• Managing and motivating resources to delivery on time and within budget.
• Disciplined in time management with a strong client delivery focus and a deep understanding of the importance of brand consistency.
• Thorough knowledge of agency workflow and print production. Specialist in Finished Art.
• Able to work efficiently under pressure and responding positively to tight deadlines.
• Communicating with impact and expressing seasoned judgements clearly and concisely.
• Strong problem solving skills.
• Able to identify risks and mitigate these with minimal impact to the project and client.
• Skilled in process design and implementation to maximise efficiencies and exploit opportunities.
• Highly skilled in Creative Suite Package, Cheetah 3D and workflow software.
Studio Manager/Senior Finished Artist at Momentum Worldwide
2012 - Present (3 years)
• Leading, managing and mentoring the studio team and providing technical expertise to the studio
• Responsible for large roll-out projects producing high quality artwork that incorporates key-visuals across a range of collaterals
• Designing 3D renders from concept through visualisation to delivery, creating engaging structures and environments for experiential, events, pop-ups, retailers, and trade-shows
• Developing successful processes maximising efficiencies for complex POS material and packaging work
• Creating and maintaining assets and artworking guidelines to ensure brand identity is followed.
Account Lead (Traffic Manager) at AGI WORLD
March 2010 - May 2012 (2 years 3 months)
Operationally managed and drove the on time delivery, quality and brand consistency of client deliverables across all production resources. Clients included Paramount, Universal Studios, 2Entertain (BBC), StudioCanal, Lionsgate, Miramax, Unilever and Sara Lee.
• Re-engineered and implemented business and technical processes for the Paramount account to streamline the delivery, which successfully led to the
profitability of the client for AGI.
• Managed and mentored a core team of 6 artworkers and international outsourcing partners (KCS) to ensure a high quality finish and to mitigate against non conformance and waste.
• Concept to delivery: responsible for briefing artworkers and regularly updating Production manager on project status.
• Developed successful production processes maximising efficiencies for complex POP/POS material and packaging work.
• Specialist in the localisation of artwork to ensure brand and visual consistency across regions/territories.
• Developed and maintained documentation and artworking guidelines to ensure brand identity is followed.
Pre-Press Operator/Artworker at AGI WORLD
October 2004 - March 2010 (5 years 6 months)
• Localisation of artwork for Disney, Universal Studios and Paramount.
• All pre-press duties including pre-flight checks, file standards, trapping, deep etching, colour retouching and imposition/layout for output to film and digital proofing.
• Complex 4-12 colour DVD and special packaging work, below the line advertising and POP material.
• Working under tight deadlines.
• Problem solving of supplied artwork to ensure smooth workflow through AGI systems.
Office/Production Manager at Snap Printing
February 2001 - February 2004 (3 years 1 month)
• Managed 5 production assistants by delegating incoming digital and offset printing projects.
• Responsible for full operation of the office including inventory stock levels, IT software and hardware requisitions & servicing, PC and MAC support.
• Conversion of digital files for output – imposition, re-creating, redesigning, scanning, trapping, proofing, layout & design.
• Liaised with clients for all production processes including file formats, proofing, design consultancy, media and print finishing (e.g.: embossing, varnishing, etc).
• Clients mainly consisted of SME’s and larger clients including Study Group, Allianz, Commonwealth Bank Australia, Storm Water Association, Johnson & Johnson.
• Estimating/quoting all incoming work and negotiated final price with clients.
• Developed Business Process for the Ultimo office when it was merged with the newly acquired Hornsby office which included implementing PDF workflow, Co-ordination of ‘pick up/drop off’ of files and final printed jobs.
InDesign
Illustrator
Photoshop
Adobe Acrobat
Pre-press/Finished Art
Creative Direction
QuarkXPress
Packaging
Microsoft Office
Cheetah 3d