Q&A: Zack Sutherland Digital printing and finishing apprentice, Pureprint

Zack is 19 and has spent six months in print – he was attracted to the industry because he wanted an apprenticeship that was “hands-on with some thinking involved”. His outside of work activities include plenty of sports including football, badminton and cricket.

What is your nickname?  

For some reason ‘Zacky Baby’ because it just goes, but if I’m in trouble then it’s Zackary

What would be your dream job? 

Test driving new supercars

Who would play you in a movie about your life?  

Robert Downey Jr because his sarcasm is great in films

What is your dream bit of kit?

A Canon 7D camera

What would you most like to print?   

Money!

What is your favourite film?  

Catch Me If You Can with Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio

What is your favourite TV programme?  

The Walking Dead

Who or what do you hate the most?

People who put milk in with the tea-bag before the water

What is your favourite saying? 

‘Oh dear’

What is your favourite album? 

Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys

What is your favourite book or what book are you reading at the moment?

The Cherub series by Robert Muchamore. They are like stories of a teenage James Bond

What is your greatest luxury in life?

My car

What is the strangest job you’ve had?

Cleaned a dental surgery for two hours a day

Who would you like to be stuck on a desert island with? 

Bear Grylls, so he can do the work

What is your greatest ambition? 

Living abroad

What’s your greatest fear?  

Free fall

Where would you like to be right now?  

In Egypt where there aren’t any clouds or rain

Which superpower would you like to have? 

The ability to stop or slow down time

Who would be your favourite party guests?

Kevin Hart, Will Farrell and Tom Hardy

Where would you go if you could time-travel?  

The 1980s or 1960s because everyone goes on about them. Plus I like 80s music

What is the worst kind of print?  

Anything on a thin substrate

What was your childhood obsession?

My Xbox and playing badminton

Life is…?  

Definitely short