Quality Control Manager

Michael J. DeVivo

** ********* *****, ************, *.J. 08012

302-***-**** cell

*********@***.***

Objective To expand/utilize my skills in Pre-press/ production to benefit a growing company.

Profile

• Nearly 20 experience working in the Prepress/ Printing field.

• Ability to direct complex projects from concept to fully operational status.

• Goal-oriented individual with strong leadership capabilities.

• Organized, highly motivated, and detail-directed problem solver.

• Proven ability to work in unison with staff, (union & non union) and board of directors.

Employment

Pre-Press Technician 2004- Present Courier Post Newspaper

• Responsible for all PDF ad files, color correction for all photos (web & print).

• Working knowledge of Ad order entry systems, pagination systems, web based page output systems.

• Working knowledge of Adobe CS2 programs.

• Designed service development plans and conducted operation assessments.

• Wrote and implemented new employee training manuals for SOP’s.

• Layout of the paper and or publications using Mactive software for pagination.

• Sending paginated pages using a web based (pro-image software) to our plate room.

• Assist Production manager with special project work.

• Toned photos for all Quality review papers and scored the highest in 2007.

Production Manager 1999-2004 Vineland Daily Journal

• Managed the building operation (Heating/air/recycling/grounds/and building maintenance.

Kept OSHA standards along with Fire inspections, building codes.

• Managed Ad production/ layout/pagination/scanning/color correcting/ and dispatch departments.

• Responsible for our 50” web conversion along with revamping our classified/pagination system to allow

for the reduction in web size.

• Implemented quality control measures for consistent quality re-production, (received the Most Improved

Newspaper award in 2002 out of 100+ papers)

• Completed all system upgrades for Y2k compliance set by corporate.

• Responsible for both System departments- Production & Business front end systems.

• Quality control leader reduced our ad credits over 49% over prior year.

• Scheduled all print jobs with commercial printers and our sister papers sourced print jobs.

• Negotiated a cleaning contract that saved us $1100 per month

• Negotiated a recycling contract, which saved us over $400 per month.

• Responsible for ordering and installing all computers/software (both Mac and PC’s) for the entire

building.

• Knowledge of all Macintosh software including Photoshop, Quark, PageMaker, Acrobat, imposition

software and all CS3 applications.

• Knowledge of rips and image setters/ networks/hubs/high speed T-1 lines for sending to remote printing

locations.

• Fully paginated our paper (along with all our weekly publications) within 9 months of arriving to the

location.

• Totally renovated both building locations for a better flow. This included getting permits and inspections

for both locations.

• Acting member of our OC committee.

Ad Production Manager 1992-1999 Courier-Post Newspaper

• Managed ad production department of 24 employees and a Detail department with 11 employees.

• Worked on image setters/processors along with cameras

• Reduced overtime

• Reduced AD credits YOY

• Acting member of Quality control committee

• Out sourced all commercial print products (involved price quotes and quality concerns).

• Working knowledge of Royal Zenith color drum scanners- Certified operator.

• Responsible for all departments’ budgets, supplies, software and hardware.

• Worked closely with our systems and advertising departments with system upgrades and software

upgrades which in turn benefited our advertising department.

• Instrumental with electronic pagination of 1/4 fold and outsourced print jobs.

Pre-press Supervisor 1988-1992 Wilmington News Journal

• Managed a staff of 20+ union employees

• Responsible for all commercial print jobs.

• Oversaw all color correction and paste-up, along with camera and plate functions.

• Responsible for meeting all printing deadlines

• Active member of the quality control committee

• Performed daily calibration of all equipment

Education

1985-1986 Mohawk Valley Community College Utica NY

No degree

Clinton High School Clinton NY 1985

Interests:

Cars, family, computers, snowmobiling, fishing, skiing

References available upon request

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