Production Manager Graphic Design

Kelcey Alonzo

Phone: 347-***-****

Email: ad8oac@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: To obtain a position in which I can contribute my experience and creative knowledge in the field of Photography & Graphic Design. WORK EXPERIENCE:

Retouching Production Manager

Duggal Visual Solutions - New York, NY

December 2022 to July 2024

• Take complete ownership of all aspects of a job, from its initiation to the final delivery.

• Efficiently ingest and track various files, including markup proofs, markup files, emails, samples, and hard drives.

• Organize and set up every element of the job within our internal server organization and project tracking software.

• Evaluate imagery through a creative lens, ensuring each image exudes beauty, maintains campaign cohesiveness, and remains free of errors.

• Collaborate closely with the Account Team to determine project deliverables, such as deadlines, available budgeted time, and creative direction.

• Hold responsibility for meeting client deadlines and fulfilling their creative requests.

• S erve as the day-to-day point of contact for clients, leading all communications related to projects, such as file deliveries, schedules, feedback reception, and offering solutions.

• Effectively manage project flow and workload in coordination with retouchers and prepress experts throughout the entire production process.

• Maintain stringent quality control over all images sent to clients.

• Monitor and track the time spent on each image to evaluate resource allocation, generate reports, and conduct post-mortem meetings aimed at improving workflow. Retoucher & Mechanical Artist

Translation LLC - New York, NY

March 2021 to December 2021

• Manage timelines for campaigns based on size/scale/media plan.

• Work with external vendors (production and media agencies), to manage material deadlines and expectations.

• L iaise between external vendors and internal creative teams to provide guidance and best practices on art layouts to maintain campaign creative consistency, and keep timelines on track.

• O versee retouching/finishing, proof reviews, and marketing campaign releases to ensure high-quality standards. Knowledge of RGB to CMYK print process, able to review proofs and understand the transition between digital to print color.

• Assess and produce client-supplied digital comp files to yield a high-res print finish.

• Kick-off and manage Digital OOH requests.

• Manage expectations of cross-functional teams, share assets, ability to push back when needed, and assess how best to be an efficient, yet helpful, partner. Print Producer

Gloss Studio - New York, NY

September 2019 to March 2020

• Supported and executed creative concepts.

• Was a resource to the agency for developing content production solutions and strategies.

• Became a student of new and emerging media, platforms and technology.

• Vetting, ballparking and scheduling of creative concepts.

• Reviewed production bids and treatments and advised on qualifications, suitability.

• Bid, reviewed and negotiated production estimates.

• Formulated and developed production rationale and recommendations.

• Scrutinized suppliers plans and practices, provided direction as needed.

• Coordinated and scheduled production.

• Conducted pre-production meetings.

• Worked to stay within the agreed upon budget. Provided timely notification to team for changes to budget.

• Reviewed and approve all production-related invoices.

• Mentored producers and associate producers.

Slate Studio, NY

Director of Retouchingt & Post Production

February 2018 - April 2018

• Evaluate and evolve current retouching process to drive more efficient and scalable operations as the company grows.

• Streamline retouching process to support our business partners in the E-comm/product, social and marketing/editorial departments.

• Strategically plan, project manage and collaborate with internal stakeholders for current and future company retouching needs.

• Identify and make recommendations for staffing, software/hardware upgrades, and training as needed

• Establish and communicate expectations to vendors to create consistency.

• Balance achieving business goals with partners with current team resources.

• Establish and hold team accountable to retouching metrics.

• Manage external retouching vendors.

• Grow, develop and inspire a team of retouchers to innovate retouching for the Creative team.

• Establish retouching metric baseline to create and meet team goals.

• Own and manage retouching budget to drive towards efficiency and better value. Urban Studio, NY

Prepress/Production Artist

Feb 2017 - December 2018

• Ensure accurate, consistent, and timely completion of high quality basic to intermediate level Artwork, effectively using industry standard software, tools, and Photo and Color manipulation techniques.

• Photo composition.

• Color correcting (CMYK, RGB, Grayscale).

• Retouching.

• Performs assigned tasks within the overall Production workflow and assigned budget.

• Meet quality standards at all times for all assigned deliverables and make recommendations to Management for improvements in reports, tools, processes and assigned tasks.

• Maintain quality results by proofing and pre-flighting layouts, including required files, fonts, links, and call-outs; confirm design printability.

• Maintain high quality standards, and the client’s Brand guidelines and standards.

• Attend any client meetings (e.g. pre-production as necessary.

• Perform other duties, as needed, to meet the needs of the business. Gloss Studio, NY

Prepress Manager

December 2009 - Jamuary 2017

• Co developed and manage automated premedia and QC workflows.

• Oversee all aspects of prepress and Ad Release production.

• Gloss liason to all publishers and printers.

• Layout/impose files on printer templates.

• Set up register targets and trim lines for production.

• Prepare layouts by placing art and text; specify bleeds, clear zones and coverages; complete color separations; color correcting and resizing photographs; revise and modify existing files.

• Maintain quality results by proofing and pre-flighting layouts, including required files, fonts, links, and call-outs; confirm design printability.

• Maintain consistent appearance and standards across projects.

• Digital Retouching / Color Correction / Swatch Matching / Color Management. SKILLS:

• Preflight, troubleshooting client files and color correction.

• Expert knowledge of 1-color, 2-color, and 4-color process printing.

• In-Depth knowledge of computer-to-plate imaging.

• Experience in digital print production

• Ability to retouch, crop, color correct and enhance images efficiently

• Ability to maintain painstaking attention to detail while completing multiple or repetitive tasks.

• Commited to accuracy and quality while meeting goals or deadlines.

• Ability to meet aggressive deadlines and juggle multiple priorities.

• Posess impactful strategies for layout, including grid concepts, typography, and placement.

• High level of creativity both in generating new and original ideas as well as solving problems with customer supplied files.

• Creative and goal oriented with a strong work ethic.

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