STEVE BRANSON
Batavia, OH ****3
Tel: 513-***-**** Cell: 513-***-****
Email: *********@****.***
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WORK HISTORY
Oct 2003 Quality Control Technician
Quebecor World Printing (changed to World Printing in
to Fall of 2009)
Jun 2008 Lebanon, OH 45069 . 513-***-****
Checked inline runs in both bindery and press room.
Evaluated work against company standards. Communicated
with management, customer service and production
verbally, via email and Xcell. Responsible for keeping
up with the technology of the industry.
Part of a team that established a highly successful
Quality Control program in a plant that didn't have one
previously.
We went from a annual profit of $600,000 a year to an
annul profit of 3 million dollars a year in a smaller
plant.
Sole employee chosen to do weekly evaluation for largest
account in building, including a page by page score card
of each issue which went to the customer.
Was used as a group leader to oversee the Quality
Fulfillment department, and retrained other employees
who were on forced probation.
Personally selected executive samples to send to
customers on a regular basis.
Did statistics and reports for monthly evaluations which
Quality Manager used in response to customer complaints.
Feb 1997 Macintosh Designer/Pre-press
Uni Print
to Cincinnati, OH 45255 . 513-***-****
Oct 2003
Ran Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Quark Xpress on a
regular basis. Scanned both reflective and transparent
art on Heidelberg Hell flatbed, and did color
corrections in Photoshop. Wide variety of design from
buisness cards to posters.
Maintained equipment, installed software upgrades, ram,
and hard drives.
Frequently recommended and ordered equipment and
software upgrades and made purchases.
Out put film on Multi Star Rip.
Helped with billing on Print Smith software.
Some vertical camera and bindery work when necessary.
Burned and processed plates and maintained equipment.
Laid up film, and did basic stripping.
Feb 1994 Customer Service Representative
Vivi Color
to Batavia, OH
Feb 1997
Handled both offset and flexo accounts. Wrote shop
orders for stripping, plates, and shipping. Went to
customers locations to go over jobs. High volume of
phone contact. More like a technical services job.
Handled both P&G Bounce and Downy
Completed stripping and dot etching classes at Union
trade school
Recieved raises and positive reviews
SOFTWARE/SYSTEM SKILLS
Have successfully completed several seminars and online
classes over the past three to five years.
Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop CS3
Certificate#ADB162638
North Arkansas Community College Online Education -
Intermediate Photoshop, Intermediate Dreamweaver,
Photoshop for web developement, Designing Better
Websites.
Live Oaks Vocational - MS Word, Advanced Excell.
EDUCATION
Currently attending Cinn State in Computer Repair. Finished Summer
Electronics class Aug. 28, 2010, will be attending 3 nights a week
starting 9/07/2010.
Jan 2010 New Horizons Computer Training Center
Blue Ash Campus, Cinn. OH, 45242
to Graphic Arts and Web Design
present
Attending in an ongoing program for the next six months.
Averaging three days a week in all day eight hour
classes.
Successfully completed Dream Weaver, Illustrator, XHTML
& CSS, In Design, Intermediat Xcell.
Scheduled to take at least ten more classes over the
next two months.
May 2009 Tech Skills
4460 Carver Woods, Cinn., OH 45242
to Certified Internet Web Master
Sep 2009
Aplied for and recieved a WIA grant from the state of
Ohio. Went to school full time approximately 25 hours
per week.
Earned Certified Internet Webmaster, Master Designer
#372259.
Jul 1998 Art Academy of Cincinnati
Jackson Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202
to Computers, Design and Photography
Mar 2008
Attended evenings. Completed classes in design, Dream
Weaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, and digital photography.
Jan 1985 Cinn State Technical College
Central Parkway Cincinnati, OH 45223
to Graphic Arts
Jun 1995
Attented part-time evenings. Completed classes in color
separations, layout and design, presswork, Macintosh,
and printing science chemisty.
Completed all classes with A's & B's.
Aug 1975 University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45102
to English Major - Psychology Minor
Jul 1977
Earned 77 credits from the University of Cincinnati
while attending full time for 2 years, and part-time in
the evenings since then.