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Jericho, Ny

Direct Mail – Printing and Mailing • Manage and contract all printed components for weekly mailings of multi-unit packages of up to 1MM volume• Perform monthly financial analyses at close on budget variances• Advise Marketing Dept. on printing efficiencies and quality control

New York, Ny

Specialist in Magazines/Catalogs, Commercial/Specialty, and Direct Mail• Built relationships to understand customer’s business model and specifications, partnering to win, renew and expand existing business. • Provided pricing and schedules as requested by the client, assisted with budgeting and forecasting needs.• Tested creative solutions to ensure a fit within all platforms.• Led business team meetings with key stakeholders and executives to obtain buy-in as needed.• Collaborated with Marketing and Sales in the development of customer presentations, reports and communications• Coordinated with internal business partners to streamline process flows.

Stamford, Ct. New York, N.Y.

Company-wide Financial Manager for all Continuum Clients.• Maintain all Financial and Production responsibilities previously assumed for the first and primary Continuum Client, Forbes Media, as noted below, from March 2012 to present. • As new Continuum clients are added, train nation-wide Production Managers on Financial software and company accounting practices• Perform monthly and annual financial analyses on all prepress, printing and paper costs for all Continuum clients, providing feedback and reports to relevant Executive officers.• Handle all company-wide Accounts Receivables and Payables, implementing and using three different software packages to provide timely vendor payments and client billing.• Provide feedback and backup to all Corporate and Client auditors, providing necessary accounting information and billing practices as required.• Source and utilize a variety of Print, Mailing and Finishing vendors for projects for Continuum clients as needed.• Provide accounting and Production forecasting for Coldwater Creek catalogs, assisting VP in all financial practices for new client.

Greater New York City Area

Financial Manager for Forbes Magazine Group and Custom Media Manufacturing and Production Department.• Responsible for developing and managing over $25 million in annual printing and manufacturing budgets for the yearly printing of over 40 million magazines and 10,000 total pages.• Perform monthly and annual cost analyses on prepress, printing and paper costs for all titles, identifying inefficiencies and implementing cost-savings measures as needed.• Negotiate and analyze multiple bids for short and long term contracts with a variety of national and international prepress, printing and paper vendors. • Department liaison with Forbes accounting department, responsible for the approval and tracking of all vendor invoices and timely and accurate monthly closes.• Company-wide manager of custom-publishing for all publication inserts and special print projects, negotiating and producing a variety of print projects with editorial, marketing and outside media agencies.• Interact with the Sales, Marketing and Art departments, advising of feasibility, costs and scheduling for various advertiser insert proposals, then sourcing and producing projects and performing on-site press and bindery approvals as required.• Provide specifications and bindery and postal approval for all advertiser-supplied inserts and advertising material for all Forbes titles.

Greater New York City Area

Directed Travel, Merchandise, and Sports Groups’ Print Production staff, establishing cost-efficient processes and building and maintaining strict manufacturing and distribution budgets.• Supervised staff of 7 Production Managers, hiring, training and developing employees with varied skill levels and experience for work on 3 weekly and 8 monthly titles.• Developed and managed annual budget of $2.5 million for manufacturing and distribution. Consistently produced yearly results under budget.• Ensured all publications within group met USPS requirements and mailed at most economical postal classifications.• Established and maintained prepress and printer vendor relationships and ensured all products were produced with a high level of color reproduction and bindery quality.• Analyzed and processed all prepress and printer invoices within group, ensuring accuracy in billing and that cost-efficient practices were utilized.

Greater New York City Area

Associate Production Director/New York – Travel Publications Group (1997 – 2000)• Promoted to oversee a staff of 5, responsibilities included the timely and cost-efficient printing and mailing of 3 weeklies, 2 bi-weeklies and 4 monthly titles.• Managed off-site Show Daily production multiple times during the year, including sourcing, negotiating and finalizing print and distribution contracts with vendors throughout U.S.• Worked directly with Publishers on custom-publishing opportunities and took contracted projects from inception to final shipping.Production Manager – Giftware Business and Custom Builder Magazines (1996 – 1997)• Managed full project life-cycle of publication production from inception through mailing.• Created and maintained database for accounting and generated advertising invoices. • Communicated directly with printing plant on final issue layout – form breaks, inserts, etc.

Production Manager – Computer Reseller News/Computer Retail Week• Assisted directly in the production, printing and mailing of up to 160,000 magazines per week, with up to 300 pages and a variety of inserts.

B.S., Business Economics, Irish-American History

Activities and Societies: Tau Kappa Epsilon

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