Simon Gurnett

• Increased customer satisfaction levels by implementing targeted service improvement programs.
• Maintained standing relationships while building others,
• Tracking and meeting KPI’s
• Managed a small team of sales representatives, providing guidance and support for their professional growth
• All files came though me for prepress work, ensuring each file met the varying requirements needed for print (offset, small format, large format & signage)
• Streamlined operations by identifying inefficiencies and implementing process improvements.
• Developed strong relationships with key accounts, leading to increased revenue and market share.
• Boosted sales through successful marketing and service optimization strategies.

• Increased client satisfaction by building strong relationships and addressing their needs promptly.
• Maintained high client retention rate by providing exceptional customer service and anticipating client needs within the specialised signage market

• Create print ready PDF’s for Wide Format print.

(Including knife lines for flat bed - Auto Cad)

• Managed a diverse portfolio of accounts, ensuring timely communication and effective problem resolution.
• Successfully resolved escalated issues, preventing potential loss of valuable clients while maintaining positive relationships with all parties involved.

• Impose all jobs using best practices for offset printing.
• Prepress all incoming files to suit print using Enfocus Pitstop and Adobe Creative Suite to make changes and adjustments where necessary.
• Operated and maintain and plate setters.
• Expert using Screens workflow “Trueflow” to impose, prepare jobs for proofs and print.

• Impose all jobs using best practices for offset printing.
• Prepress all incoming files to suit print using Enfocus Pitstop and Adobe Creative Suite to make changes and adjustments where necessary.
• Operated and maintained and plate setters.
• Expert using Screens workflow “Trueflow” to impose, prepare jobs for proofs and print.

• Impose all jobs using best practices for offset printing.
• Prepress all incoming files to suit print using Enfocus Pitstop and Adobe Creative Suite to make changes and adjustments where necessary.
• Operated and maintained and plate setters.
• Expert using Screens workflow “Trueflow” to impose, prepare jobs for proofs and print.

• Impose all jobs using best practices for packaging, including cross planning for sheet maximisation.
• Choosing best stock application for each job ensuring the client gets the best possible outcome for each job.
• Created industry leading colour bars on glue flaps of packaging, each meal variation having a different pattern when die cut - this allowed for “line clearances” of all variations while glueing to be 100% accurate, eliminating spoilage.
• Prepress all incoming files to suit packaging environment using Enfocus Pitstop.
• Operated and maintained and plate setters.
• Utilised Adobe Creative Suite and Screens workflow “Trueflow” to impose, prepare jobs for proofs and print.

• Output Hi Res PDF's from client supplied files using Adobe CC Suite for use in a PDF Workflow, creating Hi Res Proofs, while ensuring ISO 9001 standards and delta-E values are met at all times
• Extensive knowledge of the requirements needed for print, bindery and finishing this includes many production based concerns like spot varnishes and primers, embellishments, coatings, perforations, knife lines, gluing, creasing and all the relevant specifications they require to be effective
• Skilled in the use and maintenance of a wide variety of prepress equipment including Screen Platerite CTP, Proofing systems (Epson 9890, 9900 and Canon W7200), Image Setters, densitometers, scanners, plate processors and photo-spectrometers
• Skilled in both dry offset and UV printing processes using a variety of paper and plastic substrates
• Strong knowledge of POS and packaging requirements from both the 'prototype' stage all the way through to nesting in prepress and output of samples and proofs
• Strong knowledge in the field of Production planning and Impositions including specs for PUR bound & Saddle Stitched Books
• Skilled at gang printing using Metrix and have a passion for getting the most out of every sheet printed by either interlocking (packaging work) or by using Metrix and cross planning
• Highly skilled in colour management and colour correction
• Manually imposing files using a variety of imposition softwares for both Digital and offset presses
• Using Pitstop to preflight files, correct colours, manipulate text, and adjust page layout etc
• Highly skilled in the use of all brands of digital presses inc my most current use of the Konica C7200X
• Transferring and secure storage of files using a variety of FTP and DAM and archiving programs
• Communicating with clients and sales representatives on a regular basis via email and phone, discussing job requirements and potential problems with jobs