-secondary training in Graphic Arts, Digital Publishing, or Print Production preferred.
Experience
- Demonstrated track record of providing high-quality, customer-facing service in a fast-paced environment required.
- Experience in print production, commercial finishing/cutting, and graphic arts preferred, or willingness and ability to learn on the job.
- Some graphic design work a plus.
Skills and Knowledge
- Commitment to equity and inclusion, and serving the needs of a culturally and educationally diverse community.
- Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat) and Enfocus PitStop. Working knowledge of Google Workspace a plus.
- Ability to step into on-call shifts on short notice and rapidly jump into active production workflows with minimal supervision.
- Exceptional time management, prioritization, and task-tracking abilities.
Benefits:
Bates College offers competitive salaries, access to the library and athletic facilities, and a supportive, collegial environment in a drug- and smoke-free workplace. This position may accrue leave in accordance with the Maine Earned Paid Leave law.
Hiring Range: The hiring rate for this position is $17.00.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
Bates College is committed to the principle of equal opportunity and providing an educational and work environment free from discrimination. The college prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status and other legally protected statuses in the recruitment and admission of its students, in the administration of its education policies and programs, or in the recruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to all applicable state and federal equal opportunity laws and regulations. All college faculty, staff, students, contractors, visitors, and volunteers are responsible for understanding and complying with the Non-Discrimination Policy.
Inquiries concerning the college’s policies, compliance with applicable laws, statutes, and regulations (such as Title VII, Title IX, and ADA/Section 504), and complaints may be directed to Gwen Lexow, Title IX Officer, 207-786-6445 or via email at glexow@bates.edu.
About Bates:
Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world.
Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion, or national origin.
Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages the forces — intellectual trends, demographic changes, and technology — that are transforming higher education and the world into which our students graduate.
Bates has highly competitive admissions, graduates over 90 percent of its entering students, and more than half of its alumni earn graduate degrees. Bates employs 200 faculty members and 550 staff.
The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburn community, Maine’s second-largest urban area with a population of approximately 65,000. Bates is located on a beautiful, 133-acre, traditional New England campus in Lewiston, an emerging city with an entrepreneurial climate, a lively arts scene, and a dynamic business community. Bates is 35 miles north of Portland, 140 miles north of Boston, and 350 miles north of New York City.
Advertised: 27 Aug 2026
Benefits:
Health Insurance, Retirement Plan, Vacation & Paid Time OffSalary : $17