Manager Project

Ed Andes ********@*****.*** 646-***-****

SUMMARY

Print producer with strong technical and creative communication, teamwork and problem solving skills with the ability to collaborate with designers, copywriters, marketing, and project managers. Extensive experience working with print and digital vendors in competitive pricing. Range of work includes catalogue, magazine publishing, packaging, collateral projects, point-of-purchase, event graphics, out-of-home, direct mail, publishing, premiums and interactive projects, web, banner ads, flash, tablet, and smart phone.

SOFTWARE SKILLS Mac & PC platforms. Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator CS6, Adobe InDesign CS6, Adobe Flash CS6, Adobe Photoshop CS6, Quark Xpress 9. MS Outlook, MS Project, MS Word, MS Excel, HTML, File Maker Pro, Donovan, Clients and Profits, Quick Base, ESKO, Magellan. DAM – Digital Asset Management.

EXPERIENCE

Pre Press, Production Manager, Catalogue Production at Sotheby’s – 9/2013 - Present

Manage print production & digital retouching, and pre-media production for Sotheby’s luxury brand catalogues, collateral, OOH, and magazines. Resulting in over $500 million dollars in annual art sales, per season.

Attend pre-production meetings to develop scope of work. Provide specs, paper, finishing, and estimates. Work with creative team direction

Supervise group of 3 production coordinators to balance workload and meet project deadlines.

Manage print vendors, issue purchase orders. Attend press checks. Ensure quality control.

Print Production Manager, Showtime Networks (contract) 4/2013 – 8/2013

Manage the production of various tactics of print and digital elements of a project (such as collateral, outdoor, web, video, digital ads).

Advise Account, Creative and Client/Partner staff on project specifications, timing and cost factors during the creative process in order to manage their expectations and achieve the desired outcome.

Manage color correction, file preparation and digital pre-press. Help to manage the project flow between Creative department, Studio personnel, Traffic department and Account group.

Artwork Production Manager, L'Oreal USA (contract) 05/2012 – 04/2013

Consumer Products Division: Maybelline, Garnier, Soft-Sheen Carson

Coordinate the development and production of 30-50 projects daily. Display, packaging, print, and interactive projects with Creative, Marketing, Sales Planning, Assembly and outside vendors from conception to completion.

Gain vendor commitment to get projects designed and delivered to meet key dates. Bid and negotiate for print and display jobs. Manage and maintain budget of programs.

Manage the digital production of branded website and mobile content, as well as standard flash and rich media banners for Maybelline and Garnier.

Manage retouching for web and print. Manage proof approval process and attend press approvals. Maintain status report of each project. Chair status meetings with Creative, Marketing, Traffic & Vendor.

Issue Purchase Orders and associated support documents for all items purchased.

Digital Print Producer at R/GA (contract) 06/2011 – 05/2012

Accounts: Nike, Tiffany, Google, Chase, Verizon, Pfizer, Goldman Sachs, Kiehl's

Managed key deliverables associated with Google Nexus mobile phone launch including promotional materials and supporting collateral. Collaborated with digital production team in launching an interactive YouTube channel that allowed people to explore the new Google Nexus phone in an engaging 3D environment. Managed digital assets for retouched art and content on Google intranet. Maintained status for all digital on-line campaign launches.

Produced print and interactive content from kickoff to delivery to web for Nike, Chase, Verizon, Tiffany, &Kiehl;s

Determine specs, estimate and competitively bid all projects, maintaining budget. Clearly communicate project issues and resolution to the client and internal teams.

Manage internal team's deliverables; retouching artwork, routing and reviewing proofs.

Reconcile invoices and issue purchase orders.

Production Manager at The Vidal Partnership 02/2007 – 04/2010 Accounts: Sprint, Nissan, Kraft, Cadbury-Adams, Heineken, Home Depot, Wendy’s, Diageo, JC Penney, J&J

Produce printed communications, including direct mail, web, packaging, promotions, pop, out of home and events signage. As an art buyer, produced photo-shoots, researched photographers, managed post production.

Provide creative's and design teams with detailed manufacturing specifications. Check mechanicals and artwork prior to release to manufacturer and verify it meets expectations internal and external.

Estimate internal production time required as well as hard cost. Reconcile invoices and make certain cost did not exceed purchase order.

Stay current on trends and maintain a deep knowledge of the available substrates, fabrication technologies and their place in the sustainability continuum.

Print Services Manager at TBWA\CHIAT\DAY 02/2003 –02/2007 Accounts: Sprint, Absolut Vodka, Mars Inc, Nivea, K-Mart, Arts and Entertainment Channel

Lead production efforts for innovation in print, pop, packaging, web, direct mail, newspaper and ooh advertising to support agency's $700MM annual billings.

Attend design reviews and provide creative and account teams early with multiple solutions, i.e. paper, print techniques, cgi, photography etc. to enhance the project and bring the concept to life. Manage and color correct all artwork from start to final release. Supervise all off-site digital, sheet-fed, outdoor, letter shop and web printing.

Quick and appropriate response to client needs. Worked under extremely time sensitive schedules on complex projects with moving parts and changing deadlines.

Recommend, solicit bids and collaborate with vendors to define manufacturing specifications, cost and timing. Reconcile invoices and close jobs.

EDUCATION

Center for The Media Arts, New York, A. A., Broadcast Communications

State University of New York, Fashion Institute of Technology, B.S. Advertising Communications

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