Desktop Publishing Specialist

The YGS Group, honored as the 3rd Best Place to Work in PA (2007), provides a comprehensive line of publishing and creative services that enhance the effectiveness of original print content for publishers, associations and corporations. Services including creative and prepress, printing and finishing, fulfillment and distribution, advertising sales and reprint management help provide a complete solution. Customers throughout the country have chosen The YGS Group because of their commitment to quality, innovation and the value of original creative content. The YGS Group is privately owned and operated with locations in York and Lancaster.

 Job Responsibilities:Using original magazine media, you will redesign the layout of magazine articles to the appropriate page length, removing ads and other miscellaneous items and adding customization like magazine logos, customer logos and permissions lines to create a reprint.Contact customers regarding the layout of the reprint to obtain proof approval or corrections that need to be made.Provide creative layout ideas to internal sales representatives as well as to the reprint buyer.May create reprint advertising to be used in magazines or in conjunction with other promotional materials.Requirements:1-3 years of desktop publishing experience is preferred.Thorough knowledge of Quark XPress, Indesign, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop in a Mac operating system environmentA basic knowledge of printing processes and requirements is preferred

 Benefits:

Full-time YGS employees receive the following extensive benefit package:Health, Dental & Vision 30 days after hireLife Insurance, Short-term & Long-term Disability,401K plan with Company MatchFlextime