Manager Quality Control
Resume:
Richard Zweiback
East Meadow, NY 11554
************@*******.***
January 2000- December 2009
Lebhar-Friedman, Inc. New York N.Y.
Executive Director of Production
Responsible for all facets of Print and e-Media Production, Procurement,
Manufacturing & Distribution for multi-site publishing company. 12 National
Publications, 60 Multi-versioned Newsletters, & Custom Publishing divisions
ranging in frequency from weekly to semi-annual. Responsible for production
operations in three cities. Negotiate print, distribution, e-Media and
paper contracts with vendors. Managed, developed, and specified digital
publication platform. Responsible for all insertion order entry,
scheduling, production, placement, reporting and ad trafficking for Web and
Print based advertising. Specified, designed and implemented development of
On-Line & Print Order Entry System and Content Management System. Managed
budgets to $20 million and supervised staff of up to 20. Frequent
contributor to industry publications. Speaker at Industry events; including
Publishing Expo, Seybold, Folio.
Named Media Business Magazine Innovator of the Year - 2005
Elected to Publishing Executive Hall of Fame - 2008
Chairman - American Business Media Production/Manufacturing Committee 2002-
2003
July 1996- January 2000
Lebhar-Friedman, Inc. New York N.Y.
Production Supervisor
Responsible for all facets of production and manufacturing for 5 national
publications. Developed Computer-To-Plate workflow and implementation for
all publications. Investigate, plan and implement new technologies.
Estimate and purchase collateral print jobs. Recruit, hire and train new
personnel. Responsibilities include color reproduction of editorial &
advertising, printing, & budgeting. Supervise and manage production
department.
May 1991-July 1996
Crescent Publishing Group New York N.Y.
Production Director
Responsible for all facets of production and manufacturing for 10 national
and foreign publications. Responsible for reproduction of editorial and
advertising, printing, budgeting and paper purchasing. Facilities include
in house film and repro output system, scanning, and direct to disc.
Supervise and manage production department & staff. Responsible for
production and printing of paperback book division.
February 1989-May 1991
Millicom Media New York, NY
Production Director
Oversaw start-ups of two national four color magazines. Responsible for all
facets of magazine production. Established all budgets. Selected all
vendors with regard to printing, pre-press, paper and promotions.
Negotiated all contracts. Created schedules for editorial, circulation,
production and distribution. Designed an in-house desktop network.
Supervised circulation, promotion and distribution staff.
November 1987-February 1989
Global Finance Magazine New York NY
Production Manager
Supervised production and manufacturing of monthly four color international
magazine. Purchased color separations, pre-press and paper. Responsible for
quality control, including proofing, print quality and supervising printing
of magazine on press. Handled world-wide distribution of magazine.
February 1986-November 1987
Murdoch Magazines Secaucus New Jersey
Production Manager and Paper Coordinator
Oversaw production of semi-weekly four color magazine. Created layout,
imposition and schedule. As Paper Coordinator responsibilities included
controlling the buying, selling, budgeting, inventory and paper quality for
fifteen publications.
Computers: Macintosh and IBM.
Software: Quark, InDesign, Adobe CS Suite, MS Office Suite, AS400, Web
based applications (java, xml), Filemaker
Education: City University of New York at Queens College; B.A.
-Communications & Media Studies
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