TJ YATES

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Halsey Street, Apartment ***, Portland OR 97213

503-***-****

E X P E R I E N C E

Bonneville Power Administration, 905 N.E. 11th Ave. TRIAD Technology Group, 09/11/2017 - 03/29/2020 (As a contractor for BPA) FLUX Resources, 03/29/2020 - 05/15/2021 (As a contractor for BPA) Motus Recruiting, 05/15/ 2021 - October 2022 (As a contractor for BPA) CorSource 10/202*-*-**-**** (As a contractor for BPA) Workplace Services Technician (Media/Print Services) Using a variety of equipment, I produced internal and public periodicals and advertisements for the administration under strict guidelines from the EPA.

The City of West Linn, 22500 Salamo, West Linn, OR Parks and Recreation Department, 06/2017 - 09/2017 Seasonal Spray Park Technician

I maintained and repaired the splash pads at 5 public parks in West Linn. I performed light maintenance and clean up throughout West Linn.

Tapp Label, 11000 S.W. 11th St., Beaverton, OR 97005 503-***-**** Digital Department, Indigo Press Operator, 02/2017 - 06/2017

Digital Press Operator

Using an HP Indigo 6600 and an Indigo 6800 Press, I produced wine and spirit labels for businesses in North America. Digital Pre-press and Color Correction

I acted as the back-up for our color correction specialist until the company hired a full time employee. LGI, 6700 S.W. Bradbury Ct., Portland, OR 97224 503-***-**** Digital Department, Xerox Oce’ Arizona 460 & Indigo Press Operator, 09/2013 - 2/2017 Digital Press Operator

Using Xerox Oce’ Arizona 460, and an HP Indigo 2000 Press, I produced high quality labels for businesses in the Pacific Northwest

Press Maintenance

The digital room is a showcase for the operations at LGI, so in addition to maintaining the presses using the appropriate methods to insure the highest quality with minimal downtime, I was also tasked with maintaining a clean, uncluttered environment.

Bridgetown Printing, 5300 N Channel Avenue, Portland, OR 97217 503-***-**** Digital Pre-press, Indigo Press Operator, 6/2012- 9/2013

Digital Pre-press

Using Adobe Creative Suite, Pitstop, and Impostrip, I preflight, set-up and impose customer supplied files to run on Hewl- ett Packard Indigo presses to produce the highest quality marketing pieces to assure they achieve their advertising goals. Indigo Press Operator

Using HP Indigo Press, Xerox Docutech, and Xerox Docucolor presses, I produced the highest quality documents for a wide variety of businesses in the greater Portland area. Press Maintenance

I maintained the press using HP certified methods to insure the best quality with minimal downtime for a press that runs 24 hours a day. I also performed general maintenance on the Xerox presses as needed. Trainer

I educated new employees on the basics skills they would need to run the presses as well as well as the specific functions related to the workflow at Bridgetown, its various departments and partners, and the procedures used when working with outside vendors.

Hewlett Packard, 1000 NE Circle, Corvallis, OR 97330 541-***-**** Digital Pre-press, Web Press Operator, 03/2011- 06/2012

Production

Using Adobe Creative Suite, Pitstop, and Impostrip, I preflight, set-up and impose customer supplied files to run on Hewl- ett Packard web presses in conjunction with third party finishing equipment. Collaborated with sales representatives and management to establish an optimal outcomefor production of printed samples to provide customers a reasonable facsimile towards the outcome the customer should expect to pro- duce in the event once they have purchased one of Hewlett Packard’s web presses Ran Hewlett Packard’s T200 line of digital web presses in order to create optimum print samples for customers interested in purchasing one of HP’s products.

Pamplin Media Inc., 6605 SE Lake St., Portland, OR 97222 503-***-**** Creative Services, 06/2007 – 08/2010 Graphic Design:

Design structure and layout of advertising placement for the classified sections. Reformat raw images for online website postings and pre-press printing specifications.

Collaborate with higher management to develop marketing ideas and strategies for selling advertising space for local and company events

Web Content Management:

Developed advertising design for online newspapers including web banners for the Portland Tribune and 14+ other local community newspapers.

Archived source files and created naming conventions to organize data and graphics for automated ftp site. Hemcon, 10575 SW Cascade, Portland, OR 97223 503-***-**** Laboratory Manufacturing Technician, 08/2005 - 10/2006

Graphic Design:

Create package design for hemostatic dressings in a variety of sizes to be used internationally by military personnel. Production:

Produce CE approved bandages under strict protocol and guidelines: Allocated, prepared and mixed chemicals and raw materials to produce medical devices. Complete necessary steps to finalize finished product in a clean room environment. Receive ISO Certifications (International Organization for Standardization). Document and validate product created for Standard Operation Procedures to be used by manufacturing team in accor- dance to government specifications.

Lazerquick, 6750 SW Bradbury Ct., Tigard, OR 97224 503-***-**** Lead Graphics Technician, 12/2003 - 08/2005 Graphic Design:

Design corporate identity packages including; logos, brochures, and monthly newsletters for key clients including; Mer- cedes Benz, Holiday Inn and Nike

Client Services:

Work one-on-one with clients to develop marketing materials creating gaphic design solutions in accordance with custom- er needs and production deadlines.

Troubleshoot client files and manage print projects with outside vendors. Research, recommend and install new software and third party plug-ins.

Real Estate Media Corporation, 4340 Redwood Hwy., San Rafael, CA 94903 415-***-**** Graphic Designer/Scan- ner, 07/2001 - 09/2003

Graphic Design:

Design page layouts for four full-color monthly publications: Real Estate San Francisco, Real Estate Marin, Real Estate Wine Country & Real Estate Market Magazines.

Prepare content for magazines: collect and manage photos and text for properties listed in each magazine. Color correct and format images for the magazines and to the website specifications. Responsible for providing color proofs and communicating with print vendors to insure the proper look of the magazines. Installation and maintenance of the network, server and peripherals. Responsible for receiving, cataloging, storage and back up of all digital files used in the magazines. Aircraft Shopper Online, 5725 Paradise, Corte Madera, CA 94925 888-***-**** Web Production, 08/2000 - 08/2001 Web Production:

Design websites and home pages with navigation for 30+ individual aircraft dealers. Create ads selling aircrafts to a worldwide market.

Maintain website text and photos using multiple programs (HTML, Adobe Image Ready and Dreamweaver). Quality con- trol for errors in content and functionality of the website. E D U C A T I O N

Portland Community College, 12000 SW 49 th Ave., Portland, OR 97219 Associate of Applied Science in Marketing

Graduated in 2007

Platt University, 301 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94105 Bachelor of Science in Media Arts

Graduated in 1997

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