Michael Waszkowski Pmp Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL

• Conduct pre project meetings with account managers, clients, and administration.
• Understand the client expectations and inform design and production about the project details and requirements.
• Assist the production team with defining scope, assigning resources and timelines and overseeing changes.
• Manage quality control for all projects reviewing print and plans against project guidelines and client standards before and after each departments involvement and upon the projects completion.
• Communicate with clients to obtain approvals at all necessary production points, reviewing details and questioning unforeseen issues.
• Work with clients on install instructions and support on-site installations.

Lincolnwood, Illinois

• Coordinated graphic department employees to ensure on time completion of projects.
• Effective interfacing with suppliers, distributors and clients maintaining the highest customer satisfaction.
• Established in house dye sub printing department; running and maintaining two large format printers and a heat press.
• Managed department inventory and maximized resources to ensure project remained profitable and within budget.
• Conducted initial employee interviews and developed a new employee training program.
• Assisted in company growth, of over $3.5 million in revenue, and facility expansion, of over 40,000 square feet.

• Created innovative copy for online media placements, email marketing campaigns, print pieces, and telemarketing scripts.
• Built and maintained Black Tie Formalwear’s brand through design excellence and visual consistency.
• Worked with the company President and Manager of Marketing to conceptualize marketing focused campaigns.
• Worked on multiple concurrent projects, ensuring that projects are achieved on time while maintaining the highest standards of quality and creativity.
• Designed and implemented advertising ads, postcards, brochures, newsletters, and promotional mailings.
• Maintained lead database of over 300,000 leads.

• Coordinated efforts between printing, sewing, and set-up departments to ensure proper finishing and placement of graphic elements within an exhibit.
• Scheduled and lead put to work meetings with project managers and finishing so that all custom applications are understood and prepared correctly.
• Managed several orders at a time maintaining proof ship dates, approvals, set up dates, shipping dates and modes.
• Preflight and prepared client-supplied files, including resizing, formatting, enhancing and digital retouching for large format vinyl, inkjet, dyesub and direct to substrate printing.
• Adjusted color values within files for CMYK output to match PMS colors on fabric, vinyl, inkjet and direct to substrate materials.
• Organized and maintained hard copy proof archives in storage and file archives within the graphic server.

• Performed layout, and production functions using the Adobe Creative Suite on both the Mac and PC operating systems.
• Preflighted all graphics, including resizing, formatting, enhancing and digital retouching.
• Operated and maintained all Graphics Department printing equipment, including, large format (HP 5500), Inkjet and desktop printers, kept stock of ink and paper, placed orders as needed.
• Worked on multiple projects, seeing all work orders from start to finish, meeting tight deadlines, under the guidance of Graphic Supervisors, Project, and Account Managers.
• Printed all final panels, setting, matching, and correcting color.
• Worked in the production area of the department when needed, to help facilitate the finishing of graphic signage, such as vinyl production, mounting and trimming of digital prints.