Active Interest Media

Prepress Specialist

Active Interest Media – Boulder Production

Reports to Group Production Director



JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary
The prepress specialist is expected to have an aptitude for print production plus an understanding of the magazine printing industry standards and advertising graphic design. This person interacts with internal ad coordinators, art directors and photo editors to preflight ad materials, correct, adjust and manipulate images while coordinating with the magazines workflow and deadlines.

The prepress specialist should have three years experience working on a Mac in a print production, prepress publishing or agency environment.

General Duties and Responsibilities
Correct and adjust color images provided from photographers for magazine web offset print reproduction.
Accurately preflight editorial and advertising files for reproduction according to specifications while maximizing production efficiencies.
Design and produce ads.
Maintain, manage and organize digital files.
Create press ready PDFs and upload to printer.
Review and approve digital proofs online.
Create and review color proofs for submission to printers.
Prepare magazine page files for digital editions on various tablets.
Assist Prepress Manager and Group Production Director and other miscellaneous tasks as needed.
Required Skills

Fluent with CC on a Mac platform
Minimum of 3 years of electronic prepress or desktop publishing and printing experience and/or vocational/technical degree or equivalent is required.
Must possess and maintain a working understanding of basic printing theory including digital imposition, overprinting, knockouts, paper characteristics, pagination, ink density, ghosting, color space and color theory.
Experience with silhouettes and clipping paths skills, including ad production, building ads, manipulating PDFs and preflighting
Experience working with color retouching a must.
Knowledge of all aspects of electronic prepress digital file formats and common desktop publishing tools • Candidate must be able to differentiate between colors and will be required to complete a color test.
Proven knowledge to troubleshoot file issues and resolve problems
Ability to prioritize daily tasks and jobs independently and effectively.
Strong organization skills to maintain digital library of images, magazine issues and layouts
Confidence to comfortably navigate a digital network with various servers
Good communication required in order to interact with production personnel regarding any problems, questions or concerns with electronic files. Communicate in technical terms with printers.
Self motivated, reliable, responsible, detail/quality oriented and punctual. Proactive and positive
Position requires preselection testing/assessments of all final candidates.
Candidate must have an excellent eye for color in images for print reproduction
Proven ability to multitask and work under deadline pressure while working independently
Speed and accuracy
Familiarity with digital magazines helpful
Please send your resume and cover letter to [email protected].

Art Director – Spin to Win Rodeo magazine

Location: Boulder, CO

The Spin To Win Rodeo provides the best and most complete rodeo and team roping coverage for team ropers enthusiast and rodeo fan.



Job Description

Magazine formulation, creation, layout and design for a monthly publication.
Creating advertisements for select clients
Creation of web-ready files for the Spin To Win Rodeo brand’s online channels, including, conceptualization and design of online contests or campaigns when necessary.
Ideal Candidate:

Possess creative abilities including an eye for style, typography, photography and graphics
Ability to conceptualize and direct up to three photo shoots per year.
Photography skills are a plus.
Must also possess the ability to be extremely effective and efficient with deadlines
Manage and organize in-house and freelance creative resources and photography and collaborative style that will embody our brand for the team roping lifestyle and rodeo community.
Required Skills

Proficient knowledge of print design platforms (Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
If interested, please send cover letter and resume to Bob Welch, [email protected]

WEB DEVELOPER – HEALTHY LIVING GROUP
AUGUST 24, 2016 JOANN THOMAS
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Web Developer

Active Interest Media – Healthy Living Group, Boulder, CO

Reports to: Senior Developer



The Web Developers for the Healthy Living Group at Active Interest Media play a pivotal role in building and maintaining websites for our award-winning brands.

Our sites have a variety of enthusiastic audiences and are built on a variety of platforms. Each of the sites has a treasure-trove of amazing content that needs to find its audience as a developer, you get to imagine and implement the systems that will bring audience and content together. If you enjoy applying your core expertise while learning new things and expanding your skill-set, come join us.

