Job Summary

A growing commercial printing operation in San Diego is seeking an experienced Digital Print Press Operator for a direct hire opportunity. This full-time role is ideal for a print professional who is confident operating high-volume digital production presses and enjoys producing accurate, high-quality commercial print, direct mail, and personalized print projects.

This position offers the opportunity to work in a professional, fast-paced production environment with modern digital print equipment, supportive leadership, and strong collaboration across prepress, finishing, mailing, and production teams. Candidates who take pride in quality, reliability, and efficient workflow execution will find this to be a strong fit with long-term career value in digital printing and variable data production.

Key Responsibilities

- Set up and operate high-volume digital production presses for commercial print and direct mail projects.
- Review job tickets, PDFs, artwork, paper stocks, quantities, and production specifications before and during production.
- Monitor color, registration, image quality, and overall print quality to ensure finished work meets customer and production standards.
- Run variable data printing projects and support personalized print workflows using FusionPro or similar VDP software.
- Troubleshoot basic press, file, and workflow issues to keep jobs moving accurately and efficiently.
- Coordinate with prepress, finishing, mailing, and production teams while keeping equipment and work areas clean and organized.

Compensation and Benefits

- Compensation: $27 per hour.
- Salary range: $50,000 to $60,000 per year.
- Job type: Direct hire.
- Schedule: Full-time.
- Location: San Diego, CA.

Required Qualifications and Skills

- Operate digital production presses for high-volume commercial print and direct mail jobs.
- Set up job files, production specifications, paper stocks, sizes, and quantities for accurate output.
- Monitor print quality, color consistency, registration, and image accuracy throughout production.
- Support variable data printing and personalized print production workflows.

- 6 to 10 years of relevant print production or digital press operating experience preferred.
- Hands-on experience operating digital presses such as Xerox, Canon, Ricoh, Konica Minolta, HP, or similar production equipment.
- Background in commercial printing, direct mail, or high-volume digital production environments.
- Working knowledge of PDFs, job tickets, artwork review, and production specifications.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify quality issues and make basic adjustments.
- Mechanically inclined, dependable, organized, and comfortable working in a deadline-driven production setting.
- Ability to communicate effectively with prepress, finishing, mailing, and production team members.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with variable data printing, VDP workflows, and personalized print projects.
- FusionPro experience is highly preferred.
- Experience supporting direct mail production workflows.
- Familiarity with troubleshooting basic digital press, file, and print production issues.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans

The Know Your Rights poster is available here:
https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf

The pay transparency policy is available here:
https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf

For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, AppleOne is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team.

AppleOne participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program.
https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster_ES.pdf

We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.