Heather H.

Experience

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  Gannett Newspapers

  Jan 1999 - May 2013

  Graphic Artist

  Created in-house promotions and advertisements for statewide business owners using InDesign for print and Flash for animated web advertisements. Held offsite consultations with clients to develop advertising campaigns. Managed special section planning, design, and pagination. Trained new employees for production.

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  The Post Crescent

  May 2013 - Aug 2014

  Key Accounts Coordinator

  Managed ad scheduling, proofing, and trafficking. Ran daily, weekly, and monthly reporting as needed to support sales team. Maintained customer records, insertion orders, billing, and history. Assisted with planning, design and coordination of special projects.

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  Gannett Wisconsin Media

  Aug 2014 - Dec 2015

  Marketing Graphic Artist

  Produced strategic B2B and B2C creative concepts that inspired and informed audiences and executed those concepts across multiple media outlets for the consumer brand team.

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  Gannett | USA TODAY NETWORK

  Dec 2015 - Jan 2020

  Consumer Marketing Graphic Artist

  Created compelling and on-brand B2C promotional materials for national and local editorial campaigns including ads, flyers, logos, graphics, POP materials, billboards, and signage in print, web, mobile and social mediums.

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  Belmark

  Oct 2020 - now

  Graphics Prepress Specialist

  • Review and understand graphic order and CheckMark label layout instructions to determine the work to be done and the sequence of operations.• Electronically assemble accurate computer generated label images according to customer design specifications and CheckMark label layout instructions and apply them to the approved customer model (hard card, material, manufacturing sequence plus template or dieline).• Understand associated business units press manufacturing specifications and tolerances.• Understand how to apply print specifications to files to provide optimal file output for consistency and printability.• Manage all files in accordance with all operating procedures and requirements.• Create Adobe Illustrator (pdf compatible), ArtPro, and final plating files (tiff or len).• Utilize proper workflows for trapping and plating file (tiff or len) output functions.• Generate and output verified accurate pdf and contract (Epson) proofs.• Manage file work for appropriate print platform (Flexo, Offset, Digital). Show less