Manager Quality Control

Javier L. Orellana

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Overview

Fully versed in newspaper/magazine publishing and advertising production: Ten plus years of

experience working in prep houses and publishing companies. Has been involved in the development and

launches of various magazine projects as well as managed ad operations and production of various daily,

weekly, and monthly publications in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environments, with experience in:

Desktop Publishing Press Checks Adobe Creative Suite

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Mac/PC Training/Development Adobe DPS

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Prepress Production Project Management Adobe Acrobat

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Color Retouching Ad Trafficking Enfocus PitStop

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Color Separation Scheduling OneVision Asura

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Color Proofing Problem Solving HTML & CSS

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Color Management Workflow Development Print Ready Files

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100 Hue Test Grade of 12 Workflow Automation Preflighting

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Professional Work Experience

News Corporation June 2002 – Aug 2012

Dow Jones & Company

Operations Manager Oct 2010 – Aug 2012

• Managed the Ad Operations Dept and oversaw the ad trafficking, preflighing, insertion orders and ad

production for the Wall Street Journal (national and international editions), New York Post, Barron’s,

WSJ Magazine, SmartMoney Magazine and other Dow Jones/New York Post publications.

• Supervised, trained, and reviewed a staff of eight over a four shift five-day workweek.

• Oversaw the prepress production and delivery of print ready files and color proofs for SmartMoney

Magazine, WSJ Magazine, and PageSix Magazine.

• Overhauled the WSJ Magazine ad production workflow cutting production and cost by fifty percent.

New York Post

Prepress Manager Feb 2006 – Oct 2010

• Managed the Imaging Dept and daily color/bw retouching for all images published in the New York

Post and its publications.

• Supervised, trained, reviewed and developed a staff of four over a three shift seven-day workweek.

• Implemented a quota and metrics system to monitor the production of the Imaging Dept and increased

the departments productivity by thirty percent.

• Designed and developed the magazine production, image retouching, and ad production workflows, as

well as hire and train the production team for PageSix Magazine.

• Helped develop and implement a new advertising production system and workflow that increased the

productivity of the ad production department by fifty percent.

• Lead the New York Post team in the selection, testing, development, and implementation of ink saving

software that resulted in a cost savings of thirty percent.

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Prepress Coordinator June 2002 – Feb 2006

• Assisted the Quality Control/Prepress Manager in QA’ing the work done by the Imaging Department

before final pages were sent to press.

• Trained the imaging staff in color retouching and ad production staff in prepress technologies.

• Problem solved production issues, designed, tested, and implemented, automated workflow technologies

for ad production, creative service, and imaging departments to help minimize errors and streamline

production.

• Developed and managed the production for all New York Post magazine projects. Scheduled and

managed editorial and advertising production deadlines and press checks.

• Worked in London, England for News International to help share and develop new workflows and

technologies between the two companies.

Contributing Writer/Blogger Sept 2003 – Sept 2009

• Wrote, blogged, and did video stories for the Latino section of the New York Post “NYP Tempo.”

Editorial focuses were music, nightlife, culture and entertainment.

Education Rochester Institute of Technology

BS, Printing Technology/Publishing

Awards News Corporation Publishers Award

Certifications Noble Desktop

In Progress

Web Development & Digital Publishing

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