WE ARE CURRENTLY INTERVIEWING FOR A…

DARK ROOM SCREEN TECH

(if you know what it is, thats a step in the right direction)

DARK ROOM SCREEN TECH:

$17 - $20/hr plus full benefits, paid time off, and a 4-day work week* (not 4 - 10s)

CommonWealth Press is a Pittsburgh-based Union screen printing shop. We are looking for a DARK ROOM SCREEN TECH to join our team. This person’s main goal is to prepare quality screens for producution level screenprinting.

coating, drying, exposing, and knowing what screens work for what art is a skill you’d need to have and understand.

The ideal candidate UNDERSTANDS screen printing. They have worked in a shop and know how art works on screen. what colors go with what mesh counts, and just get the general overview of screen printing.

We need someone with print shop experience. They must have an understanding of ink, process, screens, quality, artwork reproduction, simulated process, and know screens … if you know screens, you know what it means. (sorry i just wanted that to rhyme).

Responsibilities:

  • Coat screens, expose screens, washout screens, know screens, speak the secret language of screens.

  • Reclaim screens when needed, learn or at least try to understand our automatic screen reclaiming unit.

Requirements:

  • Proven experience in the screen printing industry

  • Excellent communication skills

  • Incredible attention to detail

  • Incredible attention to detail

  • Incredible attention to detail

  • Ability to address complaints and issues with effective solutions and a positive attitude

  • Being cool.
    - thats a big one, nobody likes working with jerks. so if you’re a jerk, you wouldn’t like working here.

  • Excellent time-management and prioritization skills

About CommonWealth Press:

CommonWealth Press is a Pittsburgh based union screen printing, design, and retail space dedicated to offering quality screen printing solutions for businesses, bands, artists, and our own retail line. We print garments, vinyl, stickers, fine art posters, and offer design and print solutions to customers that range from individual independent artists up to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

We are artists, musicians, designers, and makers who have worked for the past 20 years to create a supportive and creative environment for ourselves and those we work with. We have had retail stores throughout the city, at the airport, and in Mt Lebanon. Our shop was founded in a south side basement and has grown on word of mouth to our very own warehouse (on Warrington, right by the liberty tunnel) employing a small and hard-working team.

CommonWealth Press is a recognized AFL/CIO TRADE UNION SCREEN PRINTING SHOP - PGH TYPO #7. We are an employee-executed, owner-initiated union shop with 100% participation. If hired you will be required to join the union.

Our employees enjoy a work culture that promotes creativity and independent thought while being a team player. We aim to work as efficiently as possible to get more time to NOT be at work. We support the arts, people, and workers, and know that the most valuable commodity on this planet is all of our time. We have very little turnover, a fact we attribute to a fair working environment and a solid sense of humor.

Our benefits include:

Paid time off / Paid health days, Healthcare plus vision and dental, Short and Long term disability, Retirement with employer matching, 11 paid holidays a year (including your birthday). Flexible schedule. We are also working a 4 day work week (not 4/10s). Its been a 3 year process to get to this point and its pretty cool.

our Instagram: @cwpress

*we work a 4-day work week, which envisions employees receiving 100% pay for 80% of hours worked while hitting 100% of productivity targets. You will be working 32 hours a week, with 40 hours paid based on efficiency goals.

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CommonWealth Press is an family/artist-owned, Pittsburgh proud, union screenprinting shop. We started in a south side basement and have grown to our own 22K sq ft warehouse. We are located at 415 w Warrington Ave and print Tshirts, stickers, posters, etc for local bands, businesses, unions, and anybody who appreciates quality printing from decent humans. We are the only union screenprinting shop in and around and anywhere near Pittsburgh. 

We have had brick-and-mortar retail stores throughout the city selling our own line of Pittsburgh-centric designs. 

CommonWealth Press is employee-focused. We always want to be a company that we are proud of. We offer healthcare (with vision and dental), a 3% matching retirement plan, paid time off, paid holidays, and a supportive / friendly atmosphere. We value and respect your personal time. Overtime is almost always available and rarely (if ever) mandatory.

CommonWealth Press is a proud AFL/CIO member of The Printing, Publishing, and Media Workers Sector of the Communication Workers of America. All employees are required to become members of the union. 

this form directs to the email WORK at CWPRESS.com