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Yvonne Albers
Multi-talented Designer with over 20 years of experience in the Publishing Industry. The last position I had was as the production manager for People magazine. I took care of all things print related and also began updating the website with all articles from the Magazine and also made digital adverts for the site and social media pages.
Show profile Hide profile2004-2019 People Magazine.
• Loading current magazine content onto website
• Sourcing new content for the website
• Creating new content for the website
• Layout of banners for the website
• Traffic Co-ordinator and controller
• Working out deadline schedules to help with workflow
• Checking all that all pdfs are print ready
• Send all pdfs to printers and communicate with them where needed
• Create Digital Magazines for online
• Chasing up on advert material and Classifieds supplied by clients
• Puzzle magazine breakdown, keeping it within a strict budget parameter.
• Making sure all deadlines are kept by all departments
• Helping with digital uploads and layouts when needed from freelancers etc.
• Trouble shooting system failures
• Archiving all old print issues onto disk
• Keeping the server clean at all times to prevent any crashing of the system.
• Keeping the communication lines open when needed with any changes to the pagination as they come up
• Help with suggestions on the pagination where I can to help with filling of pages and faster process to get pages print ready for deadline
• Keeping the line of communication open with anything to do with IT info that needs to be relayed
• Communicating with IT with any computer or server problems and any extra computer equipment we may need
• Chase up missing pages for the magazines
• Chasing up where everything is in the system at a specific time.
• Design and layout of Rate-cards, business cards and other stationary needed
• Planned, organized and managed operations, including ordering materials and supplies, workflow management and timely production.
• Delivered operating plans and growth objectives.
• Developed and implemented cost controls and other expense
reduction measures.
• Drove daily production activities with effective communication and leadership.
2001-2004 Succeed Magazine
• Design and Laying out of all articles and adverts.
• Design and layout of covers.
• Sourcing pictures.
• Photography for articles and conferences.
• Making the necessary changes to the article and adverts till full sign off.
• Creating and designing of all new sub-publications from typography to style from start to finish.
• Liasoning with clients on adverts.
• Conference recording and assistance.
• Admin and scheduling of deadline and workflow systems.
• Turning files into print-ready documents and communicating with the printers.
• Designing and layout of all point of sale banners etc.
• Design and layout of a sales kit.
Key Achievement:
• Creating trade magazines from cover to cover. Starting with typography, design, size, etc to taking of the photographs for the magazine. Making it print ready and sending it to print.
2001-2001 Max Cafe
• Laying out of all articles and adverts.
• Making the necessary changes to the article and
• adverts till full sign off.
• Liasoning with clients on adverts.
• Creating new covers for the publication.
• Turning files into print-ready documents.
• Photography.
• Conference photography
1998 - 2001 Score Supermarkets/Ritevalu
• Design and layout of retail leaflets.
• Design and layout franchise leaflets.
• Create newspaper adverts.
• Data Capture.
• Client liaison.
• Control and distribution of leaflets.
• Reproduction of retail material.
• Liaisoning with printers and suppliers.
• Admin.
2004-2019 People Magazine.
• Loading current magazine content onto website
• Sourcing new content for the website
• Creating new content for the website
• Layout of banners for the website
• Traffic Co-ordinator and controller
• Working out deadline schedules to help with workflow
• Checking all that all pdfs are print ready
• Send all pdfs to printers and communicate with them where needed
• Create Digital Magazines for online
• Chasing up on advert material and Classifieds supplied by clients
• Puzzle magazine breakdown, keeping it within a strict budget parameter.
• Making sure all deadlines are kept by all departments
• Helping with digital uploads and layouts when needed from freelancers etc.
• Trouble shooting system failures
• Archiving all old print issues onto disk
• Keeping the server clean at all times to prevent any crashing of the system.
• Keeping the communication lines open when needed with any changes to the pagination as they come up
• Help with suggestions on the pagination where I can to help with filling of pages and faster process to get pages print ready for deadline
• Keeping the line of communication open with anything to do with IT info that needs to be relayed
• Communicating with IT with any computer or server problems and any extra computer equipment we may need
• Chase up missing pages for the magazines
• Chasing up where everything is in the system at a specific time.
• Design and layout of Rate-cards, business cards and other stationary needed
• Planned, organized and managed operations, including ordering materials and supplies, workflow management and timely production.
• Delivered operating plans and growth objectives.
• Developed and implemented cost controls and other expense
reduction measures.
• Drove daily production activities with effective communication and leadership.
2001-2004 Succeed Magazine
• Design and Laying out of all articles and adverts.
• Design and layout of covers.
• Sourcing pictures.
• Photography for articles and conferences.
• Making the necessary changes to the article and adverts till full sign off.
• Creating and designing of all new sub-publications from typography to style from start to finish.
• Liasoning with clients on adverts.
• Conference recording and assistance.
• Admin and scheduling of deadline and workflow systems.
• Turning files into print-ready documents and communicating with the printers.
• Designing and layout of all point of sale banners etc.
• Design and layout of a sales kit.
Key Achievement:
• Creating trade magazines from cover to cover. Starting with typography, design, size, etc to taking of the photographs for the magazine. Making it print ready and sending it to print.
2001-2001 Max Cafe
• Laying out of all articles and adverts.
• Making the necessary changes to the article and
• adverts till full sign off.
• Liasoning with clients on adverts.
• Creating new covers for the publication.
• Turning files into print-ready documents.
• Photography.
• Conference photography
1998 - 2001 Score Supermarkets/Ritevalu
• Design and layout of retail leaflets.
• Design and layout franchise leaflets.
• Create newspaper adverts.
• Data Capture.
• Client liaison.
• Control and distribution of leaflets.
• Reproduction of retail material.
• Liaisoning with printers and suppliers.
• Admin.
