REBECCA LANNING
EXPERIENCE
Lee Enterprises (Lee Design Center at Munster, Indiana) Nov 2015 – Apr 2022
Production Systems Coordinator
- Performed coordination between the Lee Design Center and over 60 publication sites with system upgrades and on-boarding for in-house publications and commercial runs.
- Conducted training for updated systems.
- Organized and produced information and documentation and distributed across multiple sites and vendors to provide resolution for issues in a timely manner utilizing various communication platforms.
- Troubleshoot any and all issues that caused any type of slow down or hold up in the production work flow of any given project.
Quality Control Associate
- Confirmed all submitted assets adhered to appropriate production standards, ensuring content and advertisements were correctly laid out, and processed publication pages by deadlines.
- Final page approval to release to press, color corrected photos, adjust files for production as necessary.
- Troubleshoot issues that arise in all stages of a project life-cycle. Page design for “Feature” pages (Comics, puzzles, reviews, etc.).
Prepress / Production Planning
- Create layouts and plans specified for print publications according to standards set by advertisement, editorial and design specifications per publication across 20+ sites that had joined the Centralized Layout Project.
- Execute building of plans once approved by site or submitted by sites not included with the project, and released pages for design center to process.
- Entered plans into Newsway system to ensure designed pages reached print facilities and output correctly per layout and press specifications.
Southwest Regional Publishing — Oct 2014 – Aug 2015
Head Page Designer / Prepress Specialist
- Page designer for weekly newspaper, “The Regional News” and special sections publications.
- Designed flyers and other collateral for local businesses advertising within publications.
- Other responsibilities included content management for publication’s website, content management for Southwest Regional Publishing website and social media and occasional platemaking for press.
Regional Publishing Corp. (company sold to SRP) — Aug 2008 – Oct 2014
Head Page Designer / Prepress Specialist
- Page designer for weekly newspaper, “The Regional News” and special sections publications.
- Designed flyers and other collateral for local businesses advertising within publications.
- Other responsibilities included content management for publication’s website, content management for Southwest Regional Publishing website and social media and occasional platemaking for press.
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Science — Major in Graphic Design — 2007
Magna Cum Laude, Robert Morris University, Orland Park Campus
SKILLS & STRENGTHS
- Mac and PC flexible
- Adobe Creative Suite / Creative Cloud
- WordPress
- G Suite
- Jotform
- Slack
- Trello
Awards from the Illinois Press Association:
- 2014 Best Community Focus Special Section – 1st Place
- 2014 Best Spot Color Ad – 2nd Place
- 2014 Best Ad Series – 4th Place
- 2012 Best Holiday Ad – 4th Place