Experience

Trinity Press

• United States
• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Preflight/Prepress Technician

  • May 2018 - Present



Gail Andreu Photography

• Bloomfield, NJ

• Owner/Photographer

  • Oct 2008 - Present

  Specializing in outdoor portraits for children, couples, families, and individuals. Also offering maternity and engagement sessions, as well as small events. • Defined and recommended detailed solutions to capture images. • Planned and prepared for all on-location shoots. • Prepared quotes and contracts for prospective clients. • Researched and acquired permits if necessary. • Photographed high-quality images for both print and Internet distribution. • Selected and altered secondary photographic features such as backdrops and lighting. • Facilitated weekly appointments. • Performed advanced computer processing of images for assignments. • Edited, toned, captioned and uploaded photographs for website, social media and archives. • Archived photographs on computers and servers. • Maintained productive professional relationships with clients. Show less



Freelance Graphic Design & Photographer

• Greater New York City Area

• Freelancer

  • Sep 2002 - Dec 2012

  • Created advertisements for print. • Designed custom invitations for print. • Designed and created special newspaper inserts for Daily News clients. • Worked on book jacket designs for an independent author. • Edited copy for independent author. • Photographed high-quality images for both print and Internet distribution. • Edited, toned, captioned and uploaded photographs for web publications. • Archived photographs on computers and servers. • Created advertisements for print. • Designed custom invitations for print. • Designed and created special newspaper inserts for Daily News clients. • Worked on book jacket designs for an independent author. • Edited copy for independent author. • Photographed high-quality images for both print and Internet distribution. • Edited, toned, captioned and uploaded photographs for web publications. • Archived photographs on computers and servers.



New York Daily News

• United States
• Online Media
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Applications Specialist

  • Jul 1993 - Oct 2002

  • Managed technological considerations to meet defined goals. • Improved quality standards of the company's digital printing process by effectively using AGFA and HP printers along with Sun Microsystems Software. • Carefully prepared all design layouts into prepress files for offset, web and digital printing. • Interfaced with the advertising vice president, art director, designer, production manager and print producer. • Anticipated design issues and proved to be proactive in developing effective solutions. • Researched industry trends and evaluated competitive products. • Collaborated with production on task list creation to meet overall project goals on time. • Learned new software packages and, in turn, taught these packages to the designers. • Designed graphics for websites, logos and promotions for marketing purposes. Show less