Candidate of the Week: Jennifer Moore

Seeking
Temporary positions anywhere in Australia, covering for staff which may be on Maternity Leave, Long Service Leave, Annual Leave or just when your business is extra busy.

Skills
Extensive Use of the following pre-press programs on both Apple Macintosh and PC platforms. In-Design, QuarkXpress, Photoshop, Illustrator, Pagemaker, Presswise, PDFs and Acrobat (with Pitstop).

Competent in the use of the following programs on both Apple Macintosh and PC platforms. Corel Draw, Word, Freehand, Publisher, Excel, pre-print-pro and Trapwise.

All traditional pre-press skills including impositions, camera work, film combining, plate making, paste-up and equipment maintenance.

Bindery Skills including but not limited to: collating, padding, quarter binding, fan-a-part, folding, stapling, wiro-bind, assisting on machines, despatch.

Able to produce 2D drawings using AUTOCAD
Keyboarding speed of 40-50 wpm.
Able to work unsupervised or to supervise a small team.
Able to communicate with fellow workers, management and customers.

Able to think independently and to follow instructions.
Willing to undertake further training as and when required.
Willing to undertake manual or menial tasks as required

Employment History
August 2004 - April 2005, Richmonds Concepts and Print
10-12 Wenvoe Street, Devonport Tas 7310
Ph: 03 6424 5900
Employed as a prepress tradesperson. Undertaking all the tasks necessary in a small team environment to produce quality work to a required deadline. Tasks included graphic design, formatting of supplied files to customer specifications, impositions, film output and plate making.
Richmonds predominately uses In-Design on a Macintosh platform but knowledge of many PC design programs was required as many customers supply their own design and artwork. I was required to utilise the supplied files and convert them to PDFs or another format which could then be transferred to the working system. I was also required to liaise with the customers to ensure their requirements were met.

December 2003 - August 2004, North Western Printing Service
67 Mount Street, Burnie Tas 7320
Ph: 03 6431 3848
Employed on a casual basis as a Typesetter/Graphic Designer, performing all design and prepress tasks for a small printing company plus assisting in the bindery and reception duties when required.

May 2003 - August 2004, Minecom
53 Don Road, Devonport Tas 7310
Ph: 03 6424 5666
Employed on a casual basis to draw up diagrams, illustrations, plans and schematics using AutoCAD.

September 2002 - March 2003, Skilled Engineering
Ph: 03 6435 1560
Employed by Skilled Engineering and working on a casual basis at Harris Print, Burnie, Tasmania. I was employed as a pre-press operator, extensively using programs such as QuarkXpress, Photoshop, Illustrator and Corel Draw to create press ready PDFs from both supplied files or to customer specifications in a predominately PC environment. I also used Freehand, In-Design, Word and Publisher.

December 2000 - June 2002, Robey Pty Ltd
47 Kembla Street, Fyshwick ACT 2609
(This company has since ceased to trade)
I was employed as a full time Mac operator, extensively using programs such as QuarkXpress, Pagemaker, Photoshop, Illustrator, PDFs and Presswise on both Apple Macintosh and PC platforms. I also gained experience with Freehand, In-Design, Word and Corel Draw. Robeys utilized computer to plate technology but also output film and electronic files such as PDFs and Quick Cuts. Occasionally I assisted with film combining and metal platemaking.

July '99 - December 2000, Canberra Printing
31 - 33 Whyalla Street, Fyshwick ACT 2609
Ph: 02 6239 2977
Pre-press Manager
This was mainly an honorary title as it was a one-man department. I was responsible for the full range of pre-press tasks, from cleaning and maintaining equipment to organizing job priority to maintain the production schedule. I also did impositions, camera work, film combining, platemaking and was responsible for stock inventory. I was also required to produce some work on the Macs and output film. If required I also helped out in other departments including the Hand Bindery and Despatch.

July '92 - December '98, National Capital Printing
22 Pirie Street, Fyshwick ACT 2609
Ph: 02 6280 7477
Various positions held including: hand bindery, dispatch, front office, artroom, graphics and electronic pre-press.
Main position since July '95: Quality control of imagesetter output. The position entailed checking film output from the imagesetter for errant mistakes and potential problems and assisting the pre-press manager to ensure that production schedules were met by maintaining job priorities. This required a sound knowledge of all aspects of the printing trade including planning, presses and bindery as well as all aspects of pre-press including typesetting, Macs and operators and graphic reproducers abilities. I achieved a good knowledge of the following Mac programs and their inherent problems and how to avoid or remedy many of them. QuarkXpress, Pagemaker, Photoshop, pre-print-pro, Press-wise and Trapwise.

I also received training on several flatbed scanners and am able to produce black and white and colour scans.

After the installation of an A1, and later an A0, 4-colour plotter, my duties expanded to also involve the checking of digital proofs before being sent to the client and/or film output.

January '88 - July '92,Pirie Printers Sales Pty Ltd
140 Gladstone Street, Fyshwick ACT 2609
Ph: 02 6280 5410
Completed Apprenticeship in Hand and Machine Composing (paste-up) with additional training in typesetting and graphic reproduction including camera work, platemaking and film combining.

Education
Matriculated from Don College, Devonport, Tasmania in 1986. Subjects studied included Technology (photography), Biology A, Chemistry A, Physics A, Computer Studies, English Studies and Mathematics.

Obtained School Certificate from Reece High School, Devonport, Tasmania in 1984. Subjects studied included Advanced Mathematics, Commercial Practice, Computer Studies, English, Mathematics, Science and Social Science.

Personal Information
I am 36 years of age, married with an eleven year old daughter. I have a current car license and my own transport.
My hobbies and interests include reading, gardening, home decorating/renovating, bike riding, walking and spending time with my family.