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Avant James

Avant James

Bindery/ Mailing Mailsorter

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Quality Service Representative at Quad/Graphics

  • Education

    • Organized PrepressTraining Atasca,ILL.

      2002 - 2002
      Completion of 1 week specialized course Prinergy Prepress Workflow System Successfull Completion

      1 week training on entire prinergy workflow system.

    • Nashville State Technical

      1996 - 1996
      Specialized Courses Intro into Desktop Publishing & Quark Express 3.2

      Completed intro to Desktop Publishing class and completed Quark Express 3.2 course.

    • Military Intelegence School Ft. Huachuca Az.

      1974 - 1974
      Graduate Ground Surveilance Radar Training Combat Surveilance & Target Aquisition Graduate

      Completed 2 Month advanced individual training course.

    • Cohn High School

      1971 - 1974

      Activities and Societies: Varsity Football & Track

  • Experience

    • Baird Ward / Arcata Graphics

      Feb 1978 - Apr 1988
      Bindery/ Mailing Mailsorter

      Sorted magazine bundles by zip code into mail bags for bulk shipment.

    • Arcata Graphics/Baird Ward

      Apr 1988 - Jan 1996
      Conventional Platemaker

      Made plates from positive & negative film flats on light exsposure vaccum frames.

    • Quebecor Printing / Nashville

      Jan 1996 - Mar 2000
      Digital Platemaker

      Operated Digital Cortron Imager to produce plates for offset presses.

    • Midsouth Press / Quebecor World Nashville / Quad Graphics Nashville

      Apr 2000 - Jan 2012
      Digital PrePress Lead

      Shift lead and prep point of contact on Template composition,Digital page imposition,Operation of Creo Magnus & Creo Trendsetter Digital Imagers.Experienced in Mac,Pc & Tablet environments and their operating systems to include software installation, upgrades and maintenance.Proficient in:Prinergy Digital WorkflowPreps Template CompositionAdobe Acrobat PDF file creationEnfocus Pitstop PDF Editing & Preflight applicationAdobe Distiller batch file conversionAdobe Photoshop image editingMS Excel form creation and maintainingFTP setup and management Show less

    • Quad

      Jan 2012 - now
      Quality Service Representative

      Examine version change readers from all presses along with performing periodic random checks to insure a high quality level is maintained at all times in accordance to customer job specifications. I also inspect,package and ship quality samples of printed product to all customers we service.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • CPR & AED

      Red Cross
      Sept 2018

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Avant James
      Army Commendation Medal Department Of The Army May 1991 Awarded for Meritorious Service during Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm.
    • Awarded to Avant James
      Certificate Of Acheivement Commander Of The 800th MP Brigade May 1991 Awarded for Service during Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm.
    • Awarded to Avant James
      Kuwaiti Liberation Medal Government Of Saudi Arabia May 1991 Awarded by Government Of Saudi Arabia for service during Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm.