Experience

Southwest Offset Printing

• United States
• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Digital Specialist

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  I am responsible to support the prepress department and to preflight customer supplied artwork. Create Rules-Based Automation (RBA) for use within Kodak Prinergy system software. Southwest Offset Printing uses web based InSite for customers to upload and approve their jobs. I give the customer technical support and help on how to supply their artwork. I am responsible to support the prepress department and to preflight customer supplied artwork. Create Rules-Based Automation (RBA) for use within Kodak Prinergy system software. Southwest Offset Printing uses web based InSite for customers to upload and approve their jobs. I give the customer technical support and help on how to supply their artwork.



Graphicom Digital

• United Kingdom
• Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Prepress Manager

  • Jul 2003 - Oct 2019

  My responsibilities include preflighting, fixing, and proofing artwork supplied by customers to be press ready. Sometimes I am called upon to design art. Preparing and outputting plates for the printing presses. Work with Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Quark XPress, Preps, and Prinergy Evo. Make hard copy proofs from an Epson Stylus Pro 9600. Burn plates using a Kodak Trendsetter 800 II. My responsibilities include preflighting, fixing, and proofing artwork supplied by customers to be press ready. Sometimes I am called upon to design art. Preparing and outputting plates for the printing presses. Work with Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Quark XPress, Preps, and Prinergy Evo. Make hard copy proofs from an Epson Stylus Pro 9600. Burn plates using a Kodak Trendsetter 800 II.



Steven Label Corporation

• Art Department Supervisor

  • 1993 - 2003

  In charge of the art department's day to day operations. Oversee, schedule, and proof work done by the production artists. Output film for silk screen and flexographic presses. Made prototypes and mock-ups using a Laser Cutter. Built and designed the company website. Worked with the president and programmer to allow customers to view & approve their proofs, track their orders, view past order history, etc. in real time on the website. In charge of the art department's day to day operations. Oversee, schedule, and proof work done by the production artists. Output film for silk screen and flexographic presses. Made prototypes and mock-ups using a Laser Cutter. Built and designed the company website. Worked with the president and programmer to allow customers to view & approve their proofs, track their orders, view past order history, etc. in real time on the website.



Dick Cepek, Inc.

• Art Director

  • 1984 - 1993

  In charge of all of the advertising and creative duties to support the company's retail stores and wholesale department. Organized and designed the Wholesale and Retail Catalogs, Price Lists, Flyers, Brochures, POP Displays, Packaging, SEMA Show Booth, Store Surveys and Contest Drawings. Designed and placed magazine ads in the trade publications. Took photos of products for ads and brochures. Worked with photographers at on location photo shoots. Got quotes and did press checks on the over 360 page catalogs.