Charlie Tucker

770-***-****

acxck0@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

Experienced and dedicated professional with twenty plus years in the graphics and publishing fields, mastering graphic design principles in layout, typography, color theory, as well as, developing excellent verbal, written, presentation and problem-solving skills. A proven leader, having advanced to roles of Assistant Production Supervisor and Prepress Supervisor respectively. Technical expertise with the ability to solve problems and develop successful solutions. Marketing and advertising art experience through freelance opportunities with a concentration on sustainability and client relevance. Personally created an automated PDF workflow by integrating Applescripts and VBScripts. These workflows were derived and implemented after months of calculated metric models and saved the company roughly $500,000 dollars in software cost. Constant record of creating cost effective ways to protect the bottom-line. EXPERIENCE:

Repro Products; Smyrna, GA December, 2015 - Present:

(Digital Specialist - 2015 - Present)

• Project Delegation Management for up to 50% of incoming jobs

• Prepare customer files for print

• Operate Production Machinery (Océ 9800 scanner, Océ 650 Color Printer, HP 360 Latex, HP Pagewide XL 8000)

• Tri-level Customer Service

Alpha Graphics (formerly Print Time); Atlanta, GA February, 2011 - December, 2015

(Digital Print Specialist - 2011-2015)

• Attributes to 42% of the company’s monthly revenue by efficient operation and attention to detail

• Operates Digital Color Presses (Konica Minolta C1085®, DocuColorTM 1200, 5000 and 8002)

• Project Delegation Management

• Customer Service via telephone, email and face-to-face interaction

• Color matching using Pantone swatch books

• Creative Design

• Direct Mail Marketing

RentPath (formerly PRIMEDIA); Norcross, GA September, 1998 - October, 2010

(Prepress Supervisor - 2004-2010)

• Managed the Digital Prepress Department

• Primary liaison between Print Vendors and Management

• Personally developed and implemented an automated PDF Workflow using Applescripts and VBScripts based on metric statistics

• Maintained a less than 1% production error rate on all monthly publications

• Project management

• Compiled detailed daily and monthly production reports in Excel, which tracked postscript and pdf errors

• Generated approximately 55,000 postscript and pdf files for clients and print vendors monthly

(Assistant Production Supervisor - 2002-2004)

• Trained new artists on departmental procedures and software applications. 40% of the trained artists were later promoted to supervisory roles in various departments within the company

• Assisted the Production Department Supervisor in staff management of 20 artists

• Created new templates that were used for special production projects and later adopted as publication standards

• Tracked software issues and solved them by extensive research and experimentation

(Designer/Production Artist - 1998-2001)

• Responsible for production, completion and digital delivery of 5 home buying magazines and apartment guides per month SKILLS:

• B2C Marketing/Advertising experience

• Leadership and management ability

• Excellent communication skill (Written, Verbal, Listening)

• Analytical problem solving ability

• High proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and cloud based applications, as well as, Microsoft Office

• Customer Service (Face to face, email and telephone interactions) EDUCATION:

B.A. in Graphic Arts; Alabama State University: Montgomery, AL SOFTWARE:

Quark Xpress 6.0 • Adobe Creative Suite - Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Bridge, Acrobat • Filemaker Pro • CreoScitex • Synapse 2.0 • Enfocus Pitstop Pro • Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio • Lotus Notes Fontographer 4.1 Applescript • VB Script • CSS • HTML • NeoOffice • Lotus Notes • Extensis Portfolio • Print Shop Mail 5.3 • Barcode Studio • Acroplot

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