20+ Years of Experience in Printing Successfully completed the training program at R.R Donnelley Barbados to become a Journeyman Printer on October 1st 1994 in Graphic arts. Competent use of the latest graphic prepress programs on both Mac and PC platforms. Prinergy and Rampage workflows, Creative suite (CS5), Adobe Acrobat, Quark Xpress, Microsoft office suite, Dreamweaver and Preps Specializing in Offset, flexo Digital and Large format Display printing. EMPLOYMENT Refined Sight Digital Imaging and Prepress Specialist. Manhattan, New York NY 09/18 - Present Job Intake and ticket write up. Communicating with clients to confirm specifications on job Prepping all digital files for digital printers and File Manipulation. Loading various paper in the Epson, Konica Minoltas and HP Printers and printing job. Production Saddle stitch Book Impositions. Basic finishing Skills such as cutting scoring, folding and packing jobs. Managing Job thru to the point of shipping by use of local shippers and Federal Express. ABC/Peeq Imaging Manhattan, New York NY Prepress Digital print Specialist. 09/17 - 08/18 Prepping all digital files for digital printers. Scanning and File Manipulation. Loading various paper in the Xerox, Konica Minoltas and HP Printers and printing job. Creating Saddle stitch and Perfect Bound Book Imposition. Layout Hard Cover Books for various binding styles Seeing the Job thru to the point of shipping. The Fitch Group Manhattan, New York NY Prepress Operator 09/15 - 09/17 Prepping all digital files for Offset and digital print output Typeset and Design Proxy Cards Notices and Voting Cards following Strict and specific legal specs. Manipulating and Imposing Books, Annual Reports, Brochure, flyer and stationary in full PDF format. Expert use of PDF extensions such as Quite Impose 3 and Pitsop Professional to Impose and Setup Print Ready PDFs. Use of XMF to Impose Offset Impositions Visual Marketing Partners Manhattan, New York NY Prepress Specialist 09/2011 - 09/06/2015 Prepping all digital files for Large Format, offset and digital print output Image Retouching and Color correcting all files to proofs that meets GRAcol 7 standards Manipulating Files for printing on the Vutek gs3250 and LightJet printers or making CTP plates for press. Proof approval managing of all jobs with the Epson stylus 9800 for color and the HP SpinJet for Imposing. Working closely from start to finish with the Account job Managers (Planners) to ensure a perfect final product. Cris Ray label Specialist Graphic Prepress Operator Prepping all digital files for digital and flexo print output. Trapping and Manipulating approved labels through Illustrator and Trap-X. Proof approval managing of all jobs with account sales executives. Ripping all jobs to either the Indigo digital press or the Esko flexo plate imager. Farmingdale, long Island NY 11/2010 - 01/11 CCL Labels Sheldon, CT Graphic Prepress Operator 06/2010 - 11/2010 Prepping and proofing all digital files Trapping, Stepping and Manipulating approved labels through Esko-Barco software workflow Color correcting all files to proofs that meets GRAcol 7 standards Color press approvals with pressmen and client for label products Working in a full Acrobat PDF workflow with editing programs like Pit stop and Neo. Creating white bumps and white pads to achieve correct opacity printing on clear, Metallic and white poly material labels. Working with Flexo, digital Silk Screens and offset plates Prestone Print Long Island City, NY Prepress Operator/Preflighing 03/07 - 02/09 Preflighting all incoming jobs, Ripping files through a Prinergy workflow and imposing files into a Preps layout. Producing hi-quality proofs to Graco7 color profile standards for color and contents. Color correcting, Scanning and Photo Retouching all files. Preparing personalized and Variable Data files for the Indigo Digital Press. Working with variable data online order entry programs such as ORDERSENSE & OPS. Working in a full Acrobat PDF workflow with editing programs like Pit stop and Neo. Creating Ads and FDA approval PDFs for large pharmaceutical companies such as Boehringer Ingelheim. COT Caribbean Graphics Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies Senior Prepress Operator 09/00-01/07 Responsible for communicating with clients about job needs. Checking & manipulation of all client files by use of CS- InDesign, illustrator & Photoshop, Quark Express 7, Adobe Acrobat, MS Word & Preps 5.0 for imposition layout and printing. Scanning and color correcting of all photos & illustrations. COT Caribbean Graphic Prepress Department was running the Apogee X, agfa Print Drive workflow. R.R. Donnelley Barbados Bridgetown, Barbados PRIMEDIA Technician 09/89-06/96 I started as a Lithographic Operator on the Light Table and moved up through the conventional printing world to Computer Operator in the Prepress Department. It was a very important learning experience to which I have become a professional in my job.

Highlights:

• Adobe
• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Photoshop
• Computer Operator
• Microsoft Word
• Quark Express
• HP
• PDF
• Oracle Parallel Server
• Order Entry