Experience

PLS Print

• United States
• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Account Manager

  • Apr 2016 - Present

  Sell print and mail service and expand customer base within the Tampa Bay, FL, territory. Build relationships with key decision makers and match customers with the right solutions for their needs.

• Purchasing/Estimating

  • Mar 2008 - Apr 2016

  Purchasing: Manage purchasing of all paper products for press departments. Research for outsourcing other products i. e. ink, envelope printing, die cutting, specialty products.Coordinate purchases for pre-press, pressroom, bindery, shipping & administrative departments working closely with department supervisors.Estimator: Prepare a cost estimate for printing jobs by determining the most economical method of manufacture considering the production capacity of the company’s equipment.



The St. Petersburg Times

• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Coordinator, Marketing

  • Jun 1994 - Feb 2008

  Production Coordinator, Creative Services, Marketing: Coordinate all promotional printing for the newspaper, with in-house and outside printers. Manage the production of Creative Services projects. Assist Creative Services, Events and Circulation managers in meeting deadlines by coordinating projects. Handle archiving of all projects from servers. Coordinate filler ads both retail and classified. Production Coordinator, Creative Services, Marketing: Coordinate all promotional printing for the newspaper, with in-house and outside printers. Manage the production of Creative Services projects. Assist Creative Services, Events and Circulation managers in meeting deadlines by coordinating projects. Handle archiving of all projects from servers. Coordinate filler ads both retail and classified.



The Flyer

• Night Supervisor, Production

  • Jul 1990 - Jun 1994

  Responsible for ad flow, ad logging, design, and assistance with book pagination. Responsible for ad flow, ad logging, design, and assistance with book pagination.