Some of print’s future leaders have shared their hopes, dreams, and vision for the industry in a bid to inspire young people to take up a print career.
The video series interviews finalists of 2015 Media Super Young Executive Award, which was won by Webstar supply chain manager Sean Thompson.
PIAA national communications director Joe Kowalewski says the videos show high-quality young print staff talking about their positive experiences, and gives insight into how their generation sees the industry.
“Turn back the clock and no one wanted to be part of the printing industry. They thought that they would be a dark basement covered with black ink,” he says.
“But that has changed. The print industry today offers young people a career path that can take them in any direction they want. They can be in sales, marketing, digital technology, graphic design, and a range of other paths.”
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Sean Thompson from Webstar says: “Moving forward I think that the successful businesses are the ones who that can use electronic media in conjunction with our printed products and give our customers the value-add and the opportunities to get across what they want.”
Wil Stevens from Collotype Labels (now at Openbook Howden): “The experience in the printing industry is going to be key . . . I am undergoing training for digital printing and I have done prepress . . . those are enabling me to gain a greater understanding of the client’s needs within the print industry.”
Ellie Savage from James Yeates & Sons: “Print can really control where the online market is going.”
Jeremy Scott from Impress Print: “You can’t just use social media to tell a person what the wine is about, you have to use a label and printing is the only way”
Self-employed Queensland printer Claire Hamilton: “We definitely need to keep learning and changing with the times and not be afraid of collaborating with the digital realm as well as print and design.”
Rio Chard from Scott Print: “It’s an exciting, changing dynamic place and something that I’m really excited to be involved in.”
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