Craig Nichols Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul

• Using existing resources created and implemented a workflow for largest client, which maintained 100% soft-proofing accuracy and immediate throughput of approved files, saving production time on every job.• Work closely with sales people on the more complex projects to ensure customer satisfaction.• Work with clients as the primary color correction and image-retouching specialist.

* Supervise and manage all prepress and digital printing area employees.* Utilized Rampage workflow to produce a wide variety of commercial print jobs within the prepress department, ensuring all standards for sheet fed printing and binding specifications are met.* Demonstrate unique ability to problem solve and intuitively handle potential issues to produce the most cost effective and professional looking printed pieces.* Continually improve processes within prepress to meet demands of customers and new technologies.* Fill in wherever needed in prepress to ensure deadlines are met.* Fingerprinted 640 press and created curves for Fuji plate setter to match Fuji Final proof and accepted industry standards.* Produced files and created new workflow for online stationery ordering application, the resulting web application allowed customers to create personalized, print-ready PDFs which were immediately uploaded to Prevaro's FTP and produced.

* Produced retail food packaging and electronic sales material for international clients. * Ensured that all client specifications were strictly followed. * Facilitated client's meeting of technical specifications for food packaging as defined by FDA. * Maintained the highest possible integrity and consistency of all product lines. * Company folded in March 2002.

• Position originated at Olympic Graphics, which specialized in UV printing on synthetic substrate.• Prepress was transferred to Southern shortly after my arrival where my duties included producing prepress for Olympic as well as point of purchase packaging prepress for large clients.• Produced a wide variety of work to exacting specifications while maintaining schedule and managing time effectively. • Ensured that strict deadlines, high quality standards, and client quality standards were met. • Worked within a more traditional film output workflow and a direct to plate workflow. • Utilized Creo/Scitex Prinergy and the Postscript environment to produce film, proofs, plates, and PDF files.

* Promoted after one year of employment to lead operator of prepress department. * Responsible for organizing and scheduling projects to ensure deadlines and quality standards were met. * Produced work within Postscript and Scitex Brisque workflow.

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Graphic Design

Asscociate Of Science, Commercial Art And Printing/Publishing

Achieved Highest Honors upon graduation while maintaining full-time employment to finance education. Received two Associate of Science.