Production Associate 1st Shift

Job Description

Job Description

Production Associate, 1st Shift

Production Associate

Digital Room, LLC · Wixom, MI

Location: Wixom, MI (on-site)

Employment Type: Full-time, hourly

About the Role

As a Production Associate, you prepare, inspect, and package finished large format print products, such as banners, posters, signage, and rigid display graphics, for shipment. Working across stations in a fast-paced production environment, you help make sure every order is accurate, complete, and meets our quality standards before it goes out the door. No prior experience is required. We provide on-the-job training and cross-train you across the department so you can grow with us.

Why Work for Digital Room?

Digital Room, LLC is a leading e-commerce large format print manufacturer serving thousands of businesses, teams, and professionals every day. With locations in CA, CT, MI, NJ, TX, OH, and the Philippines and more than 1,400 employees, the Digital Room family of brands goes to market through many websites including UPrinting.com, PrinterRunner.com, NextDayFlyers.com, and 48HourPrint.com. We’ve been at it for more than twenty years and are proud that the majority of our business is with repeat customers.

As we continue to grow and expand our MI location, we’re looking for people to grow along with us! Digital Room offers a high-energy, fast-paced environment with excellent growth opportunities and a competitive set of benefits, including:

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage available
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Sick Time
• 100% employer-sponsored short-term/long-term disability and life insurance
• Incentive bonus programs
• Matching 401(k) plan
• On-the-job training and management training programs
• Employee discounts and frequent employee appreciation events
• A climate-controlled, casual work environment, with the ability to listen to music while you work!

Who We Are: Our Core Values

We’re looking for skilled, hardworking applicants who share our core values and care about setting high goals, teamwork, integrity, accountability, quality, and customer satisfaction.

Drive to Succeed

Setting high goals, embracing change, and overcoming challenges to achieve results others simply can’t.

Dedication and Collaboration

The passion to succeed with those around you by embracing diversity, fostering creativity, and looking out for each other’s safety.

Professionalism and Integrity

Demonstrating ethical conduct, honesty, reliability, and accountability, behaving honorably even when no one is watching.

Data Driven Mindset

Leveraging data to challenge the status quo, explore new ideas, and invent better ways to grow.

Customer Driven Attitude

Working to delight every customer as we help bring their projects to life.

High Quality

Holding ourselves to high quality standards that inspire customer confidence and make us proud.

Our Culture and Continuous Improvement

At our Wixom facility, we are building a culture of operational excellence grounded in continuous improvement. We draw on Shingo principles to guide how we work every day, respecting every individual, leading with humility, focusing on the process, and assuring quality at the source. We cross-train our team across multiple stations so that everyone can grow, support one another, and keep work flowing smoothly. We’re looking for people who take ownership, bring ideas that make our processes better, and help build an environment where quality, respect, and teamwork come first.

What You’ll Do

• Prepare boxes and materials for packing finished print orders.
• Inspect finished product for quality, checking for print defects, color, and alignment against order requirements.
• Count and verify finished pieces against the order to make sure it is accurate and complete.
• Seal, label, and stage completed orders for shipping.
• Operate equipment safely and follow all safety procedures.
• Cross-train and rotate through the various stations within the department to build versatility, support production flow, and cover business needs.
• Manage time effectively and help prioritize incoming orders to meet production and shipping deadlines.
• Remain available for required overtime based on business needs.
• Perform other job duties as assigned by the manager.

What We’re Looking ForRequired

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• No prior experience required; on-the-job training provided.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills, including the ability to navigate between multiple software platforms and systems.
• Ability to use small hand tools.
• Ability to use and accurately read a tape measure.
• Basic math skills.
• Strong leadership ability and initiative.
• Strong time-management skills, including the ability to prioritize orders effectively.

Preferred (nice to have)

• Prior warehouse, manufacturing, or production experience.
• Experience in a print or large format production environment.
• Forklift familiarity.

Physical Requirements

This role requires the ability to:

• Stand, bend, and twist for up to 8 hours per day.
• Lift up to 50 pounds.
• Use small hand tools and accurately read a tape measure.
• See, hear, and speak within normal limits in order to communicate effectively in production areas.

Work Environment

• Fast-paced e-commerce large format print production facility.
• On-site role performed on the production floor.
• Climate-controlled with adequate lighting, heat, and A/C.
• Casual dress policy and creative culture.
• May require overtime based on production demand.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Digital Room, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We also provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state and local laws.

Monday-Friday 6am-2pm EST