Location: Candidates local to our Boulder, CO office will enjoy comfortable working conditions and free yoga. Our team is a mix of local and remote.

Skills: PHP/ASP, MySQL, Apache, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, GIT

Requirements

Minimum 3 years developing themes, modules and plugins for WordPress, Dot-Net-Nuke and/or Drupal websites
Must have a good working knowledge and practice using GIT and a local / staging / production environment setup, with a local environment that interfaces with Linux, such as the OS X terminal or Linux terminal.
Must be familiar and comfortable with SSH
Must be have good problem solving ability with a passion for debugging
Writes clean code according to best practices for organization, efficiency and commenting
Knowledge of aesthetic design principles and user interface. Will not require the creation of wire frames, but knowledge of mobile first methodology, and best practices for UI preferred.
Some Ruby experience preferred, but not required
Familiar with Cloud Hosting solutions such as AWS
Basic Photoshop skills
About Active Interest Media

Active Interest Media is a company actively acquiring and building market-leading enthusiast publications and other media platforms. We offer a competitive benefits package including medical and dental insurance, long and short term disability, FSA and 401k.

The Healthy Living Group

Houses consumer magazines such as Yoga Journal, Vegetarian Times, Oxygen, Muscle and Performance, Clean Eating, Black Belt, Amazing Wellness and Better Nutrition.

When applying for this position include your up-to-date resume and portfolio, specify which CMS platform you prefer to work with and why. Also include links to sites you have worked on. Email to Alan Zucker [email protected]. Please no phone calls.

We're Hiring!

Prepress Specialist

Active Interest Media - Boulder Production
Reports to Group Production Director

JOB DESCRIPTION

I. Summary
The prepress specialist is expected to have an aptitude for print production plus an understanding of the magazine printing industry standards and advertising graphic design. This person interacts with internal ad coordinators, art directors and photo editors to preflight ad materials, correct, adjust and manipulate images while coordinating with the magazines workflow and deadlines.
The prepress specialist should have three years experience working on a Mac in a print production, prepress publishing or agency environment.

II. General Duties and Responsibilities
• Correct and adjust color images provided from photographers for magazine web offset print reproduction.
• Accurately preflight editorial and advertising files for reproduction according to specifications while maximizing production efficiencies.
• Design and produce ads.
• Maintain, manage and organize digital files.
• Create press ready PDFs and upload to printer.
• Review and approve digital proofs online.
• Create and review color proofs for submission to printers.
• Prepare magazine page files for digital editions on various tablets.
• Assist Prepress Manager and Group Production Director and other miscellaneous tasks as needed.

Required Skills
• Fluent with CC on a Mac platform
• Minimum of 3 years of electronic prepress or desktop publishing and printing experience and/or vocational/technical degree or equivalent is required.
• Must possess and maintain a working understanding of basic printing theory including digital imposition, overprinting, knockouts, paper characteristics, pagination, ink density, ghosting, color space and color theory.
• Experience with silhouettes and clipping paths skills, including ad production, building ads, manipulating PDFs and preflighting
• Experience working with color retouching a must.
• Knowledge of all aspects of electronic prepress digital file formats and common desktop publishing tools • Candidate must be able to differentiate between colors and will be required to complete a color test.
• Proven knowledge to troubleshoot file issues and resolve problems
• Ability to prioritize daily tasks and jobs independently and effectively.
• Strong organization skills to maintain digital library of images, magazine issues and layouts
• Confidence to comfortably navigate a digital network with various servers
• Good communication required in order to interact with production personnel regarding any problems, questions or concerns with electronic files. Communicate in technical terms with printers.
• Self motivated, reliable, responsible, detail/quality oriented and punctual. Proactive and positive
• Position requires preselection testing/assessments of all final candidates.
• Candidate must have an excellent eye for color in images for print reproduction
• Proven ability to multitask and work under deadline pressure while working independently
• Speed and accuracy
• Familiarity with digital magazines helpful

Please send your resume and cover letter to [email protected].