Quality Control Manager
Resume:
Dennis Kinzer
************@*******.***
Work Experience:
**/**** – Present: Commercial printing and direct mail marketing contract production manager
Manage commercial printing and direct mail marketing campaigns for clients such as: Intuit, DDB Direct Advertising, Capital Card Services, First National Credit Card, First Saving Credit Card, American Red Cross
Consulted with marketing directors and product project managers on cost effective production means to reach there marketing campaign goals; Through my knowledge of print and lettershop production and my ability to work nationally to match vendors with client needs, I was able to save thousands of production dollars. My production management services started with analysis of package design and covered all production of print and lettershop services; pricing and scheduling print materials and lettershop services; coordinated and wrote instructions for multi segmented list acquisitions and database programming used in direct mail campaigns; Ensured quality control of all produced materials and services during print press checks and lettershop checks.
08/2005 - 02/2009: Intuit Corporation (through Icon Professional Services): Direct mail and commercial print production manager
Working with Intuit product marketing managers, I managed the print and lettershop production of Turbo tax, Quickbooks and Quicken campaigns.
These campaigns had production volumes in the millions and were multi versioned, data intensive projects. All the projects I produced for Intuit were
mailed on time, within budget, flawlessly.
My knowledge of print and lettershop production and my ability to work nationally to match vendors with client needs, I was able to save thousands of production dollars. My production management started with analysis of package design and covered all production of print and lettershop services; pricing and scheduling of printed materials and lettershop services, writing lettershop mail instructions for multi segmented, complicated formula driven campaigns; Ensured quality control of all produced materials and services during print press checks and lettershop checks.
2001 - 07/2005: Self Employed: Commercial printing and direct mail marketing contract production manager
Managed commercial printing and direct mail marketing campaigns for clients such as: Mullen Advertising, DDB Direct Advertising, Capital Card Services, First National Credit Card, First Saving Credit Card, American Red Cross and Brann Advertising.
Consulted with marketing directors and product project managers on cost effective production means to reach there marketing campaign goals; Through my knowledge of print and lettershop production and my ability to work nationally to match vendors with client needs, I was able to save thousands of production dollars. My production management services started with analysis of package design and covered all production of print and lettershop services; pricing and scheduling print materials and lettershop services; coordinated and wrote instructions for multi segmented list acquisitions and database programming used in direct mail campaigns; Ensured quality control of all produced materials and services during print press checks and lettershop checks.
1998 - 2001: Angeles Communications, Glendale, California Associate director of marketing (direct mail marketing production department)
Planned, coordinated and implemented direct mail campaigns for KCET Television, KCTS Television, LA Zoo and Natural History Museum. My job included the production management of direct mail and commercial printing from creative art concept through print and lettershop production services (production schedules, pricing and negotiating costs for all print and lettershop services, data processing and lettershop instructions; quality control review through print press checks and lettershop data checks; invoice review and cost reconciliation). Developed and presented strategies to clients for the most cost efficient campaigns, while achieving the highest response results.
1997 -1998: Penn Lithographics, Emeryville, California
Sales
Provided commercial printing services (i.e. prepress, web and sheet fed printing and bindery services). Developed new business by direct presentation of services offered and maintained client base through excellent customer service. I worked directly with clients to maintain design integrity of projects, while significantly reducing production costs.
Education 1982 -1986, Sonoma State University, B.S. Geology
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