Candidate of the week - Sales Specialist, Spain wanting position in Australia
EMPLOYMENT
June 2007 to present Presales Specialist, HP Espanola.
This role involved giving demonstrations of the HP Indigo commercial & industrial presses to potential &/or existing customers. Also producing sample jobs for customers & the sales team. Day to day running & maintenance of the presses & also the range of the 3rd party print finishing equipment.
September 2006 to May 2007 Manager of Eyeprint Digital.
Based in southern Spain I was responsible for the day to day running of the digital print department with a staff of 5.
March 2005 – September 2006 Great Estates, Puerto de la Duquesa, Spain.
Rentals manager.
October 2004 – March 2005 Travelling in Europe.
May 2004 – October 2006 Freelance work as an H.P Indigo operator.
February 2004 - May 2004 The Digital People, Coulsdon, Surrey
Refurbishment of, installation & training on Indigo Turbostream
& E-Print presses.
June 2001 – February 2004 The Digital Academy, Wokingham, Surrey
In charge of substrate compatibility testing on HP Indigo Turbostream, Ultrastream & HP3000 digital presses.
Running training courses & seminars on digital print.
July 1999 – June 2001 Heidelberg UK Ltd, Brentford, Middlesex
Employed as a pre-press demonstrator. This involved showing prospective clients the full range of pre-press equipment, from scanners to CTP & Imagesetters. Also open house, exhibition & customer support.
June 1997 – July 1999 Ampasand, Brighton, Sussex
Operated Indigo Turbostream. In charge of digital press department. Responsible for training of a second operator & all stock, substrate supplies & administration.
April 1995 – June 1997 W.E. Baxters, Lewes, Sussex
Apple Macintosh & back up scanner operator. Receiving client files on disk or via ISDN, checking correcting & outputting to imposed film using all major DTP programmes.
August 1993 – April 1995 Winning Image, Uckfield, Sussex
Night shift scanning & Apple Macintosh manager. Scanning & page make-up using most major DTP programmes & outputting files to a Hell Imagesetter.
March 1991 – August 1993 Lamplight Scanning, London
Scanner operator using Hell DC3000 & DC380 scanners on various shift patterns.
February 1989 – March 1991 Pershke Hell Graphic Services, London
Employed as a Hell scanner demonstrator.
Duties included scanner demonstrations & running training courses, customer, open day & exhibition support work.
July 1982 – February 1989 Service 24 Ltd, Brighton, Sussex
Served a five-year apprenticeship as a camera & scanner operator including day release at London College of Printing.
EDUCATION
September 1976 – May 1981 Oathall comprehensive school
Attained an “O” level pass in English language & a CSE pass in mathematics.
September 1981 – May 1982 Crawley College of Technology
Attained an “O” level pass in Engineering workshop, Theory & Practice.
Sept 1982 – May 1986 London College of Print (Day release)
Achieved a pass in City & Guilds 785 Machine Printing
Professional Training CO & DPP trained on Indigo Turbostream
CO trained on HP Indigo 4500 press
CO trained on Indigo Ultrastream/HP 3000 presses
CO & Level 2 trained on HP Indigo 5500 & 7000 presses
CO trained on HP Indigo 6000 press
Email - petermay_uk@hotmail.com
