Personal Details
NAME : Barrington James Bosman
SEX : Male
DATE OF BIRTH : 19 February 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH : Harare
NATIONALITY : Zimbabwean
MARITAL STATUS : Single
LANGUAGES : English
HOME ADDRESS : 4 Brechin Drive
Marlborough
Harare
Currently working in Bulawayo
TELEPHONE : 263 11 607 981 (Cell)
Educational Qualifications
SCHOOL ATTENDED Corpus Christie (Cardiff, Wales)
DATES 1992 GCE Certificates (‘O’ Level)
English B
History B
Geography C
Physics and Chemistry D
Mathematics C
Commerce C
HOBBIES Committee member of Combined Community Development Fund ( a local Charity Organisation) and Barham Green Sports Club, playing social squash, volleyball, soccer, fishing and general outdoor life.
Work Experience
Directory Publishers (Pvt)Ltd
(1994 - 1997) Desktop Publisher
Training done
Received training from qualified personnel from EAC Graphics Johannesburg on Colour Management, high input scanning, digital retouching, page layout and design. I have in depth knowledge on most DTP technology available on the market currently and I am continuing to familiarise myself with any new technology that may come out.
1. Design and layout of a monthly newspaper (The Bulletin), calenders, directory adverts for seven directories (Zimbabwe, Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru, Mutare, Kwekwe Business directories and the classified columns).
2. Responsible for producing filmwork from two Linotronic Imagesetters
3. Liaising with clients and reps on design on their jobs
4. Supply quotations to customers for all their origination needs
Graphtec Communication
(2000 - 2003)
1. Liaising with clients on designs and layouts of the magazines and adverts etc.
2. Liaising with originators and printers concerning the production of all jobs.
3. Responsible for production of any other print or pre-print work that may come from outside the company
Lithocraft Industries
(2004 ) Studio & Production Manager
1. Responsible for all final origination for jobs from all clients.
2. Design, Layout and origination of Brochures, Magazines Calenders, Posters, Packaging (Both Litho and Flexo), Cassette cover etc, using both Macintosh’s and PC’s
3. Design and printing of posters on Large AO format Printer for Billboards.
4. Control of all 10 members of staff.
5. Supply customers with quotations
6. Projecting monthly production targets and trying to meet them.
7. Liasing with printers and customers to ensure that a quality product is developed.
Software Knowledge
In-depth knowledge of all DTP software on both Macintosh and PC Platforms, namely Coreldraw, Aldus Pagemaker, Freehand, Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXpress, Illustrator and Microsoft Word. (All these being the latest versions on the market).
Referees:
Graphtec Communications
Harare
Mr. Stewart MacKinlay
Directory Publishers
Bulawayo
Sheila Thompson
Brad Pullen