Manager Plant
Resume:
Vincent Belcastro
Holmdel, New Jersey 07733
email:****@*******.***
Professional Summary:
Experienced hands-on manager with an exceptional understanding of: client
services, retouching, assembly,
workflows, procurement of supplies, out sourcing, manufacturing, shipping
and print operations including advertising agency facility management.
Ability to multi- task and create operational teams for efficiency. Now
seeking the right goal oriented business to succeed with.
Experience & Expertise:
Freelance/Contract: PrePress Manager ~ (2009)
. Responsibility for assembly, retouching and related pre-press staged
tasks
.Estimating.
.Responsibility for certifying production orders.
. Color Management, Gracol G-7
. Procurement of equipment and supplies.
. Pre-press operations, i.e. troubleshooting, rips, applications,
archiving, retrieval, WorkFlow, FTP.
. Pre-press quality control, i.e. proofing, 4/C & Pantone Color, trapping,
etc.
. Manage and operate Inca's Turbo/Spyder flatbed grand format 3 meter
printers, MGE/Icut.
Artisan Digital: Plant Manager-PrePress Manager ~ (2007-2009)
. Establishing and overseeing policies, procedures of grand format and
pre-press production operations.
. Responsibility for assembly, retouching, C/C, Color match, Color
Management projects. releasing and related pre-press staged tasks.
. Managed and operated Gandi Flatbed, Gandi Roll to Roll grand format 3
meter printers.
. Certifying production orders .
. Scheduling projects from prepress, print,finishing, shipping
. Directly worked with CENTRON Agency producing pharmaceutical Ad's and
print for collateral campaigns
. GMG color management, Graocl-G7, SWOP, of all print devices
. Procurement of equipment and supplies.
. Direct responsibility for relocating New York operations to a full
service facility in
New Jersey on time within budget.
. Planning and working with State and Local officials in designing the New
Jersey facility. . Established T1 lines for data and voice, with Verizon
/BroadView.
Urban Studio: Manager & Lead Operator ~ (2006-2007)
. Managerial responsibilities for 3 full-time employees.
. Direct responsibilities for developing and overseeing policies and
procedures of pre-press
production.
. Manage pre-press operations,i.e. troubleshooting, RIPS, applications,
archiving, retrieval, FTP.
. Responsibility for assembly, retouching, C/C for SWOP, SNAP and related
pre-press staged tasks.
.Responsibility for certifying production orders.
TheLab: Pre-press Production & Plant Manager ~ (2002 - 2006)
. Managerial responsibilities for 6 full-time employees and a contingent of
freelance contractors.
. Help build $4,000,000 in pre-press production sales annually.
. Direct responsibilities for developing and overseeing policies and
procedures of
pre-press production.
. Hiring and training of employees.
. Assembled, and retouched projects.
. Client/vendor consultation/liaison for work orders; intra- and inter-
department scheduling of
work orders;
. Pre-press operations,i.e. troubleshooting, rips, applications, archiving,
retrieval, FTP.
. Pre-press quality control, i.e. proofing, 4/C & Pantone Color,trapping,
SWOP, SNAP,Gracol.
. Implemented innovative workflow procedures to augment assembly,
retouching and related
pre-press staged tasks.
. Press O.K.'s
. Established and implemented standards for retouching, customer service,
scanning,
assembly and digital output.
. Sole responsibility for certifying production order.
Vertis / NY: Pre-press Production & Plant Manager ~ (2000 - 2002)
. Managerial responsibilities for 13 full-time employees and a contingent
of freelance
contractor and $8,000,000 in pre-press/press production sales annually.
. Direct responsibilities for developing and overseeing policies and
procedures of
pre-press production, multimedia (Avid),radio production.
. Managed onsite facility (McCann Erickson)
. Hiring and training of employees
. Assembled, retouched, photocomposed and scheduled projects for account
representatives.
. Client/vendor consultation/liaison for work orders
. Managed outsourcing; intra- and inter-department scheduling of work
orders, multimedia(Avid),radio pre-press operations
. Troubleshooting, rips, applications,
. Archiving, retrieval, FTP.
. Established and implemented innovative pre-press quality control
procedures
. Supervised all output and proofing, CMYK,SWOP.
. Press O.K.'s
. Responsibility for assembly, retouching and related pre-press staged
tasks.
. Responsibility for certifying production order.
Imaging Consortium/Vertis: Pre-Press Manager ~ (1998 - 2000)
. Assigned the primary charge of planning, executing, and reestablishing
the online status of the
company's entire pre-press production plant to a new site. The physical
move and down-time
was accomplished on time and within budget.
. Hiring and training of employees
. Assembled, and retouched projects
. Prepress scheduling of retouching, assembly and proofing;
. Implemented innovative folder structure for Sun/SGI servers
. Managed outsourcing and vendors
. Managerial responsibility for production output and proofing.
Bianca Graphics/Wace: Pre-press Production ~ (1987 - 1998)
. Responsibility for assembly and retouching
. Responsibility for output film
. Managed calibration of output film devices
. Managed archiving and retrieval.
. Dark room manager
. Responsibility for conventional dot etching; stripping, contacting; and
camera work.
Education & Professional Certification:
ESSEX COMPUTERS
Electronic Desktop Publishing
Certified 1996
SCITEX CORPORATION
Prismax
Certified 1993
HELL CORPORATION
Hell Orion
Certified 1990
NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY ~ CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Associate in Science Degree in Ophthalmic Dispensing
Awarded in 1980
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