PRINT MANAGEMENT
Posted on: 2011-05-09
MARCELLA L. MCMILLEN
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808 N. 43rd St. #2
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone (206) 713-7663
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QUALIFICATIONS
Dedicated Prepress Operator w/ 15 + years newspaper and commercial printing
experience, including Digital Prepress, Ad Services, and Mailroom. Exceptional work
ethic with a premium placed on quality and accuracy.
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• Experience with Preps, Acrobat, Quark, Pitstop, Adobe Suite, Freehand, Max
Workflow systems, Prinergy workflow, Pagination, Image setting, Trendsetter
platemaking, Proof plotting ( blue line and high resolution Epson proofs), and
Xpance.
• Solid understanding of process and spot color printing concepts
• Adept with both Mac and PC operating systems.
• Detail oriented, skilled at multitasking and accustomed to working under deadline.
• Work well autonomously and as a part of team.
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EMPLOYMENT
2007- 2009 Prepress Operator, Print Management
Set-up, typesetting and file layouts; light design work; preflighting, preparing
and correcting customer supplied files; imposition, pre-press output for offset
and digital printing; variable data; platemaking; archiving and retrieval.
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2001- 2007 Prepress/Prepress Supervisor, King County Publications ( formerly King
County Journal Newspapers)
Pagination and imposition of both daily newspaper and commercial print
jobs; troubleshooting and correction of digital files, including fonts, color
separation and trapping; output to image setters and plotters; proofing film.
Coordination with Newsroom, Pressroom, Ad Production, as well as
commercial print clients to maximize quality and maintain deadlines.
Supervisory responsibilities for five employee\\\\\\\'s; management of work flow;
scheduling, training, and evaluation of personnel.
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2001 Ad Services Associate, King County Journal Newspapers
Working the ad intake desk; processing and management of ads and ad
materials received via email and other digital mediums; intermediate
between sales reps and advertising clients; processing corrections and
modifying layouts; proofreading ad copy, making corrections; clearing ads
for publication.
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2000-2001 Composing Associate ( Traffic Central, Quality Assurance), The Seattle Times
Working the ad intake desk- processing ads, art and linked materials;
quality assurance; proofreading ads, processing corrections and
revisions.
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1985-1996 Mailroom Supervisor, The Eastside Journal
Supervisory responsibility for a crew of six to twelve employees. Set up,
operation and repair of automated insertion, mailing and related
equipment; collation and out put of daily newspaper and various in-house
publications, maintaining strict deadlines; scheduling and training of
personnel; assumption of Manager\\\\\\\'s duties in his absence.
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EDUCATION
1997-1999 Undergraduate studies, North Seattle Community College
1982-1983 Undergraduate studies, Bellevue Community College
1982 Graduate, class of 1982, Issaquah High School
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REFERENCES
Brett Hansen, Prepress Supervisor, Print Management
Work - 425-291-1676
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Stephanie Haase, Prepress Manager, King County Publications
Work - 253-872-6648
Home - 360-886-1141
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Cathy Blauvet, Assistant Prepress Manager, King County Publications
Work - 253-437-6020
Home - 253-852-1564
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Mike Plaster, Assistant Managing Editor, King County Journal Newspaper
Home - 425-396-7908
Cell - 425-785-2167
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Dean Mangiantini, Director of Production, Peninsula Daily News
Work - 360-417-3520
Email - [email protected]