Wall street journal May ’00 – Feb ‘09
Advertising Processing Associate, SR.
* Page imposition of completed pages for press ru*zns
* Desktop publishing and occasional typesetting
* Layout of Weekly Special Sections
* Creation of in house advertisements
* Quality Assurance checks on content, resolution, and ink densities
* Occasional ad manipulation to fix errors at the last minute
* Shift lead for West Coast time slot
* Tracking of missing material and purchase orders
* Acted as liaison between numerous national and international departments to
* resolve issues with billing and reservation discrepancies, questionable ad content,
* corrupted files, late material, etc.
* Occasional travel requirements
* Verified reservations against orders to minimize run error
* Trained new employees and back up staff
* Tested software updates to check for bugs
* Entered and canceled reservations
* Checked rates and billing info
* Processed and archived purchase orders
* Entered and archived ad material into our system
* Troubleshooting of problem ads
* Assisted bureau managers
* Investigated misprints and sourced problems
Freelance Design ’98 - present
* Created logos
* Business cards
* Letterheads
* Signage
* Newspaper ads