Jorge Barca

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Objective I plan to continue my career in the graphics industry with emphasis on developing administrative skills and experiences. Before the closing of Mark Lithography, I entered into positions to learn new experiences as a Telemarketer and Sales Assistant.

Summary of

Qualifications Twenty years of progressive professional administrative, advertising, and client service experience. Self-motivated; able to set effective priorities and implement decisions to achieve immediate and long-term goals and meet operational deadlines. Adapt easily to new concepts and responsibilities.

Experience Project Coordinator / Digital Press Operator

February 2007 to October 2009. Mark Lithography, Inc., Cedar Knolls, N.J.

•Serve as technical in-house support as well as client support; from sales assistant to IT management for both PC and Mac platforms.

•Monitored work going through production to ensure due dates were met.

•Utilized Macintosh and PC desktop publishing systems.

•Determine appropriate layout for awarded projects to produce quality results while minimizing labor, paper, and ink costs.

•Operated and maintained a Xerox DocuColor 5000 Digital Printer.

•Utilized variable data and database entry from client files for Direct Mailing.

Project Coordinator / Print Buyer

June 2006 to October 2006. Eclipse Marketing, Morristown, N.J.

•Offered technical support to customers via telephone or email, to creating solutions to produce Direct Mailing projects.

•Managed, reorganized and coordinated client files to specific branding guidelines. •Completed other responsibilities including order submission, delivery and shipment tracking of orders, quoting etc. utilizing management program “SAP”.

•Performed press checks and monitored work of outside vendors to ensure quality.

*Unable to continue due to new extended travel requirements.

Project Coordinator / Print Buyer

November 2003 to June 2006. Montage Media Corporation, Mahwah, N.J.

•Offered technical support to customers via telephone or email, to creating solutions to produce correct file formatting; from downloading/uploading files for ad and editorial content. •Managed 4 monthly Dental journals, 5 semi-regular publications, and special publications to meet and exceed deadlines.

•Directly involved with the preparation of requests, bids and contacts for proposals.

•Utilizing Excel, I produced and managed paginations for ad and editorial placement, plus managed cost and profit throughout the production cycle.

•Clarify job specifications and requirements, respond to client questions, created mockups for clients to demonstrate concepts, and provided input on cost-saving alternate approaches to printing projects.

•Implemented client and sales management meetings for pagination approval.

•Performed press checks and monitored work of outside vendors to ensure quality.

Production Manager / Quality Control at Reader’s Digest FM Site

April 1992 to September 2002. American Color Graphics, Pleasantville, N.Y.

Employed as the Production Manager at a Facility Site within the Reader’s Digest Association. (January 1997 to September 2002) My role involved:

•Managing and trafficking of Reader’s Digest Magazine monthly journal and all of

its supplements.

•Utilizing Preflight Pro and Preflight Check to assist in the collection for output preparations.

•Lead a Waste Management team to track and record material consumption. In which we implemented new procedures that decreased our waste by 20%.

•Created a Universal Color profile attachment for all new, collected and archived files of Reader’s Digest Projects for International Printing distribution.

*Position and services was made redundant due to contract underbidding.

Night Supervisor at (Glen Rock Facilities) (March 1995 to January 1997)

Proving my abilities and management skills, American Color advanced my position as Night Supervisor.

•Managed of all desktop publication files, from our vast list of clients, including well-regarded publishers such as McGraw-Hill Companies, The Reader’s Digest Association, American Media, Inc., and New York Metro.

•Oversaw the production of all internal departments in meeting their quality assurance and deadlines.

• Monitored the quality control of each project for transmission and verification of all files delivered for printing off- premises.

•Prepared detailed shift change reports of delivered and on going projects.

Process Film Stripper at (Hackensack Facilities) (April 1992 to March 1995)

•Prepared impositions for multicolor printing, proofs, which included dyluxes, chromalins, match prints, and color-keys.

•Managed the upkeep of all output devices; which included Large Format Plotters, AGFA Image Film Setters and Plate Developers. Assemble and disassemble.

Education Xerox Corporation, Morris Plains, N.J.

May 2008, 90 hour course.

5000 Digital Press Operator

Course completed with certificate.

Milo Computer Graphics School, Totowa, N.J.

January 2003-August 2003

Desktop Publishing / Design

Course completed with certificate.

Armat Graphic Arts School, Plainfield, N.J.

January-September 1985

PrePress Film Stripper / Camera Operator

Course completed with certificate.

Rutgers University, Newark, N.J.

August-December 1984

Visual Communication

Course completed with certificate.

Arts High School, Newark, N.J.

1980-1984

Major in Commercial and Fine Art

Graduated

Essential Skills From 1985, I commenced building effective interposal and communication skills. Able to manage all activities to reach the required deadlines, and to work under pressure and independently.

Technical Skills • QuarkXPress 8 • Adobe Illustrator CS4 • Adobe Photoshop CS4

• Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 • Adobe Acrobat Distiller • Adobe InDesign CS3

• Virtual Ticket 5.5 • Microsoft Office • Flight Check 3.9

• Job Manager 3.5 • Enfocus Pitstop • Kodak Darwin Pro 2.0

References References are available on request.

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