Brian Kolar Email & Phone Number

Knoxville, Tn, Us

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Use Adobe Creative Suite to prepare client files for printing, working with customers to make changes and obtain approvals. Layout and typesetting of several recurring jobs. Impose files in Xitron Sierra for output on plates and digital press. Operate Heidelberg Versafire digital printer and make plates.

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Independent contractor for Amazon Flex, DoorDash, Grubhub and Instacart.

Jacksonville, Florida

Worked with our client’s design teams to implement our EPM software (formerly IntelliSense) and use our workflow to create their advertising vehicles, including on-site information gathering and training.Worked with the Product Team to develop a new InDesign plug-in to import product information and images directly from the EPM software by testing and providing feedback on each beta release.

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Worked with our client’s design teams to implement our IntelliSense software and use our workflow to create their advertising vehicles, including on-site information gathering and training.Worked with the Product Team to develop a new InDesign plug-in to import product information and images directly from the IntelliSense software by testing and providing feedback on each beta release.

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Provided support to Winn-Dixie’s marketing department for their iMacs (hardware and software) and our installed servers and IntelliSense software.Prepped client files and used Kodak Prinergy to create print ready files and send to our digital presses for printing.

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Assisted in transitioning Save Mart's in-house weekly ad production to our company by leading the design team in building the advertising and obtaining and cataloging all files needed to support that effort.After Winn-Dixie acquired Harvey's, switched to leading a new team in transitioning those ads as well.In those rolls, as well as assisting in building ads, worked closely with client to receive changes and corrections and proof all work before returning it for approval and release to press.

Orlando, Florida Area And Jacksonville, Florida Area

Created advertising and other print materials for various clients including Naval Base Orlando, Winn-Dixie, IGA, and Advo. Collaborated closely with clients, ensuring their ads were built to requirements, changes were made correctly, and deadlines were met.Worked with prepress department to impose and output print-ready files for in-house web offset presses. Assisted prepress department with making film and creating plates.Photographed products for our client’s ads, which included color correcting and clipping, and implemented Kwikee system for product images and managing our internal image files.

Orlando, Florida, United States

Created ads from layouts and elements provided by the sales department and assisted reporters with story layout. Printed and physically assembled ads and stories into pages on galleys. Assisted in the dark room, developing photos for use in the newspaper.

New Port Richey, Florida, United States

Entered articles and ads into computer, printed out and assembled onto galleys and created color overlays when necessary. Also worked on the stat camera creating halftoned photos for use in the papers.