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Keith Langan

Wernersville,PA

Summary

Dedicated and versatile experienced print production professional with valuable commercial and digital experience. Strong team contributor, detail-oriented and agile troubleshooter. Combines strong work ethic with accountability for positive customer outcome. Highly developed organizational skills. Accustomed to maintaining high productivity levels with heavy workload. Offering decades of expertise overseeing individual projects and brand development.

Overview

46
46
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Print Production Manager

Brilliant Graphics
03.2023 - 03.2024
  • Key liaison between customer, sales, scheduling, and production departments
  • Coordinated, created, and scheduled content designs, providing customer updates regarding their specifications
  • Worked with sales and customers to gather and define job requirements, establish project scope and manage project milestones
  • Handled multiple projects and details simultaneously with the ability to shift priorities while maintaining quality of work
  • Carefully inspected print jobs to visually match printed materials, adjusting colors and observing quality to customer proofs and standards
  • Worked independently as part of a dynamic team in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
  • Responsible for projects in excess of $1.8 Million

Senior Print Project Manager

The Standard Group
02.1978 - 03.2023
  • Career Progression:

1992 – 2023 – Senior Print Project Manager, Production

Planning/Customer Service, and Project Manager

2003 – 2012 – Outside Sales concurrent with role as Production

Planner

1982 – 1992 – Lead Offset Press Operator

1980 – 1982 – Assistant Offset Press Operator for Commercial

Print Department

1978 – 1980 – Letterpress Operator, die cutting, foil stamping and

embossing

  • Gathered all necessary information to plan job for production, including requisitioning of outside services where needed
  • Accurately and completely entered required job information into Print Stream, job ticket and merge quotation against the job for accurate tracking
  • Worked closely with design teams for marketing customers’ project, including print materials for all printing collateral
  • Reviewed all proofs prior to delivery to customer
  • Kept customer, sales, and PrePress informed of any/all changes in production schedule
  • Proven track record of applying LEAN Six Sigma principles and driving continuous improvements initiatives to achieve business goals
  • Monitored time and performance standards to reduce waste and meet project budget
  • Responsible for thousands of projects over my 46-year tenure, in excess of $2+ Million annually

Education

Certification - Graphic Arts / Print Program

Berks Career And Technolgy Center
Leesport, PA
06.1978

High School Diploma -

Schuylkill Valley High School
Leesport, PA
06.1978

Skills

  • Proficient in multiple areas of print manufacturing: commercial sheetfed offset printing, UV/LED inks, digital, packaging sheetfed offset printing, wide format, direct mail campaigns, kit building, handiwork, fulfillment, and promotional products
  • Produced error-free products on time and within company standards
  • Expertise in 4 color printing
  • Proficient with aqueous coatings and various treatments
  • Skilled with letterpress, die cutting, foil stamping, embossing, debossing, and bindery finishing processes
  • Responsible for procurement of outside purchased materials and communication with assigned suppliers
  • Customers include: Penske, Vanguard, Saint-Gobain, Johns Hopkins, CertainTeed, Swarthmore College, Drexel University, Lehigh University, Black and Decker, Lebanon Seaboard, TSI Associates, EnerSys, Solar Guard, GK Elite Sportwear

Certification

EFI PrintStream

Metrix Print Layout Software

EPMS (Enterprise Print Management Solutions)

ePS Pace

Windows OS

MS Office

Timeline

Senior Print Production Manager

Brilliant Graphics
03.2023 - 03.2024

Senior Print Project Manager

The Standard Group
02.1978 - 03.2023

Certification - Graphic Arts / Print Program

Berks Career And Technolgy Center

High School Diploma -

Schuylkill Valley High School
Keith Langan