Peter Amirault
P RO FE S S I O N A L E X P E RI E N CE
Typographer/Consultant
November 1990–Present
Handling the entire spectrum of duties involving in finding a client, presenting and selling services,
giving a competitive quote, setting up and completing projects above satisfactory to the clients
expectations. Also offers consulting services for companies, on equipment, networking, production
for freelancers and hardware troubleshooting. Listed are the types of projects Iʼve worked on:
financial reports, catalogs, direct mail and marketing pieces, manuals, newsletters, college text
books, books, product sheets, annual reports, brochures, and packaging. Also reflowing translated
copy of multiple languages (French, Spanish, Russian, Hatian Creole, Chinese, Korean, and
German) into various projects. Having been self-employed for over 20 years and with an extensive
background in printing, desktop publishing, typesetting, InDesign, Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator,
and Freehand, Iʼve managed to handle any task needed. I have a vast knowledge of how to work
in a fast-paced environment, and give whatever is needed to complete the project.
Multilingual typesetting replacement in multiple languages (Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish,
Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian,
Macedonian, Malay, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, and
Turkish), we deliver electronic files and any requested output to meet tight deadlines and
accommodate last minute typesetting requests.
Provide consulting services for companies, with respect to project direction, equipment choices,
networking capabilities, general production issues, as well as software and hardware
troubleshooting.
Project samples: financial reports, catalogs, direct mail and marketing pieces, manuals,
newsletters, college text books, books, product sheets, annual reports, brochures and packaging.
Desktop Production Manager: nSight
Burlington, Massachusetts
March 2004–October 2005
Managing a small department of desktop publishers, working on numerous books, catalogs,
manuals, proposals and marketing products. Working with structured Framemaker and Quark
creating and formatting all aspects companies wide range of projects. Ranging from meeting with
clients, quoting jobs, setup, managing and/or working on, to preparing files for the printer. Using
Adobeʼs Framemaker I managed and worked directly on numerous books for Microsoft Press. This
included setting up, page layout, creating illustrations, edits and prepress. Also using Quark and
InDesign, taking clients coded database files, setting up xtag styles to autoflow formatted text of
catalogs.
Typographer/System Administrator: Harvard University, Office of the University Publisher
Allston, Massachusetts
January 1990–July 1993
Responsible for creation of various design and desktop publishing projects from 100-300 page
books to newsletters and brochures. Oversaw departmentʼs procedures on setting up of different
projects. Handled all hardware and software troubleshooting for 10 Macʼs and 4 IBM PC
computers. Worked directly with many of the universityʼs departments, consulting and assisting
with creating templates or actual job. Handled color separation of all incoming jobs supplied to
department from other offices. Supplied telephone support for departments throughout the
university.
Manager of Electronic Publishing: INPRINT, Inc.,
Framingham, Massachusetts
December 1987–December 1989
Worked at a full-service electronic publishing shop using many publishing software packages, on a
variety of hardware platforms. As manager of electronic publishing I was responsible for
scheduling of work flow and staff, job tracking, and inventory. I had frequent contact with clients
and vendors.
Quality Control/Policy Rater: John Hancock P&C
Boston, Massachusetts
December 1985–December 1987
Responsibilities included supervision of Policy Holder Services personnel. Senior Policy Rater of
all homeowner and auto policies.
Production Supervisor: Regulations Management Corporation
Vincentown, New Jersey
August 1982–October 1984
Supervised six employees and participated in production of printed matter dealing with regulations
on the transportation of hazardous materials.
Layout/Paste-up Artist: Jacksonville Daily News
Jacksonville, Arkansas
August 1981–August 1982
Responsibilities included typesetting, layout and paste-up of daily newspaper.
M I LI T A RY S E R VI CE A N D T R AI NI NG
Aircraft Refueling Specialist | UnIted States Air Force Reserves
Westover Air Force Base, Chicopee MA
January 1986–August 1988
Refueled base aircraft.
Aviation Communications Mechanic | United States Air Force Reserves
Dover Air Force Base, Dover DE
October 1984–October 1985
Worked as aviation communications mechanic on all aircraft flown on base.
Aviation Communications Mechanic | United States Air Force Reserves
Biloxi Air Force Base, Biloxi MS
August 1984–October 1985
Training for Aviation Communications Mechanic for
Air Force Reserves.
Aviation Communications Mechanic Training | United States Air Force Reserves
Biloxi Air Force Base, Biloxi MS
August 1983–October 1984
Training for Air Force Reserves to repair aviation communication equipment.
United States Air Force Active Duty
Little Rock Air Force Base, Jacksonville AR
January 1978–August 1982
Worked as a 271XX in aircraft scheduling.
Basic Training | United States Air Force Active Duty
Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX
November 1977–January 1978
Air Force basic training.
E D U C A TI O N
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA • Web Design: Dreamweaver (2010)
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY • Photoshop: Levels I, II and III -)
United States Air Force • Keesler AFB • Biloxi, Mississippi
Avionic Communications Electronics • October 1984 - December 1985
University of Arkansas 1980
NCO Leadership School 1979
A F FI LI A TI O NS
BookBuilders of Boston
E Q UI P M E N T
iMac 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5), running OS X & Windows XP/27" screen
iMac/2.8 GHz Intel Core Duo (500GB HD/2GB memory), running OS X & Windows XP/24" screen
MacBook Pro / 13 inch display / 2.5 GHz Dual-core Intel i5
1200 dpi Canon LiDE scanner
1200 dpi Xerox Phaser 6500DN Color Laser Printer with duplexing
600 dpi (11 x 17) HP Laser Printer
SOFTWARE
Adobe Framemaker 9.0, 8.0 (Windows)
Adobe InDesign CC
Adobe Photoshop CC
Adobe Illustrator CC
Adobe Muse CC
Adobe Flash CC
Final Cut Pro X
iMovie
Keynote
Numbers
Pages
Adobe Acrobat Pro 10, 9
Microsoft Office 2011: Word, PowerPoint, Excel
Microsoft Office 2007 Windows
