KENDON SMITH
*** ******* ****** • El Cerrito, CA 94530
415-***-**** • ************@*****.***
EXPERIENCE
Poly Seal Industries
Injection Mold Pressman: 2020 - present
The operation of the injection mold press for the manufacture of EPDM rubber & silicone components for food grade and medical equipment, intensive reticulation required for quality control, prep of materials, maintaining a clean and orderly work area along with documentation of production and waste.
Rip-Tie LLC
Printing Production/Shipping & Receiving: 2018 - 2020 Set up and operation of pad press and customized feed machine for Velcro products. Ink mixing to color match in accordance to supervisors satisfaction. Maintenance of inventory via IQMS database to expedite daily retrieval of materials for general production. Shipping & receiving at high volumes using IQMS & UPS, FEDEX software. Forklift certified. Periodical reallocation of materials to suit the ever changing allocation and warehousing needs.
Art Sign and Banners Service
Graphic Production Technician: 2014 - 2018
Duties primarily consists of production sign and banner making, pre-production and finishing. CNC machine routing with ANAgraph and Gerber Dimension 200. Large format printing on Roland VP-540 and Versa Works. Graphic design and proofing through Adobe Creative Cloud with a primary focus on Illustrator & Photoshop.
Powell Street Printers
Graphic Artist/Counterperson: 2012-2014
Duties included creating and proofreading graphics and text for customers with Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 with focus on PhotoShop, Illustrator and lnDesign to meet objectives in customer service, digital print production and finishing.
Ink 2/Mimeo
Digital Press Operator: 2008-2011
Primary duties involved maintenance and operation of the HP Indigo 3050 and 5500 Job track & quality control were significant points of emphasis along with routine mechanical and software mainte- nance.
Acclaim Print and Copy
Production Manager: 2006-2007
My duties included (but not limited to) My duties included (but not limited to) pre-press, graphic design and preflight using lnDesign, Illustrator 10, Photoshop CS, Pagemaker, operating the Ryobi 3200MCD w/T-head, stripping, plating, operating labeling software & machineryinterface with Microsoft Office Suite, inventoryand purchasing, binderyand troubleshooting, customer service and production schedul- ing.