Mechanical Operator

V i c to r L e e

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ExpEriEncE

Digital Production Artist

May 2007

Freelance

to Present

Photo retouching and color correction; assembly of digital mechanicals, for ads, brochures, and packaging.

Clients Include: Grant, Scott & Hurley, Focus Group West, Bi-Rite Market, local graphic designers

Marketing Design Production Manager

November 2004

WIRED Magazine, 520 Third Street, Suite 305, San Francisco, California 94107

to March 2007

Assemble digital mechanical files for multi-color digital separation and printing. Extensive assembly of layout files in

Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator as well as color correction, retouching and photocompositing in Adobe Photoshop.

Prepared files for in house ads as well as collateral for various special events and promotions for the Marketing

department. Type set and designed various in house ads to spec. Facilitated vendor contact for printing of marketing

projects. Went on press checks for numerous print projects. Schedule and coordinate printing of all signage and collateral

for WIRED NextFest and the WIRED Store as well as other marketing projects.

Packaging Prepress Operator

February 2003

Seven Worldwide, Inc. (now Schawk), 653 Front Street, San Francisco, California 94111

to February 2004

Prepare, assemble, and trap client supplied digital mechanical files for multi-color film separation, digital output and

printing. Clients include Apple Computer, Clorox and Del Monte. Duties include extensive assembly and trapping of

layout files in Artwork Systems ArtPro, Adobe Illustrator and Quark Xpress as well as image color correction, retouching

and photocompositing in Adobe Photoshop.

Macintosh Prepress Operator

March 2000

Solzer & Hail, 515 Folsom Street, San Francisco, California 94105

to January 2003

Prepare, assemble, and trap client supplied digital mechanical files for multi-color film separation and printing. Clients are

mainly ad agencies and graphic designers. Duties include extensive assembly, trapping of layout files in Adobe Illustrator

and Quark Xpress as well as image color correction, retouching and photocompositing in Adobe Photoshop.

Lead Macintosh Prepress Operator

August 1997

Insync Media, 100 Broadway, First Floor, San Francisco, California 94111

to February 2000

Prepare, assemble, and trap client supplied digital mechanical files for multi-color film separation and printing. Clients

are mainly ad agencies and graphic designers. Duties include extensive assembly, trapping and imposition of layout files

in Quark Xpress and Adobe Illustrator as well as image color correction, retouching and photocompositing in Adobe

Photoshop. Also in charge of production during the evening shift.

Macintosh Prepress Operator

December 1996

Applied Graphics Technologies (Star Graphics), 1159 Triton Drive, Foster City, California 94404

to August 1997

Assemble and trap client supplied digital mechanical files for multi-color film separation. Clients are mainly ad agencies.

Duties included extensive image color correction, retouch and photocompositing in Adobe Photoshop and complex

reassembly and trapping of layout files in Quark Xpress and Adobe Illustrator.

Macintosh Prepress Operator

August 1994

Bay Area Prep, 674 Harrison Street, San Francisco, California 94107

to September 1996

Assemble and trap client supplied digital mechanical files for multi-color film separation. Clients are local and national

printers, publications and ad agencies. Duties included extensive image retouch, photocompositing and color correction

as well as complex reassembly, trapping and imposition of layout files.

Macintosh Prepress Operator

October 1993

Color Tech, 780 Broadway, Redwood City, California 94063

to June 1994

Prepare digital files for four-color separation. Duties included page assembly, image retouching, color correction, and

trapping of client supplied files and artwork.

E d u c at i o n

City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, California

September 1984

to June 1988

George Washington High School, San Francisco, California

September 1980

to June 1984

References available upon request.

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