Work History

• 6/2017 - 3/2020

  Q PRINT GROUP

  Digital Press Operator: Working in a very fast-paced environment, my main duties are running a Fiji Xerox Versant 2100, CP1000, Iredesse and Nuvera 144 EA digital production presses to the highest possible standards. Due to limitations of the installed workflow, I also do a lot of Prepress and impositions, calculating creep on booklets as well as general impositions aiming to have the least amount of print setups and finishing time. I have also recently been creating drag and drop automated queues in Freeflow to minimise errors and implemented a correct way of imposing ganged up files as well as giving the Prepress Department some training.

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• 1/1982 - 11/2021

  Personal Summary & Hobbies

  About Me: PERSONAL SUMMARY AND HOBBIES Print has been in my family for years - my Dad was a Compositor working in London, my Grandad worked for the Daily Mail tabloid before he fought in the Second World War and my Great Uncle was also in print before going off to fight in Gallipoli with the Cavalry, then returned to print and I have been in print pretty much since leaving school. I have an easy-going pleasant manner and consider myself to be conscientious, punctual, reliable, honest and trustworthy, can multi-task, time manage, communicate well with others and can provide references and personal referees if required. I have many varied interests which include cycling, bush walking, making drone videos, racquet sports, and snooker. I am also interested in new technologies in my particular field and have ambition as well as drive to succeed in things I set my mind upon to achieve. I also enjoy going to the cinema and other communicational activities such as amateur radio & telecommunications having held a UK Ham Radio License. In my younger years I used to run a mobile disco in the UK with a friend (we were one of the first DJs to mix and remix live with the use of digital samplers back in the 80's and use lasers in the 90's), DJ'd part-time in local Nightclubs as well and some local restaurants on alternate weekends and have worked with Pete Tong (UK Radio 1), Jimmy Z (Nova FM), Stonebridge, Kosheen, Edwin Starr, Artifacts, The Freemasons, Potbelleez and have mixes released by DMC in the UK, DJ'd at London's Ministry of Sound, Heaven and Hippodrome clubs as well as having my mixes played on London's Capital Radio, London's Kiss FM, Nova FM here in Australia as well as radio stations around the world. I still do mixes and mashups which go up online if DMC does not use them. I'm also a keen photographer and amateur film maker using high definition cams, a drone and do production in Final Cut Pro.

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• 7/2020 - 12/2020

  Various

  MR/HR driver: Working for Agencies I was driving MR/HR trucks delivering dry, frozen and chilled goods to regional destinations throughout South East Queensland, then delivering alcohol over the outer Brisbane area.

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• 11/2016 - 5/2017

  THE ECKERSLEY GROUP

  Prepress Supervisor: was to preflight files and typeset jobs then impose offset and digital jobs in Preps 7 via Prinergy then proof to clients and run plates once approved, plus keep job status updated in Quote and Print. I also prepared large format jobs for printing on a HP Latex machine as well as digital knives for trimming or top cutting. Sadly work got very quiet and they informed me they could not afford to keep me employed and I was made redundant.

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• 5/2015 - 11/2016

  TOTAL PRINT CONTROL

  Senior Prepress Operator: was to preflight incoming files and fix potential problems, typesetting and some design, imposition and Epson proofing of files to output on an Agfa CTP Plate setter using ApogeeX or impose digital jobs in Preps 7 or SmartStream for small format digital jobs which I then ran on a Fiji Xerox J75 digital press. I also prepared files for large format printing for an Agfa Anapuna and created digital knives to be used with a profile cutter using KaseMate. I left due to being offered a job I had previously applied for in Queensland.

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• 4/2009 - 3/2015

  GRAPHICS PLUS PRINTING

  Senior Pre-Press Operator: involved preflight of client files, typesetting artwork and setup of opaque whites under the artwork for UV printing. I was also responsible for creating mockups, running Epson proofs and outputting plates. I was made redundant when the company went into voluntary Insolvency and closed down.

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• 9/2004 - 4/2009

  Snap Printing

  Pre-Press Manager: included job scheduling, generation of artwork, imposition of files with Quite Imposing and Heidelberg SignaStation, outputting to CTP or running film using an Apogee Viper RIP, preflight of supplied files, editing PDFs using Pitstop Pro, liaising with the Sales team and clients, running Epson proofs as well as administration of the Macintosh Servers, network and systems. I left for the above job.

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• 1/2000 - 9/2004

  PIER HOUSE DIGITAL WORLD

  Retoucher and Photographer in the Digital Photography: UK Working to the highest ISO Accredited Standards, varied duties included electronic imposition, running out film to IGP Hercules and Linotronic 630 Imagesetters, producing Iris, Epson and Novajet digital proofs. I then went on to becoming a Retoucher and Photographer in the Digital Photography studio capturing images from Bronica Hassleblad, Kodak, Fuji and Nikon digital cameras (on and off site). I also captured and edited digital video footage for 'secret shopper' Market Research in Final Cut Pro and exported the footage to DVD then illustrated my findings to the Board of Directors and Sales team by way of a PowerPoint presentation, video with narration, stills footage and a written report. Duties also included image manipulation (layer masks/cutouts/montage/retouching etc), colour correction and balance, scanning, generation of Point Of Sale electronic artwork for use with print, web and plasma screen displays and automation of image conversion using Actions/Droplets in Photoshop which I programmed to optimise graphics for a client home shopping website (Waitrose UK). I also came up with the concept for distribution to individual supermarkets for bespoke POS content using satellite nodes which was being put into operation when I left for Australia.

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