Print/Digital Production Specialist Resume
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Resume:
- Seasoned professional with years of experience in digital and print production and management.
- Efficient organizer with experience creating schedules, developing and tracking workflows, and managing traffic through a department.
- Effective collaborator who enjoys contributing to a team.
- Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite, Google Docs and Sheets, Microsoft Office, and similar software, as well as project management tools such as Wrike and Trello.
- Solid foundation in HTML and CSS.
- Experience using CMS platforms such as Drupal, and email marketing tools such as MailChimp and ActOn.
Print/Digital Production Specialist
Freelance, January to Present
I provide creative services such as graphic design, page layout, print and digital production, image processing, and project management.
Managing Editor of ;login: the USENIX Magazine
January to January
Manage editorial and production of ;login: the USENIX Association's quarterly technical journal.
- Plan the editorial/production schedule for each issue.
- Manage a team of editorial and production contractors.
- Import raw markdown text files into Microsoft Word, copy-edit and format, and import into InDesign.
- Choose or create cover art and design cover.
- Create page layout templates, including style sheets for paragraph, character, object, and table styles.
- Process images and graphics provided by authors.
- Review and adjust layouts provided by contract layout artist.
- Create page map and determine house ad content.
- Design and produce house ads.
- Implement page proof changes from authors and proofreaders.
- Preflight final files and send to printer with print order and instructions.
- Review proofs from printer.
- Create PDFs for posting on the USENIX website.
- Create HTML digital issue.
Senior Production Specialist and ;login: Managing Editor
The USENIX Association, Berkeley, CA.
May to January
USENIX, the Advanced Computing Systems Association, is a non-profit that organizes conferences for computer researchers and industry professionals and publishes open access research.
- Created and maintained production schedules, established and refined work flows, and contributed web and print production expertise to the Production, Conference, and Communications teams.
- Researched and contracted with outside vendors for editorial, web, and print services.
- Built and updated web pages with content provided by conference program chairs, paper authors, and staff. Edited and proofed all content prior to posting.
- Created web banners and other graphics for web pages and social media.
- Produced and processed images and created and maintained extensive image libraries.
- Created, proofed, and performed preflight checks on print materials such as event signage, conference guides, conference proceedings, and marketing brochures and other collateral.
- Created presentations for conference program chairs.
- Managing Editor of ;login:, the quarterly journal published by USENIX.
Production Coordinator, XML Team
Zinio LLC, San Francisco, CA.
April to May
Zinio produces and distributes digital format magazines on a variety of platforms, including desktop computers and an ever-expanding range of mobile devices.
- Responsibilities included obtaining, posting, reviewing, and troubleshooting XML content for all platforms.
- Managed traffic through the XML production department.
- Coordinated with the production, development, customer service, sales, and marketing teams, managed vendors, and worked with publishers to ensure that their supplied XML files met the required specifications.
- Worked with the customer support team to troubleshoot problems reported by publishers and customers.
Print and Web Production Specialist
Freelance, April to April
As an independent contractor, I worked with a variety of design agency clients.
- Created layouts from design specifications, produced several rounds of galleys, and implemented client changes.
- Produced clean, accurate files and performed preflight checks.
- Processed images and maintained image libraries.
- Attended press checks.
Print Production and Prepress Manager
IDG Entertainment, San Francisco, CA.
November to April
IDG Entertainment was a large media company that published GamePro magazine, GameStar magazine, and Star Wars Insider.
- Managed the day-to-day production of monthly and bi-monthly issues of several -color magazines, as well as various custom publishing projects, in-house marketing projects, and internal collateral.
- Accomplishments included bringing our prepress operation in-house, providing shorter lead times for our advertisers and cutting our annual prepress expenses by %.
- Recommended and implemented our migration from Quark XPress to Adobe InDesign, and trained the staff to utilize InDesign’s features to their best advantage.
- Implemented an efficient cross-platform workflow for the Creative and Editorial departments.
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ORGANIZATIONS
Bay Area Women in Publishing
Better Together Association of Independent Workers
CreativePro Network
Freelancers Union
Oakland SPARK
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, University of California, Berkeley, CA
