1234 Street · City,
Home: 123-456-7890 · Work: 456-789-1011
To obtain a position as a Print
Buyer that utilizes my print production experience, my experience
specifying and purchasing printing in support of internal customers,
and my printing industry experience working with external customers
to meet their needs.
ACME Printing, City, State,
1991 – Present.
An 8-color, 40-inch, sheet-fed offset printer serving nationally
known advertising agencies such as ABC and XYZ as well as Fortune
500 companies including 123 Company and 456 Publishing.
Support 13 sales
representatives by estimating costs for pre-press, sheet-fed
offset litho printing, UV printing with paper and plastic
substrates, finishing, kitting, fulfillment, paper, ink and
material for jobs ranging from 1-color to 8-colors, working
exclusively with the company’s top revenue generating sales
Multitask and efficiently
manage time to produce 125 estimates per week, the most of any
estimator on staff.
Clarify job specifications and requirements,
respond to client questions, create mockups for clients to
demonstrate concepts, and provide input on cost-saving alternate
approaches to printing projects.
Write production work orders for jobs, including
detailing production process to be used by pre-press,
production, and finishing departments and create mockups, if
Determine appropriate layout for awarded projects
to produce quality results while minimizing labor, paper, and
Develop specifications for all purchased material
and outside labor for each project, including screen printing.
Respond to questions from outside vendors,
pre-press, production, and finishing as well as customer
Utilize the Internet to source promotional
materials such as buttons, binders, and point-of-sale materials
software for job costing each printing project to accurately
Serve as acting
Plant Manager in Plant Manager’s absence, scheduling all work
for a 6-press, 24/7 operation.
Act as Safety
Coordinator, meeting with OSHA, the EPA, the Fire Department,
and Shapco’s Environment Consultant to ensure the plant complies
with all standards and codes.
1234 Printing, City, State,
1990 – 1991.
A 4-color sheet fed printer.
printing, bindery, and paper costs utilizing Covalent software
in support of 6-8 sales representatives.
Sourced paper, ink,
and outside bindery vendors, identifying suppliers that could
meet cost, schedule, and quality needs.
orders to determine the production process best suited for each
Monitored work going
through production to ensure due dates were met.
of stock paper.
ABC Communications, City, State, 1985 – 1990.
A communications company serving the Midwest.
printing operations in support of internal customers for all 5
divisions, interacting with Sales & Marketing and Promotions
staff for each division.
graphic artists on design parameters that took into
consideration both equipment capabilities and budget objectives.
production for all internally produced printing, including
business cards, letterhead, media kits, and promotional pieces.
specifications for printing to be performed by outside printers.
printers, pre-press vendors, and embossing companies.
checks and monitored work of outside vendors to ensure internal
customer needs were met.
and Linotronic desktop publishing systems.
estimates for printing, coordinated purchases of printing
supplies, and maintained inventory of printing supplies as well
as printed material needed by customers.