Toronto
Star Newspaper:
- Production Lead
Responsible for quality control of all finished pages with advertising
and editorial combined, for the GTA Today free newspaper owned by
Torstar Corp. My duties included monitoring 5 separate computers
each evening, correcting any problems in the process. Today utilized
the QPS systems for linking editorial content and advertising space.
I separated each page into DCS format after proofing each page on
our colour printers then transmitted to film RIPs in our Vaughan
printing plant. Other duties included colour correction of editorial
photos and helping build ads for the production team when required.
Captain
Printworks -
Pre-press Production
Configuring different file formats, from clients for finished print.
This is a quick-print shop, located in mid-Toronto. They have several
colour copiers linked via LAN and one direct-to-plate, high volume
four-colour offset press, in the back room. Both Windows XP (5)
and Mac's (4) are used extensively as problem solving, pre-press
production tools.
Digital
Reproductions: - Pre-press production/Art Director
1999, completed a nine month contract with Digital, producing large
format ink-jet signs. My responsibilities were to receive client
files on disk and prepare each one for optimum output to our two
8-colour printers. We had both Macintosh and Windows systems working
through an NT server for the ColorSpan print rip station. Most files
required some tweaking before going to print and some required complete
re-building, to meet client expectations on print quality. My other
responsibilities were maintaining the printers and helping in the
laminating process when required. Clients; L.C.B.O., Z-Factor,
Carol Baker Visage, Lenmark Communications, Davis Communications
and Cotton Ginny.
Corporate
Communications Interactive: - Pre-press production
Spring of 1998 completed a 14-month contract producing the American
Journal of Ophthalmology, for Corporate Communications Interactive,
Toronto. My duty was to produce digital files for The Journal, which
is based in Chicago Illinois. When electronic Word files from the
editor in Chicago were received, via my e-mail at CCI, I formatted,
scanned and prepared all editorial content, using Photoshop, Illustrator
and QuarkXpress, correcting any photographs, illustrations or graphs.
This is a monthly publication of approx. 200 pages, with complex
tables and 75 different style sheets in Quark. There were five iterations
of each issue and I developed a system in Excel to keep track of
all changes and status, to assist the office manager in keeping
track of workflow.
Xerox
Canada: - Colour Specialist
Under contract with Xerox Canada, summer/fall of ‘95 as Colour
Applications Specialist. In charge of the new MajestiK and 5775
high res. colour printer/copier/scanner. Received digital files
from clients and provided guidance to Colour Staff for the best
output quality of documents. In conjunction with this, I advised
sales staff and CAC’s about colour theory and its applications
in the Mac/Windows environment. That included informing users of
monitor profile settings, for optimized laser printing of CMYK or
RGB files. Creating digital presentations, in PowerPoint for presentations
and overhead projection glossies for district sales managers was
also required.
Hayes
Printing: - Creative/Production
1991 to ‘93, Creative/typographer, on the Macintosh system.
Hayes Printing is a full service print company, with in-house film
department and bindery. Responsibilities were to receive information
from sales staff and formulate production strategy regarding any
creative or pre-press architecture to meet client needs. QuarkXPress,
Illustrator, Freehand and Page Maker were the most frequently used
programs at Hayes, to facilitate transfer of files between their
Macintosh and IBM system. The art/production studio imaged high
resolution (2,540 dpi.) Lino output to paper or film. Clients included;
Texas Instruments, Travelweek Magazine, Nickel Development Institute,
Conference Travel of Canada and P. R. Lamont Advertising.
Dick
and Labrie: - Art Director
1989 Art Director for Dick & Labrie Advertising: Supplied all
creative concepts, from initiation of marker renderings, suggestions
for copy to enhance product, through to final print. After client
approval, provided accurate quotes on costs and services for our client
executive. Responsible for all creative, production, photography,
models, film, type, art, printing and finishing. Clients included
The Arrow Shirt Company, Wiltshire Knives, Weetabix and Orion
Pictures.
Mongeau
Bacon: - Art Director
Art Director, Toronto branch: Duties with Mongeau involved working
with our major client, Hughes Marketing. As creative Director I
liaised with the head office in Montreal. Under my guidance was
one intermediate artist, hired outside sources when required. One
of my credits was designing and producing the complete "Travel Bonus
Program", for CP Air. In addition, concepts and layouts through
to photography was a bi-monthly effort for the Macs’ Milk
chain. The two, double-page spreads produced each month for Macs’
were freestanding inserts for weekly publications.
The
McLellan Group, - Contract for Multimedia
1995, finished a two-month contract with The McLellan Group at 119
Spadina Ave. The major work project was a multimedia presentation
using Director 4 on Mac, for Nelvana, the animation
studio. This was a venture for investors and shareholders of Nelvana
Studios Inc. The presentation was given by projection, in digital
stereo, and script driven.
