Customers include:Kent County Council (encompassing all of its various divisions such as Social Services, Education, Arts & Libraries, Corporate Communications, Transport, Environment & Regeneration, Highways and Sports Development), Kent Police, Surrey Police, Kent Fire Brigade and the majority of the schools in Kent.Types of work:Stationery, brochures, forms, leaflets, flyers, books, envelopes and pop-up banners and displays.Key achievements:• September 2004 I… Show more Customers include:Kent County Council (encompassing all of its various divisions such as Social Services, Education, Arts & Libraries, Corporate Communications, Transport, Environment & Regeneration, Highways and Sports Development), Kent Police, Surrey Police, Kent Fire Brigade and the majority of the schools in Kent.Types of work:Stationery, brochures, forms, leaflets, flyers, books, envelopes and pop-up banners and displays.Key achievements:• September 2004 I joined the company and implemented a simple system to schedule jobs effectively. I also reorganised all of the digital files, fonts and logos and set up a backup and archiving system. This saved the department a huge amount of time and had an immediate impact on job completion times.• April 2008 I helped research and install the upgrade of the Pre-Press department costing £140,000. This included a CTP Recorder and Processor, PDF workflow, Large Format Printer and G5 Server and Mac’s with latest software.• January 2011 I researched and installed new iMac’s into Design and Pre-Press Departments. I installed all software and set them up with colour profiles to ensure colour integrity throughout departments.Main duties and responsibilities:• Originate, design or update digital artwork for plate or digital output checking for problems with pictures, logos, fonts, colours, trapping and bleed.• Use Mac and PC applications including: InDesign, QuarkXPress, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, PitStop Pro, Suitcase and Microsoft Office.• Use SCREEN Trueflow 3 PDF workflow system and imposition software.• Clean and maintain SCREEN CTP processor and schedule services on recorder.• Manage scheduled network backups and archiving.• Maintain Mac’s and PC’s, keeping all software up to date including anti-virus.• Speak to or meet with clients to discuss amendments or job requirements.• Research new software and equipment. Show less

• Use HISS and PAS computer programs• Locate and track down medical records• Deal with phone enquiries• Help train new staff

I started at Modern Press as an apprentice Film Planner & Platemaker. This gave me a great understanding of pre-press processes and impositions. This knowledge helped as I moved into mac operating of which I already had some basic knowledge of from Art College. I progressed very quickly and was soon splitting my day between the two duties. Eventually I moved into mac operating full time only helping out with platemaking occasionally. By the time I left Modern Press I had progressed from… Show more I started at Modern Press as an apprentice Film Planner & Platemaker. This gave me a great understanding of pre-press processes and impositions. This knowledge helped as I moved into mac operating of which I already had some basic knowledge of from Art College. I progressed very quickly and was soon splitting my day between the two duties. Eventually I moved into mac operating full time only helping out with platemaking occasionally. By the time I left Modern Press I had progressed from apprentice to overseeing both the Mac Studio and Film planning & Platemaking departments and I was scheduling work for four people.Main duties and responsibilities included:• Schedule work for Mac Studio and Film planning & platemaking departments to meet deadlines.• Use QuarkXPress, Photoshop, Illustrator, Suitcase, Pagemaker, Acrobat or Microsoft Office to produce digital artwork for film, disk or ISDN output.• Create impositions.• Film planning & Platemaking.• Liaising with customers to discuss job requirements.• Maintaining regular backups of work. Show less