Douglas
V. Sharpe
4918
West First Street S. 213
Santa
Ana,Ca. 92701
cel:
(714) 600-7931
e-mail:
dsharpe55@yahoo.com
SYNOPSIS:
Skills include assembly, retouching,
compositing, color correction in all color spaces.
Systems troubleshooting, press OK’s, color
management.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
7-08 - Present MagicGraphics, Santa Ana, Ca.
Retoucher, Assembler, Designer
Retouching, cc, color mgt., assy, design, as needed, for freelance projects.
6/05 - 7-08 Quebecor, Inc. Anaheim, Ca.
Color Retoucher
Retouching, cc, color mgt. for catalog and
magazine production.
6/04 - 5-1-05 Primary Color, Inc., Irvine,
California
Color Retoucher
Agency level retouching for Automotive and
Fashion Industries.
Clients include Designory, Landor, Deutsch L.A.
(for Jaguar, Mitsubishi, Mercedes, Isuzu)
6/03 - 6/04 Nomad Worldwide, Inc., Las Vegas,
Nevada
Print/Color Department Manager
Responsible for grand format output quality,
consistency, color, maintenance as well as
retouching and color correction on all major
accounts.
2/02 - 5/03 GP Color Imaging, Los Angeles, Ca
R&D technical Manager
Responsible for implementation of color
management solution for photo and lg/grand format
inkjet devices. Digital photography, systems
troubleshooting , retouching/composition.
Specification, installation of Scanning,
Digital photo and grand format departments as well as
development of color correction workflow for
Scitex XL-Jet grand format printers.
ICC Profiling / mainten. of 35 grand format
printer substrates.
9/01 - 1/02 Huxley Envelope , Mt. Pocano, Pa.
Color Retoucher/ Color Manager
Responsible for creation of ICC based dot gain
pullbacks for 24 flexo production lines,
benchmark tests of inks, plating materials,
training of machine adjuster personnel.
5/00 - 9/01 Digital Color Concepts, N.Y., N.Y.
Color Retoucher
Responsible for color correction, retouching,
and photo composition in fashion/beauty
oriented shop. Clients include Donna Karan,
Nautica, XOXO, Ann Taylor, Liz Claiborne,
Calvin Klein, DKNY. Agencies include Post and
Partners, Toth, CRK.
10/98 - 5/00 Precise Digital, N.Y., N.Y.
System Manager
Responsible for startup of digital printing
operation catering to the model/fashion industry.
11/97 - 9/98 Bruce McGaw Graphics, Nyack N.Y.
Prepress Operator / Supervisor
Specification and startup of prepress
department, for production (retouching, scanning,
color,photography, composition), equipment
maint.,hiring / managing of personnel.
9/92 - 10/97 Assembly Line Film Services, Los
Angeles, Ca.
Imaging Operator, R&D
Responsible for electronic imaging, R&D and
training, including initial setup of
department. Conven / elec.
retouching,composition, Photography, Client interface.
9/85 - 8/92 Gotham Graphics, Inc. Lyndhurst,
N.J.
Scitex System Operator/System Night Manager
Responsible for assembly, color correction,
retouching on Scitex workstation,
for work distribution. Client interface for
pre-planning, technical sales.
EDUCATION:
5/81 Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, Ma.
Associate, Arts and Sciences, Communications
Studies
