Technician Manager

Andrea Allen

Baltimore, MD ***** • 443-***-**** • ***********@*****.***

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Graphics/Prepress professional with 20+ years of experience in the preparation of customer-supplied files, as well as

creation of documents and artwork, for both flexographic and lithographic printing.

Career Skills

• Excellent organizational skills and ability to work under pressure without compromising performance or

accuracy in a deadline oriented environment

• Excellent communication skills with both internal and external customers

• Proficiency in preparing/troubleshooting client-supplied files for print, as well as typography, layout, print

production and basic design

• Proficiency in major graphics applications (Adobe (CS6) Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat), as well as

EskoArtwork Automation Engine Pilot, ArtPro, Nexus prepress workflows

Career History

Production Artist / Premedia

Group360 Worldwide, Owings Mills, MD March 2014 to present

• Packaging art production and prepress, working primarily on a large grocery chain account for

Group360 Worldwide.

• Following strict guidelines provided by the customer for each private label brand, creation of packaging art for

a wide variety of substrates and printers, using supplier/customer-supplied dies and specs

• Trapping/stepping/prepress prep of completed and approved packaging artwork, strictly adhering to printer’s

specifications for print process and substrate to be printed on.

• Operation and maintenance of Kodak Approval color proofing system to provide color accurate contract proofs

specific to each specific printer, printing process and substrate, which includes laminating of proofs to a wide

variety of these substrates.

Senior Digital Prepress Technician - Technical Services, Corporate Graphics

Solo Cup Company / Group360 Worldwide, Owings Mills, MD October 2006 to March 2014

• Preparation of artwork to be printed on disposable foodservice products printed on various substrates (paper,

plastic, foam)

• QA and stepping of artwork for production output, digital color proofs and press proof

• Procurement of vendor goods and services as needed

• Close collaboration with printing/manufacturing plants across the US and Canada to ensure quality and timely

delivery of plates/film, as well as contract color proofs

• Operation and maintenance of Kodak Approval color proofing system, including creation of special colors

provided by ink department

• Creation of production step templates for a variety of presses, requiring close collaboration with

printing/manufacturing plants and translation of drawings supplied by the Engineering Dept. into working

production files

Andrea Allen

Baltimore, MD 21234 • 443-***-**** • ***********@*****.***

Prepress Technician

Printing Corporation of America, Timonium, MD May 1995 to October 2006

• Preflight, file prep/troubleshooting, trapping, imposition and output on both the Macintosh and PC platforms in

a CTP work environment. Workflows include EskoArtwork Scope. Files received in a variety of applications

including Quark, Pagemaker, Freehand, Adobe Illustrator, Acrobat, Indesign, Photoshop, Corel Draw as well as

MS Office applications.

• As a second shift lead technician, training of new second shift prepress personnel, prioritizing jobs, working

closely with sales people and clients during press inspections - providing input and solutions to problems on

press when needed

Art Production Specialist

Procter & Gamble, Hunt Valley, MD September 1994 to May 1995

• As a member of the Art, Package and Design Department, translate approved designs for packaging into the

preparation of production art for both spot color and four color process printing

• Troubleshoot hardware and software problems on Macintosh network

• Work closely with project coordinators, production manager and vendors in order to manage multiple projects

and deadlines

Macintosh Operator

H&N Printing, Timonium, MD February 1989 to September 1994

• Typesetting, layout and design on both Varityper typesetter and Macintosh, preparation of clients’ Macintosh

files for single page film output

Typesetter / Macintosh Operator

Marchant Studio, Inc., Timonium, MD April 1985 to February 1989

• Typesetting, layout and design on both Varityper typesetter and Macintosh

References Upon Request

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