Production Manager Custom, Proprietary and Value

• Nov 2022 - Present

Senior Production Controller

• Apr 2018 - Nov 2022

Project Manager for highly complex and bespoke titles within the Quarto+ list, and involved in all phases of Project from start up till client acceptance.Working on bath, cloth, component and conventional paper/board pop up titles.Safety testing titles and working with our SME to determine latest legislationRetrieving quotes from vendors and negotiating pricing down. Working on schedule that meets our sales/design dates, then placing PO

Senior Production Controller

• Jun 2015 - Apr 2018

My focus in within the Novelty and Picture Book team of Templar Publishing and Big Picture Press imprints.In August 2016, I also had the opportunity to go to a European printer and Press pass one of my titles.Day to day duties include;Project Managing my front list/coed titles co-ordinating with Editorial/design contactsSafety - Risk Assess/BoMs/PiPsShipping BiblioManaging all sales material for KRP imprintsManage and updating our Hires work flowAssisting and teaching Junior Controllers with their tasks Show less

Production Coordinator

• Dec 2013 - Jul 2015

Reorganising the structure of our Repro setup within the company and how we can be more productive. This also meant introducing new Presets and checks for Creative and Production staff so we have further control on our Quality Management.

Production Operator

• Sep 2007 - Dec 2013

Within a successful repro department of highely regarded children publisher, i discovered many skills which had expanded my career. - I’m very efficient at using Illustrator and Photoshop, and was often masking images, colour matching artwork, template design work, and any use or need for this software. - My knowledge of Quark/InDesign software is also high; at work my day-to-day tasks would be checking overprint/knockout, licensed fonts, high-resolution images and using spot colours. - Preflighting PDFs to check there at industry standard using Adobe Professional, and using software such as Pitstop for more advanced uses amendments to the PDFs. - Designing templates or possible ideas studio employees could use for certain jobs, as in how images would look best and how it could attract them. Show less