Graphic Designer

Job title: Graphic Designer – Print Production

Company: Lanyardy®

Location: Al Wukair, Qatar

Workplace type: On-site

Job type: Full-time

About:

Lanyardy® produces customized lanyards, badges, wristbands, and other printed products in-house for events and businesses. We are hiring a full-time Graphic Designer – Print Production for our production team.

About the role:

The role combines graphic design, artwork preparation, printing machine operation, and production support. The successful candidate will prepare print-ready artwork, operate printing equipment, maintain consistent print quality, troubleshoot basic production issues, and ensure orders are completed accurately and on schedule.

Responsibilities

• Operate and monitor printing equipment used for lanyards, badges, cards, stickers, and customized products.
• Prepare customer artwork and production files according to the required dimensions, templates, bleed, resolution, and print specifications.
• Create and modify designs using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, CorelDRAW, or similar software.
• Perform pre-press checks on dimensions, colors, resolution, fonts, alignment, and positioning.
• Operate heat-transfer/sublimation, UV, card/badge, and other digital printers.
• Prepare files for variable-data printing, including names, QR codes, barcodes, photos, and job titles.
• Perform test prints and samples before mass production, and monitor print quality throughout.
• Ensure finished products match approved artwork, samples, and client specifications.
• Coordinate with the Sales and Operations teams on job requirements, quantities, and deadlines.
• Maintain production records, including completed quantities, wastage, rejected items, and material use.
• Perform routine cleaning and basic preventive maintenance of printers.
• Organize artwork files, production files, templates, and customer designs.
• Support cutting, finishing, assembly, and packing when required.
• Support urgent and high-volume production during events and peak periods.

Requirements

• Previous experience as a Printer Operator, Graphic Designer, Pre-Press Operator, or Digital Printing Operator
• Strong knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop; CorelDRAW is an advantage
• Experience preparing artwork for commercial or digital printing
• Experience operating UV, sublimation, heat-transfer, card, badge, or digital printing machines is highly preferred
• Understanding of CMYK/RGB, resolution, bleed, vector artwork, print dimensions, and color matching
• Experience with variable-data printing, QR codes, and barcodes is an advantage
• Basic knowledge of printer maintenance and troubleshooting
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to handle multiple orders under tight deadlines
• Able to work independently and as part of a production team
• Flexible and willing to work extended hours for urgent production or event deadlines
• Local hiring only

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