Darren Sheppard Email & Phone Number

Coventry, United Kingdom

Birmingham, United Kingdom

To help set up and prepare the new large format graphics department to be operational and productive for Freeman UK in the European exhibition market place. Implementation of automated Esko workflow solutions to enable the graphics department to be fully productive as possible. Quality control and colour calibration of the large format printers. Research.

Project managing installations at major exhibition venues, managing labour and ensuring that all stakeholders’ expectations are met. Arranging appointments with management at bluechip companies to make them aware of the range of products and services that the company can offer them.

To oversee the smooth running of the business operations in producing and installing graphics and Point of Sales for the retail and exhibitions industries.Analysed the business weakness and strengths then developed and implemented a strategic business plan to restructure and streamline the business operations on product manufacture to final.

Management of the Graphics Department production staff on the large format and digital cutting equipment in producing high volumes of graphics to the exhibition industry and delivering on-time to a high standard.Successfully managed the busy graphics department transition to new large format printing and digital cutting technologies. Continuously added.

I started this small business as colour management consultant to the large/small format digital imaging industry in 2001 after identifying a demand for colour management services.Successfully expanded the business into other sectors of IT services including installations of servers, workflow solutions, administration and maintaining large mixed networks.

The daily management of a busy photographic digital laboratory on producing graphics for the social, retail and exhibition industries.Played a key role in the transition of the labs photographic services over to emerging digital technologies.Designed, implemented and automated colour managed digital workflows.Administrated and maintained a large.