Joe Campagna Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Charlotte Nc

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Burbank California

DIRECTOR OF ORIGINAL AND REPURPOSED MATERIAL • Lead a team of 13 employees, creating a cooperative environment to enable employees to cross train.• Oversee and implement new technologies and procedures for the production departments, including Kodak Insight, Box, and Monday.com.• Supervise production resources, such as staff overtime, paper usage, mailing, proof output, etc. to ensure optimization and meet company budget expectations. • Produce quotes and schedule domestic and Far East print vendors. • Manage production of 60+ periodicals and up to 30 soft and hard cover books per month.• Improved the PDF workflow and soft proofing throughout the company by implementing new procedures.• Coordinate with the editorial and design departments to increase delivery time of art materials into production. • Track department’s budget, while reducing overall spending by implementing new work sharing strategies and leading the department into a paperless proofing system. • Create production schedules to meet all expectations of the printing process according to their deadlines.• Coordinate multiple projects simultaneously sent to us from our internal customers. • Develop accurate cost estimations and production times.

Greater New York City Area

PRODUCTION MANAGER• Managed and distributed work assignments for seven employees in the production department.• Tracked status and quality for 15+ weekly periodical titles. • Verified correct advertising inserts for house and paid ads were produced. • Managed production on all collected editions, reprints, original graphic novels, and books requiring a galley.• Improved the PDF workflow and soft proofing throughout the company by implementing new procedures.• Coordinated with the editorial and design departments to increase delivery time of art materials into production.• Tracked department’s budget, while reducing overall spending by implementing new work sharing strategies and leading the department into a paperless proofing system. • Worked closely with production staff to solve issues that potentially could delay production.

Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States

PHOTOGRAPHER • Used creative talent to take high-quality photos of couples, children, pets, and scenery.• Operated digital and film cameras, tripods, lenses, and flash attachments to create innovative lighting effects. • Built authentic customer relationships, leading to repeat customers.

Emmaus, Pa

COLOR SERVICES MANAGER • Managed a team of up to eight Imaging Specialists, Retouchers, and Scanner Operators. • Supervised flow of all work entering the department, including magazines and all book titles.• Implemented “Cross Sharing Work Flow” plan which allowed quicker turn around, less stress on each Imaging Specialist, greater skill level across the whole department, and a better team collaboration.• Led the upgrade conversion from Mac OS 9 to OS X within the department.• Improved quality and turnaround time of scanning and retouching work in the department. • Assisted with the installation of color viewing booths throughout the company to improve color reproduction in all areas of print production.• Developed employees through a variety of coaching methods to improve work attitudes, resulting in a strong commitment to achieve timing goals. • Assisted with the conversion of color proofs from Iris to Epson.

New York, New York, United States

IMAGING DIRECTOR • Reviewed and processed all digital images, through photo retouching for print and internet advertising.• Managed employee work distribution to achieve projected deadlines.• Resolved client conflicts in a peaceful and constructive manner, maintaining clients for future business. • Sourced and purchased software, equipment, and communications upgrades through multiple vendors. • Strategized the acquisition of new business.• Managed information systems within the studio.

Completed 2 Years Towards A Ba, Cinematography And Film/Video Production

Completed 2 years towards a BA, Visual Arts – SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS

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