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Northampton, MA

Chicopee, MA

Northhampton, MA

Easthampton, MA

Specialty wood box maker for the Pocumtuck Box division, focused on solid wood, high quality collectible gun display cases. Hand dipped and rubbed out stain is applied, followed by a sealer, a scuffing and a vanilla scented clear lacquer top coat. Glass or wood tops with a laser engraving of a military branch/corporate logo provided a one-of-a-kind.

Holyoke, MA

Effectively routed projects with little supervision within a high-volume in-house creative services group of a Fortune 500 company. Partnered with and acted as a key bridge of communication between multiple departments to ensure effective job progress. Recognized and proactively resolved problems in a diplomatic and friendly manner issues affecting client.

Responsible for routing materials through Editorial, Art, Marketing and Account Management departments. Prioritized workload in editing and art based on timelines for multiple projects. Recommended additional staff on a daily basis based on workload. Maintained and distributed a daily hot sheet highlighting due dates for upcoming projects. Assisted Art.

Managed the receipt of all customer materials (slides, prints, image files and page files) and recorded them into a database for billing and then imported files into an accept management system called MediaBank. Clients included AMI Weider for the titles Men’s Fitness, Shape and Natural Health; Reader’s Digest; and the WWE monthly magazine plus special.

Coordinated printing, production and fulfillment of direct mail efforts to corporate clients. Maintained the fulfillment instructions grid and managed the kit fulfillment vendor. Managed inventory of sales/marketing materials and making art and edit updates for reprints when necessary.

Negotiated printing contracts and other vendor relationships. Estimated cost per issue based on issue size and print order. Established production schedules that included issue closing dates, managed all production for two monthly magazines, and approved invoices. Liaison with printing plant and service bureaus. Responsible for collection of all.

Coordinated print production and manufacturing in China of books and various educational products. Developed book plus titles with multi-components for both in-house and out of house clients. Serviced $1.4 million in 2000 and $2.1 million in orders for clients by developing new products and processing reorders. Responsibilities included developing.

Production Associate, October 1998 - January 2000:Print coordinator for a monthly and bi-monthly magazine. Responsible for mapping ad and edit placement, organizing and transmitting all ad and edit files/film to printer, preparing printers instructions for form breaks, coloration and insert card placement.Prepress Production Suppervisor, April 1997.

Assisted on a two color, 38" Harris press by loading paper, helping with make-ready, mixing inks and pulling press sheets for quality checks. Ran a 12” Ryobi and Itek duplicator. Assisted with stripping, shooting half tones and line art and burning plates. Ran a 40" Polar-Moor programmable cutter and a 24" Stahl four gate folder with right-angle attachment.

Cabinet Maker, Design, Draw, Plan, Build, Finish And Install Projects

B.S., Photo Science, Printing And Prepress

Activities and Societies: Teaching Assistant: Set up weekly labs and assisted with answering students' questions. Graded labs and tests.