Senior Production Specialist
Alexandria, Va
Manages the prepress, printing, production, and delivery processes of assigned programs, products, services, member benefits, and marketing and promotional materials for project owners within the organization. • Manages 30-50 active projects of various types, books, e-books, newsletters, magazine, digital editions, marketing catalog, conference materials, direct mail, microsites, annual report, daily newspaper, postcards, banners, brochures, etc. • Finalize production schedules; tracks project statuses; identifies qualified vendors; monitors vendor performance; buys printing, prepress, and mailing services; collaborates with other service and product development units to meet individual unit needs. • Guides project teams through the production lifecycle of each product/project, advises on the best use of new production technologies and projects cost estimates and timelines for completion. • Subject matter expert in printing processes, schedule management, mailing and fulfillment, product/project lifecycles, account management. • Photographs staff and events for internal and external use, using Canon DSLR, a variety of lenses, studio strobes, speedlights and a variety of light modifiers. •Photo editing and processing using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, develop and optimize RAW files, add metadata, keyword, organize and maintain database. • Prepare files for a variety of print and online uses. • Research and hire outside photographers, schedule and lead a team of staff and hired photographers onsite.
