Shipping Clerk

Description

Premier Press is one of the largest creative production companies on the West Coast, working with some of the most recognizable brands from around the world. If you’re someone who’s a self-starter, detail oriented and motivated to learn, this could be a great opportunity to work at an exciting and growing company. Visit our website to see our great work! http://www.premierpress.com

Top awards include: 

• PPAI Greatest Companies to Work For 2025 
• Winners of 12 Print Excellence Awards in 2025 
• Winners of 11 Print Excellence Awards in 2024 

Our Mission: Bring order to the chaos of creative production and distribution, making it easy to bring your brand to life.

Our Vision: Create a world free from dull marketing.

Our Values:

· Go Beyond

· Discover New Ways & Ideas

· Respect Ourselves, Each Other, and Our Community

· Deliver the Best Client Experience

Job Title: Shipping Clerk

Classification: Full-Time, non-exempt

Hourly Rate: $19.50 or higher DOE

Reports to: Shipping Manager

Schedule: Monday - Friday, 10am-7pm (hours may vary depending on workload) 

Location: In-Office (no remote), 5000 N Basin Ave. Portland, OR 97217 

Benefits

• Health insurance (100% employer-paid premiums)
• Basic Life Insurance (employer paid)
• Dental & Vision Insurance (low-cost premium)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Mass-Transit Reimbursement Program helps employees save on commuting costs
• 401k with annual profit sharing
• Paid Time Off, increases with tenure
• Paid Holidays
• On-the-Job training w/growth opportunities

Requirements

General Summary:

The Shipping Clerk is responsible for accurate packaging, labeling, and shipping daily orders while coordinating with internal teams and external carriers to ensure on-time delivery. This role requires strong attention to detail, effective communication, and the ability to pivot quickly in a fast-moving environment. Responsibilities include preparing freight and parcel shipments, maintaining departmental supplies, performing basic quality control, supporting receiving operations, and assisting with dispatching drivers as needed. Training is provided for forklift operation, pallet jacks, and PackSize machine.

Essential Functions: 

• Shipping daily orders within internal system
• Determine proper packing requirements to ensure the safe handling of products and meeting customer specifications.
• Package material according to established procedures.
• Load trucks.
• Coordinate & estimate shipments with freight and parcel carriers
• Coordinate Federal Express and UPS shipments.
• Organize and maintain all supplies for the department, re-ordering as needed.
• Serves as back-up support for receiving clerk as needed 
• Assist in dispatching company drivers in a way to optimize the customer’s experience
• Follow and comply with all safety and work rules and regulations. Maintain departmental housekeeping standards.
• Other duties. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Skills & Qualifications:

Required

• High school diploma, GED, or relevant experience.
• Ability to read, write, and speak English.
• Basic computer and email skills.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs occasionally, and perform physical demands described below.
• Consistent and dependable attendance. Flexibility to support the team by covering early mornings, evenings, and weekends as needed. 

Preferred Experience:

• Shipping/Receiving background
• Customer service
• Warehouse environment 
• Dispatching experience is a plus, but not required 

Competencies:

• Detail-orientated
• Strong computer skills
• Excellent customer service 
• Exceptional written and verbal communication
• Great problem-solving skills
• Works well with others
• Ability to use sound, independent judgment
• Collaborative, Team Focused
• Multitask and prioritize responsibilities effectively
• Flexible, able to work on other job duties and extra hours when needed

Supervisory Responsibility: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Additional Details

Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment can be loud.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. This position is very active and requires frequent standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling and climbing. The employee is frequently required to use hands and fingers to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, and push pallets. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and move objects up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Alcohol and Drug-Free Policy: We are an alcohol and drug-free workplace. Offers are contingent on the successful completion of background checks and drug screenings.  (While we prohibit impairment on the job, our policy does not restrict lawful, off-duty marijuana use.)

EEO: Premier Press provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any time without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.  

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