Production Manager

JERRI K. CLARK

**** ****** ***** • Indianapolis, Indiana 46217 • 317-***-****

************@*****.***

Printing professional with an extensive background in both customer service and electronic printing.

KEY SKILL AREAS

• Customer Service

• Electronic Prepress

• Planning and Scheduling

• Strong Interpersonal & People Skills

• Effective Communication Skills

• Pagination & Press Imposition

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

SUNRISE GREETINGS (a subsidiary of Hallmark Cards) Bloomington, Indiana 1998 to 2009

Prepress Technician 2000 to 2009

Primary Responsibilities – Record incoming prepress work; Communicate with customers about files and deadlines; Color correction in Adobe Photoshop; Preflight in InDesign and Quark Files; Layout and electronic imposition for presses; Management of workflow for major accounts throughout plant; Cross-trained on Topaz flatbed scanner making digital proofs and Trendsetter plates.

Accomplishments:

• Transitioned from conventional to an electronic prepress environment in a short period of time.

• Allowed for less company downtime, and faster results by correcting DaySpring digital Photoshop files to match previously printed samples, using my expertise in visualizing color

• Incorporated an innovative proofing method with Kodak for adding a formulated fifth color pink to the CMYK digital Spectrum proof and secured future printing of DaySpring Greeting Cards

• Employee of the Year -Prepress / CTP 2002

Four-color Stripper 1998 to 2000

Primary Responsibilities – Conventional four color stripping and plate making

PERFORMANCE PRESS (Printing Company) Carmel, Indiana 1996 to 1997

Supervisor, 2nd Shift Team Leader-Conventional Prepress

Primary Responsibilities – Record incoming projects; distribute workload in order to meet customer and press deadlines; stripping film output by our own electronic prepress and outside vendors; all phases of

proofing and plating for two/five/six color Heidelberg presses; assisting co-workers with various projects

LITHOTECH, INC. (Printing Company) Phoenix, Arizona 1990 to 1995

Four Color Stripper

EDUCATION TECHNICAL SKILLS

Lawrence Central High School OSX-G5 Power Mac

Indianapolis, Indiana Adobe CS3, InDesign 5, Quark 6.5

Specialization in Art and English Heidelberg Delta Technology and Imposition Software

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