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Employment History

Confidential, New York, NY November 2005 - November 2011 Print Production / Project / Digital Studio Manager Accounts: Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Foot Action, Lady Foot Locker, Champs, Elzabeth Arden, Calvin Klein, Nike, Puma, Reebok, Converse

Managing production on intergraded projects (print and digital)
Liaison with creative team and client to keep projects on schedule and in budget
Researching new materials and printing methods for POP and direct mail projects
Appling understanding and broad knowledge of direct mail and print advertising processes to large, complex, or multi-channel projects
Calculating mechanical specifications, sizes for print ads and managing digital production
Reviewing all creative concepts to ensure productivity
Obtaining and analyzing all bids from printers and create estimates for review by client
Providing quality control via press inspections

Confidential, New York, NY February 2003 - December 2005 Director of Print Production and Digital Studio Accounts:Verizon, Reebok, Marriott, Crayola, Brahma, Chase Bank, Estee Lauder

Head of print production and graphic studio, managing group of 6 employees
Responsible for building and managing digital studio and production/traffic departments which included research, purchasing software and computers, staffing studio with designers and Mac artists and staffing production department with project managers
Researching new materials and printing methods for all print projects
Overseeing billing and invoicing from studio as a profit center

Confidential, New York, NY September 2001 - February 2003 Print Production and Digital Studio Manager Accounts: The Plaza Hotel, Island ECN, Crunch, Hotwire, Ann Taylor

Head of Production/Traffic department and studio, managing group of 4 employees
Liaison with account manager, creative and media to keep projects on schedule and within budget
Reviewing and monitoring all jobs (outdoor, magazine, newspaper ads and direct mail)
Kept abreast of all new postal rules and regulations
Reviewing all creative concepts to ensure productivity
Obtaining and analyzing all bids from pre-press houses separators, printers, retouchers and mail houses
Providing quality control via press inspections and participating on-site letter shop management

Confidential, New York, NY November 1998 - August 2001 Print Production / Project Manager Accounts: Hertz, CNN, Michelin, Reuters, The History Channel,Cigna, Bank of New York, Sunbean, Tiffany

Obtaining and analyzing all bids from pre-press houses, printers and retouchers
Reviewing and monitoring all proofs from vendors
Liaison with account management, creative and media to keep projects on schedule and in budget
Calculating mechanical specifications, sizes for direct mail pieces, print ads and OOH projects
Developing and implementing production schedules
Managing processing, approval and tracking of vendor invoices
Negotiating costs and securing competitive bids
Participating in press checks and on-site letter shop management
Developing spec sheets, procured estimates

Skills

Creative, innovative and detail-oriented print production professional with years of experience managing projects from estimation to final execution of B/W & 4/C (direct mail, collateral, packaging, magazine ads, newspaper ads, out-of-home and point of purchase) print advertising
Extensive knowledge in all aspects of pre-press, including electronic and conventional job planning, estimating, color and retouching evaluation, print purchasing
Computer literate on PC and Macintosh platforms with working knowledge in Microsoft Word, Excel, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, PowerPoint, Oracle systems

Education

MBA in Mathematics

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