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Mario Lima mlima23@gmail.com 360 Beaver Hollow Road Jenkintown, PA 19046 (215) 989-9110 |
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| Objective: | To obtain a fulfilling position that utilizes my capabilities in the Graphic Design or Web Publishing industry which challenges me to improve my skills. |
| Experience: | |
| 12/04 - Present | Movad, Inc., Bensalem, PA Design Department Manager Head production department for a busy printing company. Ensure that all customer supplied files will be output corectly to any of the 3 traditional offset presses, Digital Copiers, or Xerox 2045 Digital Press. Design projects according to clients needs. Maintain department computer systems, and archives. |
| 9/04 - 11-04 | Industrial Arts & Graphics, Bryn Mawr, PA Office Manager / Graphic Design Contractor Part time office management for a print broker. Graphic design work on a contract basis. |
| 1/03 - 8/04 | Blazer Exhibits & Graphics, San Jose, CA Sr. Graphic Designer Head Graphics department in a highly respected exhibit company, specializing in tradeshow graphics and booth fabrication. Design jobs to client specs maintaining corporate identity, while building cost effective tradeshow presence. Output customers pre-existing materials on Oce LightJet 5000, and HP DesignJet 5000 printers. Maintain computers and network for department. Order and manage inventory of materials while developing relationships with outside vendors for material procurement. |
| 7/99 - 1/03 | Tempo Lithograph, Santa Clara, CA Production Manager Lead the production staff. Set up digital files for output to film utilizing a Scitex StarLite RIP to a Dolev4Press, and to print through a Delta 7.0 RIP to the Heidelberg Quickmaster DI 46-4 Pro 4 color Digital Press. Responsible for maintaining the Computers and Internal Network. Designed and maintained company web, and FTP site. Setup and managed CobaltRAQ XTR server for internet presence. |
| 10/96 - 7/99 | Zebra Business Center, San Jose, CA Creative Director Lead the graphics department. Spearheaded company name change including re-design of logo and promotional materials. Received design jobs from clients and either completed them myself or delegated the responsibilities to one of the other designers. Ensured that all jobs were completed in a cost effective and timely manner. Output files on various printers including Docutech, Splash, and Fiery. Prepared files for output to film and offset printing. Setup and lead training sessions to keep designers up to date with current hardware and software. Hired and fired designers as necessary. Performed minor server maintenance for FTP, Web and Email servers. Troubleshoot computers, and install hardware and software necessary to keep them up to date. Recommended purchase of new equipment. |
| 11/95 - 10/96 | Copy Plus, Oakland, CA Desktop Publishing Manager Headed the desktop publishing department. Was the sole employee of the desktop publishing department for the store. Designed company web page. Completed all full-service work that came into the store from conception, to output. Helped customers on the self-service computers. Prepared jobs to be printed on in house 2-color offset press. Outsourced printing work that could not be completed on on-site equipment. |
| Education: | |
| 8/94 - 8/95 | Silicon Valley College, Fremont, CA Graphic Design, Layout and Computer Graphics. Graduated with a certificate as a Computer Graphics Specialist. |
| 9/92 - 7/94 | Ohlone College, Fremont, CA General Education College Courses, and Electronic Music. |
| 9/86 - 7/91 | Mission San Jose, Fremont, CA General Education high School Courses, including computer applications. |
| Skills: | |
| Programming | HTML Programming |
| Software | QuarkXPress 6.5, Pagemaker 7.0, Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, InDesign CS2, Freehand 9.0, Framemaker 6.0, Word 2000, Excel 2000, Powerpoint 2000, Omnipage Pro 7.0, Streamline 3.0.1 |
| Hardware | Mac and PC platforms, system troubleshooting and upgrading |
| Operating Systems | Mac OS/X, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows NT 4.0 |