Sales Customer Service
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Renee' Kirscht . **** ***th Avenue . Dresser, WI . 54009
*.*******@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
ACTIVELY SEEKING A POSITION AS A PRINT PRODUCTION MANAGER WITH AN
ADVERTISING AGENCY, DESIGN FIRM, OR PRINTING COMPANY
Profile
OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE GRAPHICS INDUSTRY
Outstanding record of project quality and success
Creative thinker
Honest; straightforward negotiator
Equally effective working independently or collaboratively
EXPERIENCE
MARTIN/WILLIAMS ADVERTISING, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 1993 - 2009
Senior Print Producer
- Coordinated all aspects of production for multiple client print campaigns
including magazine ads and inserts, newspaper ads, books, catalogs,
packaging, brochures, direct mail, out of home, point of sale, and
specialty premiums.
- Successfully estimated and maintained print budgets and project schedules
without sacrificing quality, while adhering to agreed upon deadlines.
- Coordinated proof approvals with internal and client teams.
- Attended press checks and assumed full responsibility for necessary
alterations.
- Researched vendor capability's, attended facility tours, and developed
strong effective relationships with multiple printers, paper suppliers, die-
cutters, pre-press specialists, image retouchers, and computer generated
special effects artists.
- Collaborated with Art Directors and Designers and offered creative,
realistic, and technical options for achieving desired outcome, while also
maintaining client's corporate brand standards and project expectations.
- Clients included Marvin Windows & Doors, Cargill, Pfizer Equine, Coleman,
3M Commercial Graphics, Gold N Plump, Lincoln Financial, US Bank, Polaris,
Target, Boy Scouts Of America, Hoover, LL Bean
Renee' Kirscht
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GENERAL LITHO SERVICES, Minneapolis, MN 1986-1993
Account Executive, 1988-1993
Customer Service Representative/ Printing Estimator, 1986-1988
- Generated sales leads, qualified accounts, and successfully negotiated
favorable contracts. Continually satisfied monthly sales goals, doubling
sales within the second year. Client list included Commercial Builders,
Manufacturers, Advertising Agencies, Design Firms, Health Care, and Art
Institutes.
- Specialized in multi-color, sheet- fed printing projects, with a higher
degree of technical complexity.
- Purchased color scans, retouching, pre-press, researched and procured
appropriate paper stocks, specialty binding and die-cutting.
- Conducted plant tours to demonstrate features and benefits of new
equipment, pre-press technologies, paper trends, and specialty print
techniques.
- Trained in a Total Quality Management program, and became an active Team
Leader in reducing press errors, time and resource waste.
PARK PRINTING COMPANY, Minneapolis, MN 1985-1986
Sales Representative
UNIVERSAL COATING COMPANY, Minneapolis, MN 1984-1985
Purchasing Agent
C&C SPECIAL PRODUCTS COMPANY, Bloomington, MN 1980-1984
Office Manager
Education
MINNEAPOLIS TECHNICAL COLLEGE BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
EDEN PRARIE TECHNICAL COLLEGE Graphic Arts & Keylining
GRAPHIC ARTS FOUNDATION Career Track Seminars in Sales and
Management
References available upon request
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