Ross Pritchard

Experience

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  Magnacraft Speedscan

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1992

  Final film Planner
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  BrandPrint

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1994

  Final Film Planner
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  Creative Imaging

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1998

  Mac Operator
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  White Dove Press

  Jan 1998 - Dec 2002

  Studio Manager

  Started with the company as a Mac operator but was soon promoted to studio manager when the opportunity came up. Responsible for all organizing of shifts to cover press times and proofing commitments. Setting up and control of the CTP device for extremely colour sensitive clients such as the Royal Mail, Sotheby’s, and National Gallery. Instrumental in the smooth transition from the White Dove Press to Perivan White Dove when the Perivan Group acquired the company.

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  Perivan White Dove

  Jan 2002 - Dec 2003

  Studio Manager

  Management of the pre-press within the business, with multiple staff on 3 shifts including readers and plate checkers, feeding 3 B1 presses over 24hrs a day 6 days a week. Monitoring and control of the CTP devices to keep within tolerance for colour accuracy on press. Organizing job priority, liaising constantly with production management in order to achieve the targets required by our customers for wet proofing, digital proofing, authors corrections and printing on press.

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  White Productions

  Jan 2003 - Dec 2004

  Studio Manager/I.T Manager

  Management of all aspects of pre-press and I.T within the business, using a Brisque workflow and Lotem 800v for plate output with 3 shifts working 24hrs a day.

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  Granite Communications Ltd

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2012

  Studio Manager

  Implemented and managed a Colour calibrated workflow to achieve the Fogra 39L/29L standard.Developed pre-press working practises that ensured a high level of customer satisfaction with the final printed product.Worked with clients to develop creative solutions to design/print problems in order to maximise the impact of their campaigns.

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  PARK COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

  Jan 2012 - May 2016

  Shift Supervisor

  Supervise and assist in the running of a busy Pre Press department, assist in the research and implementation of best practice in Colour Management throughout the process.Review and attend briefings and meetings.Work with customer services and members of the sales team on specific technical requirements for projects. Work directly with customers, off-site, via telephone, email or on-site and on-screen to review and undertake colour corrections and pixel retouching to an exceptionally high standard. An in depth knowledge of Photoshop and both cmyk and spot colour reproduction in print as well as working with multiple adjustment layers, layer groups, masking, smart objects and non destructive editing of images.A team player who integrates well with his team in order to get the best results, giving positive feedback and reinforcing good practices, coaching and training wherever there is a need too. Show less

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  Park Communications Ltd.

  May 2016 - now

  Colour Manager

  Head of the colour team at Park, organising, overseeing and responsible for all aspects of colour management, creative retouching. Also a technical expert in all Pre-Press workflow solutions including the full Adobe Creative suite, Apogee, GMG colorserver and colorproof, HP Smartstream, Enfocus Switch as well as many other useful applications. A general knowledge of HTML, Bootstrap, CSS,XML and JavaScript.Creation and calibration of colour profiles for all of the organisations Litho and Digital printing and proofing devices including Epsons, HP Indigo, Xerox Versant and Large Format Vutek, HP and Fuji devices, on multiple substrates and to multiple colour standards, using GMG Colorproof and Colorserver with Profile editor.Working with customers using Adobe Creative Suite both onsite and offsite to get the best results from their original artwork, making their best even better. An expert in Photoshop, having worked with the software for over 20 years, working in a non-destructive (layered) way to ensure all edits can be rolled back if necessary. Creation and implementation of Enfocus Switch flows that streamline PDF preflight and file management including full integration with GMG colorserver/colorproof, Tharsten’s MIS, HP Smartstream and Apogee workflows. Metadata analysis within Enfocus Switch utilised for maximum efficiency and feedback into effective and useful management within the Pre-Press department. Show less