Richard Bree

Experience

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  Studio 92

  Jul 1998 - Nov 2001

  Photographic Retoucher & Artworker

  Working in the Fashion Magazine Industry, on titles such as Cosmopolitan, She, Company, Harpers & GQ. I was responsible for page layouts, high-end image & colour retouching, scanning, digital & physical proofing, client briefings & general studio duties.

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  Polestar Taylowe

  Nov 2001 - Nov 2007

  Artworking, Repro & Prepress

  Working in the Pharmaceutical & FMCG sectors, on brands such as Colgate, Twinings, P&G, Diageo & Johnson & Johnson. Producing standardised packaging artworks for global clients, whilst also carrying out complex repro & pre press duties. Great learning curve for myself, learning more about physical print, pre-press structure, special finishing, online proofing & system automation.

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  Pinewood Media Group

  Nov 2007 - Jul 2008

  Artworker & Customer Service Advisor

  Operating predominantly in the Media sector, for comapnies such as Paramount, Universal & Fox.I started at PMG in Customer Services, moving to artworking & offering advice regarding artwork issues to internal depts to speed things up. Part of a small team responsible for upload & approval of artworks for a global Asset Management System

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  ASG Worldwide/AGI Media

  Jul 2008 - Jul 2013

  Reprographics, Artworking & CAD

  Operating mostly in the Media Sector for several major film studios, producing packaging, I was part of a central reprographics team, responsible for supplying several European sites within a global print group all press ready files, including prepared artworks, stepped PDFs & CAD files for die making. Adhering to strict SLA's, site specific repro & production demands and customer specific brand guidelines. Heavily involved with the CAD design team, as well as Customer Services, always working closely to optimize project turnarounds, and bring in work ontime to meet production deadlines. Show less

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  Magnet Harlequin

  Jul 2013 - Oct 2015

  Artworker & Customer Service

  Magnet Harlequin is a brand packaging agency, helping deliver the brand's packaging to the market place accurately and on time.My role is within the core packaging team, working on anything from McDonald's to Premier Food, Hasbro to Tesco, so a real variation. Using my previously gained print knowledge to catch issues early, helping to deliver projects on time and to budget. Working within the core packaging team, I deal directly with clients & their teams, and internally through our own account managers. Reprographics is a strong point (surprisingly rare for a lot of artworkers) so full separation / image retouching are a daily requirement, to very specific, and varying print site needs.I work daily with online approval systems, some of which are set up and run by Magnet Harlequin, we also use Epson proofers using GMG software to proof to varying print standards. Show less

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  Windles Group

  Oct 2015 - now

  Pre Press