What did you study, and did you have a particular career in mind?
Computer-aided design and technologies at college with the aim of becoming an architectural technician
How did you find your way into the industry?
A family friend
Did you know anything about print beforehand?
I didn’t really know much about the print industry at all
What does your current role entail?
Processing and proofing customers’ files to ensure they are good to be printed. On top of that I operate large-format printing machines as well as doing print finishing work, such as laminating posters and mounting pull-up banners
What’s the most enjoyable or interesting thing about it?
The best thing about it is getting to see a job go from PDF file to a finished printed product ready for the customer
Do you have an ideal career path mapped out?
Nothing as of yet, ideally to continue to progress in my current role and take it from there
What would be your dream job (print related)?
Becoming a company director within a printing business
Do you have a ‘side hustle’?
Nope
What’s top of your playlist at the moment?
Tina Turner's Simply the Best
Which box set would you recommend?
Still Game
What’s your most-used app?
What has surprised you most about working in the printing industry?
The amount of work that goes on in a factory to complete a job from start to finish
What could the printing industry be doing more of to entice millennials into print?
Showcase all the different aspects of the print industry
If you ruled the world...?
I would make the working day five hours maximum
