Print Production Lead

ScaffoldMart designs and manufactures professional-grade scaffolding equipment sold direct and through national retail. We're a lean, fast-moving team building a growing lineup of products — and we need someone to own the production side of our print collateral operation.

The job is making sure every product label, piece of box art, product manual, and print collateral asset — flyers, brochures, tradeshow graphics, whatever the business needs — that leaves this company is technically correct, on time, and ready to print. You'll coordinate the contractors who produce the work, track what's in flight, and catch problems before they get to leadership — so we're not making decisions at the last minute because something slipped.

What you'll own:

• Product label production from brief to delivery — working directly in Illustrator, QCing files against spec (overprint, K=100, bleeds, color, UPCs, SKU matching), and managing revisions until the file is right
• Box art coordination — receiving direction from leadership, briefing our packaging designer and 3D rendering team, tracking the review pipeline, and making sure output matches the brief before it moves forward
• Production scheduling — knowing what's due, what's at risk, and what needs to be escalated; nothing falls through because nobody was watching the clock
• File delivery — managing a clean, consistent handoff process so the right files get to the right people at the right time; sending confirmation to the appropriate parties when something is submitted
• QC against established standards — you work within guidelines we set; your job is to know those guidelines cold and apply them without being asked every time

What you bring:

• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator — this is the core; you can open a production file, find the problem, and fix it, not just describe it. InDesign and Photoshop are a meaningful plus, especially for multi-page collateral and manual work
• Understanding of print production fundamentals: CMYK color, overprint settings, bleed and safe zones, UPCs, dieline-aware layouts
• Strong organizational instincts — you build a system rather than track things in your head, and you stay ahead of deadlines rather than reacting to them
• An eye for when something looks off — design judgment doesn't have to be your primary credential, but you notice when something isn't right and you say so
• Reliable follow-through — you close the loop, you confirm delivery, you don't leave people guessing

What's true about working here:

We're a small team. The lineup is growing — we're moving toward national retail shelf placement — and the production operation needs to scale with it. You'll have real ownership over a real domain, not a narrow slice of someone else's department.

This role is on-site in Greenville, NC. The work is hands-on. Leadership sets the creative direction and standards; your job is to execute against them with precision and keep the pipeline moving.

Compensation: $75,000–$85,000 depending on experience