Experience

English Press Limited

• Kenya
• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Design Prepress Specialist

  • Sep 2015 - Present

  I set the foundation for successful printing production by: •Successfully manage and coordinate graphic design projects from concept through completion. •Work closely with clients to create a vision, conceive designs, and consistently meet deadlines and requirements. •Create and conduct highly persuasive sales and marketing presentations. •Working with a range of media, including computer-aided design (CAD), and keeping up to date with emerging technologies. •Analyzing files provided by clients or in-house teams and assessing suitability for printing. •Proofreading to produce accurate and high-quality work. •Scanning digital images to put into documents. •Retouching images and creating example proofs. •Laying out artwork to plan how a finished page will appear (known as imposition). •Transferring the final image onto printing plates using an imagesetter. Show less



Snappy Print

• United States
• Printing Services

• Print Shop Manager

  • Jul 2013 - Jun 2015

  •Manage, supervise, and operate the print shop. •Operate the digital printer and manage 1 other team member who handled finishing equipment. •Monitor stock levels and procure printing material. •Ensure that the presses are working according to specification. •Oversee the quality assurance of all printed material. •Negotiate prices and send quotes to customers. •Develop and implement process improvement initiatives. •Engage customers through relationship building and involvement using a consultative and collaborative approach to partnering on projects. •Maintain a timely and efficient production schedule to meet on-demand orders and requests. •Interact with various levels of management to find cost-saving measures, reduction in time, and other improvements. •Meet with customers to review job requirements. Show less



Marketpower International Ltd

• Kenya
• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Manager

  • Jan 2010 - Jun 2013

  •Overall responsibility for the print house including machine operations & procurement of supplies.•Maintain personal productivity and quality standards that make possible attractive financial returns.•Maintain quality control processes to ensure every print job is done on time and at high quality.•Operating state of the art digital and large format printing equipment.•Supervise, motivate and support team members by applying a team approach and maintaining open communication.•Plan, schedule, strategize and oversee all production activities while continually building sales and maintaining profitability.•Maintain a positive department attitude and ensure that all team members are aligned with the company goals.•Supervise the production team to prioritize jobs and when necessary, reorganize to meet deadline changes and updates.•Meet all assigned goals and assist team members in accomplishing their goals.•Organize workflow according to workload to meet delivery schedule and to complete assigned jobs.•Manage the coordination and control of all jobs/work orders.•Assure all team members have the necessary resources to perform their functions.•Engage customers through relationship building and involvement using a consultative and collaborative approach to partnering on projects.•Coordinate and manage the efforts of the team to most effectively utilize resources and drive continuous improvement.•Oversee proper implementation of customers' requests with quality assurance measures.•Initiate hiring when needed to cope with expanding workload. Show less

• Graphic Designer/Prepress Operator

  • Aug 2008 - Dec 2010

  •Responsible for developing and creating both digital and print designs for a wide range ofprint and online campaigns, publications, and advertising•Managing, producing, and designing projects from brief to fulfillment.•Designing & creating marketing & e-marketing materials on a range of projects• Preparing items for print, such as posters, pamphlets, magazines, newspapers, or books.• Pre-flight incoming jobs by creating mock-ups, color correcting, photo retouching, trapping, page imposition, etc.• Proof and plate output for sheetfed presses.•Responsible for inspection and problem resolution of digital files to meet customers'expectations.•Ensuring consistency in clients' corporate and promotional brands.•Presenting finalized ideas & concepts to clients, colleagues, and senior managers.•Working with a range of media, including photography, to create the final artwork.•Designing pitches and presentations for the sales teams.•Keeping up to date with new software, post-production techniques & industry trends.••Oversee the department in absence of the production manager. Show less



Computer Presentations Ltd.

• Graphic Design
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Designer

  • 2004 - 2008

  •Successfully manage and coordinate graphic design projects from concept through completion. •Create and conduct highly persuasive sales and marketing presentations. •Ensuring consistency in clients' corporate and promotional brands. •Successfully completed training to be a prepress operator. • Pre-flight incoming jobs by creating mock-ups, color correcting, photo retouching, trapping, page imposition, etc. •Scanning digital images to put into documents. •Retouching images and creating example proofs. •Laying out artwork to plan how a finished page will appear (known as imposition). •Transferring the final image onto printing plates using an imagesetter. Show less



Bezalel Graphics

• Graphic Design

• Graphic Designer

  • Jan 2003 - Dec 2003

  •Successfully completed training to be a graphics designer. •Work closely with clients to create a vision, conceive designs, and consistently meet deadlines and requirements. •Scanning digital images to put into documents. •Retouching images and creating example proofs. •Successfully completed training to be a graphics designer. •Work closely with clients to create a vision, conceive designs, and consistently meet deadlines and requirements. •Scanning digital images to put into documents. •Retouching images and creating example proofs.