A DTP artist is a desktop publishing worker, a job description used in advertising agencies, publishing

Publishing

Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...

, color separation, printing

Printing

Printing is a process for reproducing text and image, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. It is often carried out as a large-scale industrial process, and is an essential part of publishing and transaction printing....

 and other related industries. A DTP operator is usually skilled in multiple computer design applications, such as Adobe CS and others. DTP operators were formerly known as FA artists (FA: Finished artwork), the name changed due to the digital processes.
In English speaking countries, DTP operators are also referred to as Artworkers. Their role is to translate art director

Art director

The art director is a person who supervise the creative process of a design.The term 'art director' is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games....

s and graphic designer

Graphic designer

A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, printed or electronic media, such as brochures and...

s work in to digital files ready to go to print or be placed online.

See also

• Production artist
  Production artist
  A production artist is a technical and creative position in a creative profession. The job title originated at advertising agencies, assigning what was known as paste-up work to the position. Production artists work closely with the designer and art director to execute the design...
  
  
• Graphic designers
• Visualizer (advertising)
  Visualizer (advertising)
  Visualizer is a largely redundant name for a Storyboard artist or Concept Artist and is a mainly freelance occupation found in Advertising agencies to assist Art directors in drawing scamps and storyboards to a standard that they themselves could not manage for presentation to clients...
  
  
• Art director
  Art director
  The art director is a person who supervise the creative process of a design.The term 'art director' is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games....