Skylab Letterpress is a full-service, high-capacity print shop focusing on the intricate craft of letterpress printing. From corporate design to wedding invitations, we print everything with the same care and attention to detail. Accountable for multiple roles, adapting to the needs of the small business. • Production: Oversaw all aspects of print production schedules for all incoming projects, paper inventory, and materials required per job. • Client Services: Accountable for the overall quality and timeliness of the production in communication with clients and vendors. Cultivated lasting relationships with clients, vendors, and local competition in representation and benefit of the business. • Estimator: Responsible for providing reasonable pricing estimates unique to every client and resolving conflicts with efficient solutions when necessary. • Designer: Implemented and refined production of new merchandise to expand audience of the brand and increase merchandise sales overall. Conceptualized designs in collaboration with clients, corporate and wedding, to create the desired aesthetic and tangible printed outcome.• Online Retail & Event Organizer: Expanded online retail profits and oversaw the expansion into local wholesale retail relations. Responsible for over $25,000 in online and event profits over a 4 year period, in addition to the primary business model.

• Overhauled the existing system for managing high priority purchases for architectural finishing products from nation-wide vendors. • Directly worked with Sales Representatives and major client accounts on job proposals, providing necessary product information and pricing estimates.• Responsible for $354,000 in premium architectural finishing product sales for 2014 (increasing sales by $42,000 from previous year).• Oversaw finalized product samples to be submitted for architectural specifications requiring high attention to detail and quality control.

• Manually operated a geared cylinder Vandercook SP-15 press in addition to several other antiquated printing press machines. • Assisted in the designing of various letterpress products in collaboration with management’s desired aesthetic for an assortment of fast-paced deadline oriented projects.• Identified aesthetically appropriate fonts from vintage lead type collection and attentively assembled blocks of lead type characters by hand, requiring immense attention to detail.

• Managed daily library operations by assisting patron navigation of the library catalogue, by implementing regular catalogue maintenance, and by handling opening/closing security procedures. • Responsible for the execution of repairing delicate, old, or damaged books of value through a series of highly detailed archival book mending processes. Rewrote and illustrated the guide book for future mending reference.• Oversaw the preparation of new books for circulation by implementing appropriate labels, protective jacketing, and security measures.