James Handlon Email & Phone Number

London

• Currently working as the Post Production Designer within the Young Quarto Team. Working on Backlist reprints, CoEdition publications and Foreign Rights translations.Key Responsibilities and skills:
• Repurposing of artwork for Reprint and CoEdition titles within the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite
• Workflow of all Reprint and CoEdition titles
• Creation and distribution of Foreign Rights Translation artwork files
• Liaising closely with production to meet tight print deadlines
• Preflighting, file management and archiving

London, United Kingdom

• I worked as a Senior Artworker in the Design and UX Media department at the world's largest educational publisher, Pearson. There I was responsible for the artworking, typesetting and technical artwork needs of the.
• Creation of press ready artwork using the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite
• Generation of XML compliant artwork
• Digital and Online asset creation
• Project and Budget Management of all design costs
• Implementation of Agile Methodology

London, United Kingdom

• Originally taken on in a dual capacity as both a 'hands-on' Studio Manager and Senior Mac Operator for DPC's busy Typesetting and Reprographics Studio heading up a team of four. My responsibilities soon led to.
• Generation of press ready artwork using QuarkXpress, InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
• Design and layout adhering to Corporate guidelines
• Origination, editing and amends of artwork either created in-house or from a 3rd party
• Creation of press ready PDF’s for in-house repro and outsourcing
• Imposition of digital files and outputting of film for platemaking and CTP

London, United Kingdom

• Starting work as a Mac Operator at Dudley Print I worked my way up within the studio eventually making the position of Studio Manager. Along the way I was assigned to oversee key accounts as varied as: MTV, Strutt &.
• Accolade of ‘Best Newcomer to the Company’ at annual staff awards
• Sole contact for all the artworking needs of Dudley’s ‘delicate’ accounts
• Creation of artwork on a daily basis using QuarkXpress, Illustrator and Photoshop
• Project Management of ‘Online Print Procurement Systems’ both in-house and 3rd party
• Workflow and Production Scheduling

Essex

• I was employed by this regional newspaper to work in the studio within the Advertising Department on the night shift to create and generate client and customer adverts for multiple editions. However, I eventually.
• Creation of adverts using AdSpeed
• Newspaper page layout via Planbuilder and Classbuilder Software
• Brought in to work on 4 colour Quark files sent in from outside sources to the newspaper
• Re-drawing of logo’s using Illustrator and conversion to AdSpeed format

London, United Kingdom

• A period of going Freelance working primarily for Norman McAloon Associates out of Islington.During this time I worked on a plethara of different projects encompassing a whole array of media and creative.
• Creation of artwork for adverts, annual reports, brochures, marketing, stationery and more
• Production of mock-ups and visualisation work
• Liaising with clients, studio and reproduction staff from other companies

London, United Kingdom

• Initially employed as a Junior I worked my way up into the studio as a Paste-up Artist creating and working in a small team on various national ad campaigns covering POS, DTB, Press Ads and more.Key Responsibilities.
• Working on the drawing board creating ‘Camera Ready Artwork’
• Paste-Up and Colour Mark-Up of artwork
• Darkroom skills gained using an Agfa ‘Photo-Mechanical-Transfer Camera’

London, United Kingdom

• Joined as a Junior in this busy London Design Consultancy working primarily in the darkroom while being mentored by a Junior Designer and learning all aspects of work in a busy design studio.Key Responsibilities and.
• Creation of halftone images and all PMT output for the studio
• Production of Rub-Downs for visualisation projects
• Responsible for delivering and collecting important projects and artwork all over London

Education record

Activities and Societies: Rugby 1st Team, Athletics Team (Athlete of the Year 1982), Redbridge Borough Athletics Team (Borough Champion.

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