Atish  Sawant, Prepress Specialist

Atish Sawant

Prepress Specialist

Huhtamaki India Ltd

Location
India - Mumbai
Education
Diploma, Packaging
Experience
21 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 1 Months

Prepress Specialist at Huhtamaki India Ltd
  • My current job since August 2017

Roles & Responsibilities:

•Successfully spearheading entire projects in artwork and repro including variety of SKUs, packaging form factors and printing processes.
•Responsible for collaborating with the production team, marketing and planning regarding the day-to-day review of the projects progress.
•Involving in a packaging form factors like Pouches, Wrappers, Labels and Sleeves. Pivotal involvement in overseeing end-to-end Artwork to Prepress workflow.
•Proactively converting artwork to make them compatible with the Gravure printing process. Accountable for carrying out/finalizing of jobs like colour separation and trapping making print-ready files.
•Effectively managing printing issues, resolving within specified timelines and overseeing/resolving online proofing issues.
•Assuring timely delivery of artworks and assisting team members, resolving queries, interacting with customers & marketing teams.
•Participating in the daily production meeting for the daily updates. Managing colour matching for printed samples, GMG prints and colour profiles

Prepress Executive at Janoschka Graphic Services India Pvt. Ltd
  • April 2013 to July 2017

Roles & Responsibilities:

•Managed artwork to prepress workflow involving packaging form factors like pouches, wrappers, cartons, labels, sleeves, trays and shelf display systems.
•Handled processing master job for further variants and SKUs. Converted artworks to make them compatible with different printing processes.
•Adhered to brand guidelines, printer specifications, client-specific checklists and mandates and assisted team members.
•Accountable for adaptation/harmonization of artworks to different SKUs & packaging form factors.
•Resolved queries and assured timely delivery of artworks and oversaw end-to-end projects in artwork/repro including a variety of SKUs, packaging form factors and printing processes

Executive at ESSEL Propack Ltd
  • India
  • October 2010 to February 2013

Responsible for prepared packaging layouts of seamless tube e.g. Cosmetics and Pharmaceuticals. Involved in the development and modification of customer-supplied designs.
•Managed Artwork preparation as per Tube Dia & Tube Length, Colour separation for Offset, Flexo & Screen Printing.
•Interacted with the production team, marketing & planning team for the day-to-day review of projects.
•Prepared/generated Artwork proofing reports and submitted same to the plant manager and new development department. Coordinated with the customers and marketing for NPD of Artwork related issues.

Supervisor at Acuprint Systems Pvt. Ltd
  • India
  • October 2004 to May 2010
Medical Representative at Beiersdorf India Pvt. Ltd
  • July 2002 to September 2004

Education

Diploma, Packaging
  • at SIES College of Packaging
  • January 2006

Diploma in Packaging from SIES College of Packaging in 2006

Bachelor's degree, Botany
  • at Mumbai University
  • January 2002

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Specialties & Skills

Corporate Design
Project Management
Artworking
Proofing
MARKET PLANNING
MARKETING
PACKAGING
PROOFING
DELIVERY
PRE-PRESS PRODUCTION
PROCESS ENGINEERING
WORKFLOW ANALYSIS
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
MANAGEMENT

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

Graphics Designing (Training)
Training Institute:
EDIT Institute
Date Attended:
January 2003

Hobbies

  • Traveling