Ron Smith Email & Phone Number

Salisbury Md, Corporate

Technology support for Gannett US production sites\systems and national real estate office moves, downsizes and closures.Assist US Production operations with capital improvements, production plant shutdowns\relocations, technology needs for print and packaging (Burt, SAM, Quipp, Miracom or manual set-ups) while establishing new workflows, zones, mail or trucking adjustments as needed. 20 plus plant closures containing over 150 publication moves nationally.Also responsible for national US Real Estate moves throughout Gannett CO. Project Management for IT: employee set-ups\functions, infrastructure and construction for new office builds, remodels or space consolidations. Budgeting estimates, HVAC, AV, drawing reviews, low voltage and electrical needs. Create project plans, assign tasks, resource hours and assign tech support for IT to real estate initiatives. Closed, moved or downsized 300 plus relocations.

Salisbury, Md

Project management, budgeting, develop and improve workflows, consolidations, various online projects and website design, app creation, building maintenance/repair. Prior to 2015, duties included overseeing\managing Pressroom, Prepress, Mailroom and Circulation operations. Managed multiple departments, department managers and staff. Member of the senior Operating Committee. Developing new products, newspaper marketing, and expense.As of 2015, added responsibilities for regional IT support throughout Gannett's East Group. Planning and developing regional support using existing IT Service staff for 18 core Markets. Regional project coordination and installations. Relocated the main business office twice, one moved involved new press and mailroom installations- latest was a renovation of the downtown historic Salisbury Firehouse. Multiple small office relocations and moves. Project lead for Production system capital upgrades and involved in Production site relocations and consolidations throughout Gannett's US market.

Salisbury, Md

IT operations, computer system installs, front end installs, budgets and capital planning. SOX, Service Desk. Maintained responsibility for graphic design and prepress teams\departments.

Salisbury, Md

Graphic Designer for the newspapers Marketing department and niche publication group, later became Prepress manager for the newspaper. Responsible for all ad production and daily pagination and graphic artists for the paper.

Ocean City, Md

Graphic designer for Hotels and restaurants in Ocean City, MD. Various ad work, hotel brochures and illustrations

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communication Design

Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Marketing, History, Philosophy

Fine/Studio Arts, General

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