Looking: Prepress Operator in Conventional and Digital Printing Industry

cuongcamdieu

New member
To human resource department or to whom it may concern,

I recently graduated with my Associate Degree in Graphic Arts Advertising Production Management looking for a full time position in the pre-press department.

I would greatly appreciate if you would review my qualifications and my resume below for any appropriate job openings in New York City area.

Thank you,
C.C.D


Objective
To secure a position as a prepress operator in the conventional and digital printing industry

Skills
o Communication skills & attention to details
o SNAP, SWOP, GRACoL and PDF/x standards
o 4Cs in color management, generating custom ICC profiles, soft proof and hard proof
o Color retouching, layout design, and typography
o Print production workflow: pre-press, press and post-press
o Imposition, plate and proof
o Understanding rulers and creating dummies

Presses
o Offset Duplicator ATF Chief 15 (black and white)
o Offset Press Heidelberg GTO 52 (4 process colors)

Software
o Acrobat Professional and Distiller 8
o Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Illustrator CS3
o InDesign CS3 and QuarkXpress 7
o Gretamacbeth Profile Maker 5.0.5
o Digital photography and studio lighting (strobe and continuous lighting)
o Flash CS3 and Dreamweaver CS3
o Cross platform MAC / PC proficiency

Experiences

o EOT wireless communication (May 2007 - May 2008) Dumbo-Brooklyn
Graphic Designer:
Designing phone cards, promotion, flyer and logos
Producing newspaper ad using SNAP specification
Update existing web content, and layout design using CSS

o Samuel and Sons Passementerie (July 2007 - May 2008)Long Island City-Queens
Stock Photographer:
Stock photography using studio lighting and digital camera (Nikon D200 )
Edit existing product images to ensure standards of identity branding and color accuracy
Color management workflow: printing & web
Generate digital camera profile using Gretamacbeth ColorChecker
Digital asset management to store and archive photos

o New Tech Times (July 2007 - Jan 2008) New York City College of Technology-CUNY-NY
Senior Graphic Designer (volunteer):
Conceptualize design and layouts for college newspaper
Color Correction for SNAP specification
Edit and retouching photos

o Borough of Manhattan Community College (Jan 2006 - May 2006) New York-New York
Graphic design Intern:
Creating Brochures, posters and flyers for college’s events

Education
o Associate in Applied Science: Graphic Arts Advertising Production Management, City Tech-CUNY, June 2008
o Associate Degree: Multimedia Art and Design, BMCC-CUNY, May 2006

Portfolio and reference available upon request.
 

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