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Skills

  • Color correction and matching
  • Prepress report generation
  • Graphic design file preparation
  • Communications
  • Business operations
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Preflight quality control
  • First Aid/CPR
  • Customer communication and troubleshooting
  • Prepress project management

Work Experiences

  • Used light boxes and microscopes to inspect finished plates, detect flaws, and verify conformity.
  • Addressed bottlenecks.
  • Kept an eye on the contact between the cover glass and the masks to avoid flaws caused by overexposure or light reflection.
  • Archived digital files for accurate order retrieval.
  • Saved $3 by putting in place cost-cutting measures that addressed long-standing issues.
  • Avoided costly post-production fixes.
  • Used QuickBooks to enter, position, and change the text size.
  • Achieved a reduction of 15%.
  • Collaborated with a 11-person team to maintain high quality standards and encourage repeat business.
  • Calibrated proofers and presses.

Summaries

  • CPA and CPA certified.
  • Clear understanding of risk assessment and stakeholder engagement as well as risk assessment training.
  • Achieved a 52% reduction in reprints.
  • Accomplished Prepress Operator.
  • Prepress Operator with 18 years of experience converting written and graphic materials into finished pages.
  • Consistently exceeded deadlines.
  • Automated file checks to reduce human errors by 32%.
  • Highly skilled in a variety of graphics design software programs.
  • Achieved 16% uptime.
  • Proven leadership, operational excellence, and organizational development skills, as well as a thorough understanding of the procedure business.

Accomplishments

  • Trained junior staff on file prepping best practices, improving department efficiency by 46% and reducing onboarding time.
  • Introduced lean production strategies in prepress operations, resulting in a workflow that cut resource waste by 52%.
  • Reduced material waste in the prepress process by implementing more accurate file checks and pre-flight operations, cutting costs by 72%.
  • Facilitated seamless collaboration between prepress and press departments, achieving a 61% reduction in production errors and reprints.
  • Implemented PDF/Postscript workflow strategies, reducing prepress preparation time by 49%, ensuring timely print runs.
  • Digitally reconfigured high-volume printing jobs, increasing efficiency and reducing run time by 76%.
  • Implemented advanced prepress techniques to streamline workflow, helping to meet 50% of tight deadlines without sacrificing quality or consistency.
  • Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
  • Updated software systems to the latest metric for error reduction, ensuring a smoother, faster prepress process.
  • Created custom color profiles in prepress software, improving color accuracy from digital proof to final print by 22%.

Affiliations

  • Jaycees
  • Institute for Graphic Communications
  • Color Management Group
  • Hands-On Training by program
  • Prepress Software Users Group
  • American Marketing Association
  • Society of Women Engineers
  • International Association of Administrative Professionals
  • International Council of Nurses
  • Freemason

Certifications

  • Certified Press Material Optimization Specialist
  • Apple Certified Associate (ACA)
  • First Aid/CPR Certified
  • XEROX iGen Press Professional Certification
  • Certification in Automated Workflow Systems Engineering for Print
  • EFI Fiery Expert Certification
  • CompTIA A+ Technician
  • Certified Operator – Large Format Plotters & Presses 2018
  • Digital Print Workflow Specialist, certified by Brightline
  • Technical Association of the Graphic Arts (TAGA) Color Management Certification

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