Rick Andrews: Production Artist in Orlando, FL

Led multiple magazine titles with various groups and stages of the production process, communicated effectively, prioritized the workload and contributed to streamlining workflows. Magazines included: SaltWater Sportsman, Boating, Flying, Scuba Diving, Wakeboarding and WaterSki along with many special interest publications. • Organize book-size meetings to provide manufacturing costs to business manager and publisher, editorial and advertising staffs, to ensure book-size decisions were most cost efficient to the company. • Manage the trafficking, processing and quality checking of every ad and editorial page. Identified issues and errors prior to shipping magazine to the printer. • Map each issue showing placement of ad and edit pages. Instruct printer on production of every issue with prepared printing instructions. • Facilitate all inputs from advertising, ad art department, editorial, order entry and consumer marketing in order to complete the final version of the magazine. • Manage external vendors, including pre-press, ad agencies and printers, ensuring time lines are agreed upon and deadlines are met to complete projects. • Prepare post-production paperwork: Print reviews, invoice approvals and production on meeting deadlines. • Create print and digital client advertising as well as in house collateral using Adobe Creative Cloud. • Provide customer service to clients and their media agencies.