Chronological resume
Chronological Resume
Andrew J. Cathcart / Graphics and Production Management
Professional Overview:
Seasoned production manager with 18+ years production and customer service experience in printing, magazine and book publishing. Detail oriented, organized, forward thinking, team player dedicated to producing quality products, forging strong relationships with clients and staff, and increasing overall profitability.
Experience
Worldcolor, New York, NY 2008-2010
Sales Service Representative
o Authored sales procedure and presentation on how to effectively research prospects using tools from the internet which was distributed among the Eastern sales force
o Developed Excel program for managing and mining sales pipeline and creating full marketing sales plan for new prospects
o Collaborated with client, salesman and estimating to develop and facilitate a yearly retail printing program resulting in $2,000,000 in transactional work
o Provided standardization study for direct mail marketer to increase ROI which increased sales through new products developed and tested
Coral Graphics, Hicksville, NY
Account Manager 2006-2008
o Full production control in producing original covers, jackets and case-sides with multiple special effects, inserts, reply cards, brochures
o Successfully managed 4 major accounts and $10 MM in Book component orders
o Conducted orientation meetings and training sessions of new customer resulting increased sales of 50%
Gadge USA, Lake Success, NY 2005
Senior Sales Coordinator
o Responsible for placing orders and implementing packaging programs for business development department. Coordinated with sales group in the determination of customer requirements for the most cost effective solutions for customer products
o Improved department communication by creating a task based project and traffic management system
Cygnus Business Media, Melville, NY 2000-2005
Production Services Representative
o Full production control in producing 3 Monthly B2B magazines
o Managed relationship with Web printer to ensure annual production schedule adhered to and highest quality of products maintained
o Secured ad material from clients, conducted meetings with editorial and sales and successfully managed traffic of both interactive and conventional editions of magazine
Publications: Advanced Imaging, Security Dealer, VDV World
Brief Summary of Publishing, Printing and Marketing Experience 1983 -1999:
Scholastic Project employee Manufacturing Coordinator, B&B Graphics/Print Broker
Production Manager, Avon freelance production coordinator, Sanofi Winthrop freelance
Traffic Coordinator, Cosgrove Juro freelance Production Manager, The Food Group
Production Manager, McCann Erickson Production biller, Ogilvy & Mather production
biller / media estimator
Education
B.S. Business Administration SUNY at Brockport
Computer Skills PC and MAC literate. Knowledge of Quark, MS Word, Excel,
Filemaker, Outlook.
Cathcart's Pub....A wee bit about me
Links to the Past For the future..........
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