Resume: PREPRESS TECHNICIAN, GRAPHIC ARTIST, DESKTOP PUBLISHER, SCANNER OPERATOR
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ResumeId: 1000152102
Position: PREPRESS TECHNICIAN, GRAPHIC ARTIST, DESKTOP PUBLISHER, SCANNER OPERATOR
City/State/Zip: AKRON, OH 44305
Location: OH
Relocate: Y
Years Exp: 10/20
Salary: $38,000
Salary Type: YR
Position Type: P
Resume:
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OBJECTIVE:
Degreed, desktop pre-press artist with a long term focus. I offer confident and creative problem
solving skills, with a record of achieving excellent results.
EDUCATION:
Ellet High School: graduated 1979, 3.0 GPA (college prep, art, photography)
University of Akron: graduated 1983, 2.5 GPA (BFA - Graphic Design)
University of Akron: working on masters degree
SKILL SUMMARY:
Electronic pre-press, scanning (flatbed and drum), film imaging, stripping, platemaking,
troubleshooting postscript files, preflight digital files (electronic email files and disk files),
experienced in PC and Macintosh platforms (Quark, PageMaker, Freehand, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat), digital design, layout, imposition and pagination.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
April 1998 to present. Full time. Electronic Pre-press Technician/Scanner Operator
Akron Beacon Journal; daily newspaper (web) and in-house print shop (offset)
Mac based. Prepare photos for publication; scanning (drum and flatbed); color correction, photo manipulation, troubleshooting postscript files, preflight customer files and imaging film.
October 1997 to April 1998. Part time. Electronic Pre-press Technician
Gold Clipper Magazine; weekly coupon magazine (web)
PC based. Scanning customer art and photos, color correcting and photo manipulating, and
troubleshoot customer disks.
September 1994 to October 1997. Full time. Electronic Pre-press/Darkroom Technician
Revco, D.S., Inc.; weekly newspaper tablature (web) and in-house print shop (offset)
Mac based. Scanning, color correcting and photo manipulating, color proofing, imaging film, platemaking, and darkroom camera.
July 1994 to September 1994. Part time. Production Artist
Quickey Manufacturing Co.; specialty advertising (silk screen)
Mac based. Produced art for specialty in-house print shop and image film.
April 1994 to July 1994. Part time. Creative Artist
West Side Leader; weekly newspaper entertainment guide (web)
Mac based. Design, layout, scanning, color correcting, photo manipulation, photography, ordered
and checked film for separations.
April 1989 to April 1994. Full time. Production Artist
Printing Concepts, Inc.; medium-sized commercial offset printer
PC based. Design, layout and paste-up. Graphic arts camera, stripping, plate making and
customer relations.
February 1989 to April 1989. Part time. Graphic Designer
Wayne Romans Advertising; small advertising agency.
Produced 4-color process keylines and b/w paste-ups. Graphic arts camera. Made full-color product
mock-ups.
April 1987 to February 1989. Full time. Darkroom Technician
Master Marking Co.; large flexographic pre-press shop
Ran two large horizontal cameras and one vertical camera. Produced negatives for plating and
photostats for art department. Ran step-and-repeat and reproportional machines. Platemaking and
stripping.
November 1983 to March 1987. Full time. Graphic Artist
Ellet Graphic Arts Co.; small commercial offset printer
Designing, layout, paste-up, keyline, typesetting, darkroom, graphic arts camera, stripping, platemaking, order supplies and paper and customer relations.
March 1979 to October 1979. Full time. Silk Screen Operator
Bel-Aire Products; large commercial silk screener
Ran a 4’ x 12’ automated silk screen press.
PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS EXPERIENCES:
January 1980 to October 1983
Jim Childs Designs, Inc.; free-lance graphic design
Design and produce printed material for clients and lettering graphics.
January 1984 to January 1992
E&J Graphics, Inc.; commercial sign painting
Designed and produced graphics for; cars, trucks, walls, boats, interior and exterior signnage.
January 1992 to September 1994
Comgraph and Associates Inc.; print brokering and graphic design consultants
Designed, produced and printed customers information; books, brochures, sales material.
January 1994 to December 1994
Benchmark Precision, Inc.; small commercial print shop
Sales representative.
SEMINARS:
Taussigs Graphic Supply Company 1983 (darkroom techniques)
Taussigs Graphic Supply Company 1984 (darkroom halftone techniques)
Dupont du Meirs 1989 (flexographic plate processor and exposure unit)
Agfa 1993 (film processors and troubleshooting negatives)
Adobe 1994 (Photoshop color correction and black and white toning)
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