Managed prepress, digital, and wide format departments at SaltWire Network, overseeing production for newspapers, commercial printing, and signage. Led teams across various printing presses in ensuring efficient workflow processes and high-quality output.• Implemented strategies to optimize production processes and meet tight deadlines.• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement initiatives.• Achieved cost savings through streamlined operations and… Show more Managed prepress, digital, and wide format departments at SaltWire Network, overseeing production for newspapers, commercial printing, and signage. Led teams across various printing presses in ensuring efficient workflow processes and high-quality output.• Implemented strategies to optimize production processes and meet tight deadlines.• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement initiatives.• Achieved cost savings through streamlined operations and improved efficiency. Show less

Prepress and production management of employee teams at local and remote print plants. Publications produced included three daily newspapers in addition to weekly newspapers, special publications and commercial printing in both cold-set web offset and sheetfed presses.

Managed advertising and prepress production employee teams at two local and two remote print plants. Publications produced included three daily newspapers in addition to fourteen weekly newspapers, special publications and commercial printing in both cold-set web offset and sheetfed presses.

Management of Prepress Department for daily newspaper with six-day publication schedule including five weekly publications in addition to special products and commercial print. Duties included installation, maintenance, repairs, employee management, scheduling, consumable procurement and quality control. Supervised conversion of workflow from film production to semi-automated computer-to-plate production with hardware/software installation.

Design and production of large format signage, trade show displays, banners, vehicle graphics

Image compositing, photo retouching, color correction, preflight, imposition, trapping; offset, digital and large-format printing. Operation and maintenance of various imagesetters, large-format printers, proofing devices and computer-to-plate equipment

Design, layout, image compositing, photo retouching, color correction, preflight, imposition, trapping for offset and digital printing. Hardware and software management, training and troubleshooting. Operation & maintenance of imagesetter, processor, Xerox and Kodak digital printers

Design, page layout, illustration for weekly newspapers, supplements, advertising, special projects