Jonathan Desautels
Rochester,Vermont
Summary
Dynamic Print Manager at Inner Traditions with a proven track record in negotiating optimal pricing and managing bids lists and budgets for 100 front list titles per year as well as sustaining a back list of over 2300 titles. Expert in Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, skilled in file preparation and deadline management, ensuring high-quality print and eBook production while maintaining organization and efficiency.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Print Manager
Inner Traditions
Rochester, VT
07.2003 - Current
- Coordinated with our sales department for a decision on order quantities, then requested quotes from various and suitable printersboth domestic and overseas. After receiving quotes I would produce budgets for individual print jobs and if pricing was less than optimal I often negotiated better pricing or better payment terms.
- I was the gate keeper of all of the print ready and make ready files in our company archives.
- I am very familiar with both Excel and MS Word.
- I am skilled in the use of Adobe InDesign, PhotoShop, Acrobat, Illustrator, and used these skills to create and revise cover, text, insert files. I was lead person at the company who handled the final correction of all the full color, grayscale, and line art used to illustrate our books.
- I worked as a designer for 6 years before being tapped for the Print Manager role so I am fully capable of laying out a book, insert, card deck, cover, or jacket.
- I requested quotes from eBook conversion houses and collected and provided to those houses all necessary components for their conversion. I also coordinated the QC of all of the eBooks. I liaised with our sales and marketing department for the distribution of the QC'd eBooks.
- I currently employ my managerial responsibilities over an annual front list of 100 new book titles per year and a back list of just over 2300 titles.
- I would provide the company with weekly reporting which included a separate Orders & Deliveries report for both front list title print jobs and a similar report exclusively for reprint jobs, as well as a report for overdue print jobs.
Education
No Degree - Art Major/Russian Language Minor
University of Vermont
Burlington, VTSkills
- Skilled negotiator
- Organization
- Deadline oriented
- Estimating and budget generation
- Photoshop (art correction, cover design)
- InDesign (book layout, reprint file revision)
- Acrobat (correcting print ready pdfs)
- Proofing and approval
- Deadline management
- Material sourcing
- File preparation
- Budgeting and cost control
Timeline
Print Manager
Inner Traditions
07.2003 - Current
No Degree - Art Major/Russian Language Minor
University of Vermont