Eduardo L.

Guardarramas
Print Production/Project Manager
571 58th Street
Oakland CA 94609
(510) 469-9504
egf09864@westpost.net
Recent Work History
Freelance Senior Print Production/Project Manager - San Francisco, CA
June 2010 - Present
HeadQuarters Advertising, San Francisco, CA
August 2005 - June 2010
Senior Production/Project Manager
* Developed procedures to facilitate traffic and production work flow for Unite
d Health Group Direct Mail
* Negotiated pricing and schedules with various suppliers including printers, p
hotographers, engravers, mail houses
* Attended press approvals for DM, POP, outdoor boards, newsletters, and brochu
res
* Worked with account management on developing creative briefs and strategies.
* Led kick off and status meetings.
* Responsible for print and broadcast estimates, art buying, scheduling, and jo
b reconciliations.
* Trafficked materials to publications, radio stations, and TV stations.
* Manager for the accounts of AARP/United Health Services, PG&E, Monterey Bay A
quarium, AT&T
Maiden Lane (Gardner Geary Coll Inc.) San Francisco, CA
January 2000 - August 2005
Print Production/Traffic Manager
* Established procedures for trafficking, printing, mailing and fulfillment of
Delta Dental Direct Mail packages
* Produced and attended press approvals for outdoor boards, POP, collateral pie
ces, packaging, magazine and newspaper ads
* Responsible for budgets/estimates, talent usage, and job reconciliations.
* Manager for the accounts of AARP/Delta Dental, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Chev
y's, Williams-Sonoma, Fisher Price
Carol H. Williams Advertising, Oakland, CA
May 1995 - January 2000
Traffic/Production Manager/Art Buyer
* Created a traffic and production department.
* Established procedures for efficient control of schedules, estimates and bill
ings.
* Created an in-house graphic studio for mechanicals and fieries producing addi
tional revenues
* Negotiated with photographers, printers, engravers, and publications.
* Manager for the accounts of Bank of America, General Motors, Coors, Pacific B
ell
Ketchum Advertising, San Francisco, CA
March 1994 - April 1995
Print Production/Traffic Manager 3/94 - 4/95
* Responsible for estimates, schedules, printing, job reconciliations, and bill
ing, from conception of job, through pre-press
and printing, to delivery of final product.
* Responsible for engravings for publication, printing inserts, outdoor billboa
rds, and bus shelters
 * Manager for the accounts of Bank of America, Kikkoman, Beef Industry Council,
Dole.
Background
* Born in New York City - Bilingual (Spanish) * Mount Saint Michael Academy
- Graduated High School
* Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico - BS in Music * Manhattan School of Musi
c - Graduate Work
* Proficient in Word, Excel, Acrobat, Photoshop, * Member of Print 2001
In Design, Studio Pro, BaseCamp * Member of Visual media Allian
ce (PINC)
* Member of Aikido Institute of Oakland - Black Belt (Nidan)