About me

I am looking for a challenging role using my skills from 14 years+ working in various Repro Companies in London and more recently a small marketing agency in Milton Keynes as Traffic Manager/Senior Artworker. While working in London may role has been Production Manager for the majority of this period working with clients such as Octopus Publishing, Phaidon, Harrods, Boden and Saga Magazine to name a few, covering books, magazine, point of sale and advertising to some degree. I have managed teams of between 3 and 15 staff over 24 hours shifts and covered interviewing and training, alongside the day to day scheduling of work between the teams and myself. I have covered all areas from the initial briefs, costings, page make up/artworking, proof checking and QC, photoshop work to include swatch matching and retouching, producing print ready pdfs through various workflow systems, invoicing and stock ordering. I have for many years had both customer and supplier contact on a daily basis with time management and working under pressure key factors to my working methods.I am looking to learn new things and pass on some of my knowledge to help companies grow in productivity.