Experience

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  Rondo-Pak

  • Camden, New Jersey, United States

  • Prepress Specialist

    • May 2022 - Present
    • Camden, New Jersey, United States

    Currently working with Esko / Art Pro packaging softwares and Adobe software.

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  ABC Imaging

  • Carlstadt, New Jersey, United States

  • Senior Premedia Technician

    • Apr 2021 - May 2022
    • Carlstadt, New Jersey, United States

    Coloredge was acquired by ABC imaging during the Covid lockdown. My new role at ABC Imaging was Senior Premedia Technician.

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  Coloredge

  • United States
  • Advertising Services
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Prepress Supervisor

    • Apr 2019 - Apr 2021

    • Responsible for all work performed in prepress department. Manage production in the department: responsible for productivity, quality, timeliness, and cost control of work in prepress.• Manage Prepress Department (including 16 Direct Reports) to support 12 large format printers.• Assist with keeping the customer service department in-tune with in house prepress jobs to ensure proper delivery dates.• Provide production and customer support to sales teams.• Responsible for the orientation of new employees. Training of new software and implementing Premedia Department standard operating procedures to all department employees.

  • Senior Premedia Technician

    • Aug 2014 - Apr 2019

    • Assist the National Premedia Supervisor in the daily workflow, prioritizing jobs according to delivery schedules and which employees will work on what jobs based on their experience.• Evaluate, prepare and print incoming jobs to large format printers.• Make necessary graphic and color corrections to files to produce best possible product.• Communicate with internal customer service and external customers.• Caldera RIP software for wide-format imaging.

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  Freelance Prepress Specialist

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Prepress Specialist - Freelance

    • Mar 2014 - Aug 2014
    • Greater New York City Area

    The next major shift in prepress will be efficient PDF work flows. In the near future printing companies will only like to be receiving PDFs instead of native files. It will be even more imperative that the designers in companies have the knowledge to set up their files correctly.• Specializing in improving your creative staff’s knowledge in setting up their files to be print ready.• On-site training in the Greater New York City area for Graphic Design Professionals that want to learn prepress skills and techniques to help set up their files correctly for print.• Experience working with the latest desktop publishing software - Macintosh and PC.• Off-site consultation is available as well.Some clients I worked with:Fisher PrintingPrintMarketing LLCGive Back KC21st Business SolutionsElectric PencilPrepress OnlineAggressive PressOne Source SolutionsComprehensive Financial Planning

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  Hatteras

  • Tinton Falls, New Jersey

  • Senior Prepress Specialist

    • Nov 1999 - Feb 2014
    • Tinton Falls, New Jersey

    Senior Prepress Specialist, 11/99 - 02/14• Assist the Prepress Supervisor in the daily desktop workflow, prioritizing jobs according to press schedules.• Responsible for the orientation of new employees and training of new software and techniques to other department employees.• Applying traps to PDFs for the KODAK PRINERGY Workflow System.• Create imposed PDFs for Nexpress and Indigo workflows.• Assist the Production Department by preflighting and trouble shooting incoming client files. • Liaison with our clients if they had any questions or concerns with their files.

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  Earth Thebault

  • Parsippany, New Jersey

  • Lead Desktop Operator

    • Feb 1994 - Nov 1999
    • Parsippany, New Jersey

    • Assist the Prepress Supervisor in the daily desktop workflow, prioritizing jobs according to press schedules and which employees will work on what jobs based on their experience.• Trouble shoot problem files and assist other operators in the workflow of their jobs.• Applying traps to MacIntosh and PC postscript files., then converting the files to Scitex linework and continuous tone files for the Creo/Brisque Workflow.

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  Stephenson Printing

  • Alexandria, Virginia

  • Lead Desktop Operator

    • Jul 1992 - Feb 1994
    • Alexandria, Virginia

    • Lead Desktop Operator, 07/92 - 02/94• Applying traps to MacIntosh and PC postscript files, then converting the files to Scitex linework and continuous tone files for the Scitex Star PS System.

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  Rothtec

  • New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States

  • System Specialist

    • Mar 1989 - Jul 1992
    • New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States

    Applying traps to Macintosh and PC postscript files then converting files to Scitex line work and continuous tone files for the Scitex 280 Response System for textile printing.