Printshop Coordinator

The Communications Office at Johnson University invites applications for the part-time (25/hr/week) position of Printshop Coordinator on the Tennessee campus. Applicants for this position should submit a cover letter, resume, and the names and contact information of three professional references via email to the Chief Communications Officer, . Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Position Description

Assign, oversee, and implement production of print material for all departments of Johnson, including ordering paper, procuring cost estimates, and requesting purchase orders for all print jobs and paper purchases. Manage mailings, in-house print projects, and outsourced print jobs. Manage work-study team to accomplish responsibilities.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

  • Ensure that all graphic designs and print projects are completed in a timely manner
  • Work with Graphic Designer to coordinate timelines and due dates
  • Choose and order appropriate paper for each project
  • Check each project for print readiness
  • Send files to printer for production
  • Request purchase orders for print projects
  • Order paper and envelopes for campus use
  • Train, supervise and assign jobs to work study students
  • Printers: making copies, folding, cutting, padding, filing, binding, shrink-wrapping, organizing supplies, etc.
  • Use the color copier to produce direct mail pieces and other short run jobs (requires an understanding of print production and press sheet layout)

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

  • College education preferable
  • Willing to learn new tasks, cooperative, flexible
  • Working knowledge of both the MAC and PC operating systems
  • Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Publisher, Outlook
  • Ability to communicate cordially with students, staff, faculty, and vendors
  • Knowledge of copiers, printers, and other office machines
  • Ability to train student workers
  • Ability to take initiative and to organize and oversee multiple projects at one time

Working Conditions

  • Constantly perform desk-based computer tasks
  • Frequently stand/walk, reach/work above shoulders
  • Occasional need for work on weekends, evenings, holidays, and flexible shifts
  • Ability to lift 30 pounds required.

Equal Employment Opportunity Provider

Johnson University is a Christian university affiliated with Christian churches and churches of Christ. Its mission is “to educate students for Christian ministries and other strategic vocations framed by the Great Commission in order to extend the kingdom of God among all nations.” Accordingly, Johnson University seeks to hire and educate individuals who share its vision and core values to carry out that mission. Johnson University does not unlawfully discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment practices.

Johnson University does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, age, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or disability–if such disability may be accommodated without undue hardship—in provision of educational opportunities, programs and activities, or employment opportunities and benefits, pursuant to the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and subsequent amendments to that act, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 and subsequent re-authorization of that act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and subsequent amendments to that act.

The University, however, reserves the right under those provisions to make certain employment decisions on the basis of religion, marital status, or sex consistent with the University’s religious beliefs when establishing qualifications for certain positions. Further, as a Christian ministry, the University retains the right to select those who serve in ministerial positions, as that term has been defined by the courts in the context of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, based on criteria established by the University without regard to Title VII, Title IX, or any other federal, state, or local law governing the employment relationship.