A solutions-focused Print Production professional with experience in pre-press; printing methods, including litho offset, digital, web, screen, and flexo; printing on various substrates, including paper, board, canvas, plastic, and vinyl; and production experience producing a variety of advertising, including premium items, point-of-purchase displays, direct mail, promotional items, packaging, custom binders, outdoor, out-of-home, catalogs, brochures, flyers, annual reports, trade show graphics etc. A resourceful team player and team builder, successful in working with clients, colleagues, and vendors to develop high-quality, unique, creative, and effective printing solutions that support business goals. A detail-oriented manager with proven ability to take projects from concept through completion and deliver results on time and in budget. An innovative leader with demonstrated abilities to identify, research, and implement new technology when it improves quality and efficiency.

COMPANY	POSITION HELD	DATES WORKED
Kohnke Hanneken	(Confidential)	10/2004 - 6/2007
Cramer Krasselt	(Confidential)	10/1988 - 10/2004

SCHOOL	MAJOR	YEAR	DEGREE
UW-Milwaukee	Visual Communications	1984	Bachelor Degree

Highlights:

• Produced advertising materials for the agency’s clients while supervising staff in five internal departments. • Proposed and implemented a full-service in-house pre-press department as a profit center. Installed high-end proofing devices with professional rip and hired appropriate personnel to run them. The equipment paid for itself in less than four months, had a net profit of $800,000 the first year, and made over $1,200,000 the second year. • Created an internal retouching capability to further internalize profits. • Established a separate production department and traffic department for the agency’s internal yellow pages group, reducing outside expenditures and increasing profit. • Collaborated on teams that won numerous advertising awards and recognition including: Effies, Clios, The One Show, local and regional Addys, and a PIA Benjamin Franklin award.

Companies I like:

Leo Burnett, Ogilvy Mather, Mother, Crispin Porter,

Ecommerce Strategy and digital marketing channels optimization - SEO, SEM, email, affiliates - for high-profile accounts.
Technology Solutions
Sales Support
Leadership

• Production
• Print Production
• Director
• Operations Management
• Print Supervisor
• Agency Production Director

Direct the production of high-quality advertising materials for the agency’s retail, business to business, and consumer clients. Expertise in the production of pre-printed inserts; outdoor advertising; point-of-purchase displays; newspaper and magazine ads; direct mail; and special promotional items including three-dimensional mailers. Collaborate with multi-disciplinary team of colleagues and vendors to develop innovative print solutions with time and budget constraints. Negotiate competitive prices and manage all aspects of production from initial estimate through final delivery. I am experienced working with multiple vendors and suppliers to achieve agency and client goals while meeting or beating expectations. Knowledgeable in Quark, Illustrator, Photoshop, In-Design, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF and various other file formats. • Created a profit center and reduced the agency’s dependency on outside vendors by installing efficient internal high-end pre-press equipment including rip and output device tailored to the agency’s needs. This made way for an internal digital workflow, which allowed for quicker project turnaround with more internal control. The investment in equipment paid for itself in less than a year and added to the agency’s bottom line. • Introduced a Traffic Management system to improve workflow. • Spearheaded the team that recommended and installed a new, more efficient, and more powerful agency-wide time and accounting system. • Played a key role on an award-winning team that earned a Gold Pencil, and local and regional Addys. In 2007, agency placed second overall in local Addy competition.