Susan Calaiacovo
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"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way." -
John C. Maxwell
Work Experience
The Plain Dealer Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio January 2008 - Present
Training Supervisor for The Plain Dealer and The Sun Newspapers
. Train new account executives on the processes and procedures in
Advertising
. Train Prepress staff on Adobe InDesign
. Train major Real Estate advertising accounts on AdWriter software
. Train Real Estate accounts & Prepress staff on AdWriter software
for reservation of weekly ad
. Created and implemented workflow for Howard Hanna weekly ads
. Document workflows for Prepress, Advertising and Sun News
. Train new account executives on XPancenet
Major Projects
. Streamline processes and procedures to maximize staffing during peak
production days
. Process development for XPance at Sun News
. Train on software initiatives at Sun News
. Sales Bootcamp training for all new hires and interns
. Train Real Estate accounts on AdWriter software at all locations and
create documentation
. Train Coldwell Banker on Adobe InDesign
The Plain Dealer Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio January 2008 - August
2006
Nightside Prepress Supervisor
. Daily monitoring of all ads for next publication
. Supervised 14 members and prioritized all work for employees
. Main contact for all advertising related issues throughout the
night
. Managed workflow for all employees produced throughout the month and
adjusted schedules as needed
. Trained employees on new processes and procedures
Major projects
. Classified header creation for newspaper redesign
. Designed and implemented workflow for Realty One monthly print
publication and monthly online publication
. On project team for XPance software
The Plain Dealer Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio August 2006 - August
2004
Nightside Automotive Client Services Supervisor
. Worked with sales account executives on production goals for
Automotive
. Supervised 10 members and prioritized all work for employees
. Main contact for all advertising related issues throughout the
night
. Monitored all work that employees produced throughout the month and
adjusted schedules as needed
The Plain Dealer Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio August 2004 - August
1999
Retail Client Services Supervisor
. Worked with sales account executives on production goals for Retail
. Supervised 6 members and worked with clients on advertising needs
The Plain Dealer Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio August 1999 - April
1995
Training Supervisor
. Trained 30 employees on QuarkXPress
. Trained new employees on processes and procedures within
Advertising
The Plain Dealer Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio April 1995 - September
1993
Advertising Services Assistant and Paginator
. Production of the newspaper
. Electronic ad production
. Electronic pagination and page output
Professional Award
YWCA 2009 Professional Woman of the Year Recipient
. Nominated by The Plain Dealer
Education
Cuyahoga Community College (continuing education)
. August 1999 - June 2003
Padua Franciscan High School, College Preparatory August 1988 - June 1992
. Honor Roll Recipient
. 3 year varsity letter winner Volleyball
Computing Knowledge
Operating Systems
. Microsoft Windows
. Macintosh OSX
. Harris 2100
Application Suites
. Microsoft Office Suite (general)
. Adobe Acrobat Reader & Exchange
. Adobe InDesign
. Mactive/ATEX AdBase (Classified front-end system)
. QuarkXPress
. Newsmaker Pagination
WEB APPS
. AdWriter
. XPance
. XPancenet
. Presteligence AdInfinitum (tearsheet solution)