Senior Producer

lauralgill.com

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA

4/2017 – 4/2022

Print Production Manager

• Responsible for scheduling, estimating, pre-press & shipping in-store graphic panels for Apple retail stores worldwide

Swirl, Inc., San Francisco, CA

12/2012 – 4/2015

Senior Production Manager

Client: Microsoft

• Responsible for scheduling, producing & uploading files to vendors for all new store opening advertising; both print and online media

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA

2/2010 – 3/2012

Freelance Print Production Manager

• Responsible for scheduling, estimating, pre-press & shipping in-store graphic panels for Apple retail stores worldwide

Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco, CA

5/2004 – 11/2008

Print Production Manager / Art Buyer

Clients: Hewlett Packard, Sprint, Commonwealth Bank of Australia

• Produced magazine & newspaper ads, out-of-home, collateral & vehicle signage
• Booked photographers & produced on-location shoots with multiple models, wardrobe, and set changes

Venables, Bell & Partners, San Francisco, CA

10/2003 – 3/2004

Freelance Print Production Manager / Art Buyer

Clients: Animal Planet, Barclays Global Investors

• Negotiated rates, secured photographer & coordinated pre-production for on-location shoots
• Produced complex 3-D billboards with Atomic Props for Animal Planet

Goldberg Moser O’Neill / Hill Holliday, San Francisco, CA

9/1998 – 10/2003

Print Production Manager / Art Buyer

Clients: Dell Computers, Sybase, Meridian Vineyards, Micron, Hostpro, Audible.com

• Responsible for scheduling, estimating, color separations, press checking & shipping print jobs
• Consistently maintained client budgets by monitoring internal & vendor costs
• Produced magazine & high volume newspaper ads for Dell Computers

415.378.5350

lauragill.montara@gmail.com

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Magazine Ads
Billboards
InMall
Signage
Large Scale Graphics
Vehicle Wraps
Photo Shoot Production
Art Buying

EDUCATION

B.A. Liberal Studies:
San Francisco State University