Job Type
Full-time
Description
Dark Horse Comics, LLC., the Milwaukie, Oregon Company responsible for Hellboy, Minecraft, Umbrella Academy comics (and many more), is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Digital Art Technician to join our team!
This is a full time (40 hours per week) position in a creative, fast-paced industry: comic books & genre publishing. Candidates must have a strong foundation of graphic software skills (Adobe Creative Suite), an eye for color and detail, patience for repetitive tasks, and be open to performing a variety of duties relating to prepress and digital art quality assurance in both print and digital publishing.
Primary responsibilities to include but are not limited to:
- Quality controlling digital assets for use in final print.
- Assuring color accuracy
- Print resolution
- File Formatting for various media (print and digital distribution)
- Manipulation and restoration of graphic assets for print
- Print publishing book layout and file formatting/oganization
- Asset management and organization
- Operation and calibration of scanners and printers
- Scanning/digitizing traditional media art pieces
- Fielding preflight/graphic related questions from external clients, and internal depts.
- Maintaining and adhering to tight schedules and deadlines.
- Learn additional software, quality control, and proper set-up for comic book production.
Requirements
Preferred Requirements:
- Minimum 2 years experience in four-color/ CMYK digital file preparation and output.
- Must be fluent in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.
- Have experience modifying artwork in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Organizationally-minded
- Proven ability to multitask and adapt to changing technologies.
- Positive and professional attitude.
- Great attention to detail and organizational skills are necessary.
- Familiarity of comics and/or publishing industry (a plus)
Salary Description
Proposed: $45,000 annually