
Account Manager at Shanahan Printing + Graphics
Greater Los Angeles Area

Account Manager at Shanahan Printing + Graphics
Greater Los Angeles Area
I have been involved in printing for over twenty years. I was the Operations Manager at a medium sized book printing company for many years. I began in that company as a minimum wage employee in the bindery. I learned to run folders, presses, and other equipment before being asked to move to a supervisor position and then into management. I have been an account manager for print sales for 5 years. I am currently working as a print broker and am I'm producing an instructional cooking website and video.
Program Solutions
(Printing industry)
June 2009 — Present (2 months)
Put Us To Work For You. That's our motto and we mean it. The age old proverb about printing ends with the punch line..."quality, price and delivery. Pick any two" However, we realize that all three are vital to you, so customer satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee.
We print pretty much everything. Primarily books, catalogs and manuals. Corporate identity packets and color printing for postcards, flyers, brochures presentation folders etc.. We also specialize in labels and stickers, digital printing and promotional products.
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2008 — March 2009 (5 months)
Full service document management solutions. Hardcopy and electronic job submission. Web based support, design and administration. Color and black and white duplication. Wide format printing. Desktop publishing and graphic design. Fulfillment, kitting, and assembly. Binding,finishing and media duplication.
(Printing industry)
May 2004 — October 2008 (4 years 6 months)
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Printing industry)
May 1979 — January 2004 (24 years 9 months)
In charge of all day-to-day operations of a medium sized soft cover book printer located in Southern California. I was in charge of all the scheduling of work from the receipt of order through pre-press, press and bindery. I purchased all paper and materials for the company and was involved directly with hiring and firing off all production employees.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Printing industry)
June 1985 — January 2004 (18 years 8 months)
Negotiated pricing and terms for production equipment and machinery. Purchased all web and sheet fed stock, maintained perpetual in-house inventory, specified make and hold purchases, negotiated and scheduled buyouts to other vendors as necessary.
Liberal Arts 1976 — 1977
my family, self-improvement, gardening, music, movies, travel, vegetarian cooking, reading. My husband and I were in a band for a few years called Blue Trapeze. We played around Southern California and at one time asked to play for Island Records.
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