1. CV
STUDIO • TRAFFIC • PRINT • PRODUCTION • MANAGEMENT
PERSONAL INFO EDUCATION
Mark Cox September 1989 - March 1994
(returning in summer ‘94 to sit
GCSE examinations),
Fitzwimarc,
Rayleigh,
Essex. SS6 8EB.
SHORT INTRODUCTION
Throughout a 18 year career, I have worked across various disciplines within the creative
and marketing sector, including; Direct mail, experiential and promotional, BTL/ ATL, POS,
OOH, design and artwork production, print and reprographics. I consider myself to be a highly
qualified Studio and Traffic Manager and a vital experience asset in any agency infrastructure.
I display a strong sense of creative and commercial awareness, paying strong detail to correct
financial, budget and business/ procurement procedures, print management and agency
WOW’s. I have a long and proven track record in developing strong supplier links and internal/
client account relationships.
From initial conception, I have a clear understanding of brief to execution of final product,
being fully integrated at all stages across the creative and wider agency process.
I can develop and effectively manage team environments, being able to optimise studio
efficiency, resource by ability and skill set against discipline and sector requirements.
KEY SKILLS
• Multi-disciplined creative and marketing experience
• Financial and budgeting control
• Print and studio procurement
• Resource and traffic scheduling
• Client & supplier liaison
• Sharp eye for design and detail
• Solid artwork, print and reprographic knowledge
18 years creative agency, artwork, repro and print industry experience
EXPERIENCE
As a junior I quickly adapted to agency life. Learning the traditional studio methods of the
day, I instantly gelled with the transition from scalpel to Mac and became transfixed into a
world of advertising, typographics, layout and design, creative artworking and the day to day
runnings of a full-service, London ad agency. I soon mastered early versions of applications
such as Quark, Photoshop and Freehand and was quickly introduced to working with various
marketing trends and executions.
I progressed quickly from studio junior to the studio management level I have reached today,
placing myself within different segments of the industry to learn and gain vital insight into the
technical workings of reprographic and print and also to manage creative agency production
and artwork departments.
Print experience ranges from lithographic, digital, large format, OOH, exhibition and POS.
I display an excellent understanding of prepress artworking and have a sharp eye for detail,
especially for retouching and design layout.
CLIENTS
Throughout the years I have worked alongside a number of mainstream clients and
brands including; Sony, Warner Bros Home Entertainment, BSkyB, Diageo, Vodafone,
Orange, Polydor, EMI, Unilever, Danone, Kraft, Nissan, E.ON, Mitsubishi Securities,
Mazda, HSBC, Toni & Guy, M&S and Shell.
INTERESTS
I like to spend my free time with my family, I am currently engaged and also have a daughter
who stays with me most weekends. We enjoy cooking, days and meals out and holidays. I play
guitar and have previously (when time allowed) been a member of a band, regularly playing gigs
in central London. I am a music fan in general and have a wide variety of musical tastes and
Mark Cox
preferences. I am an active person and enjoy being involved with various hobbies and interests.
REFERENCES
Daniel Hatton, Jeff Chaplin, Managing Director,
Former Head of Urban Design & Print Ltd,
Creative Production, RPM. Units 1-2 Victoria Business Park,
danny_hatton@hotmail.com Southend-on-Sea. SS2 5BY.

2. CV
CAREER OVERVIEW - 1994 to present
Studio Manager / April 2012 - November 2012
Hogarth Worldwide/JWT, London SW11.
Working client-side based at JWT, Knightsbridge, I was responsible for the day to day management
of the artwork production studio which consisted of a team of 4 artworkers and 3 designers.
Managing all daily requests from JWT agency project management teams which ranged from simple
amends of existing creative to large-scale ATL campaigns for a number of high-profile global clients.
Communication also extended throughout the Hogarth Worldwide network, providing support
to press production, TV, transcreation and finance/billing departments.
I was responsible for adhering to existing process and also to create new, helping to establish
and outline workflow for a new off-site proofreading department. Duties also extended to providing
project managers with detailed cost estimates of work, financial control and budgeting of studio
supplies/resource and job reconcilement.
Artwork Services Manager / February 2011 - April 2012
RPM, London W12.
My day to day duties included managing a 8 member artwork team ranging across different skill set
levels, and also to oversee and sign off final artwork, being involved from conception right through
to final delivery. I was also responsible for the hiring of freelance resource, to determine what skill
set should be hired for each campaign discipline and to traffic manage workflow accordingly across
the studio.
I worked closely with the Diageo Shopper Marketing account teams, handling their daily artwork and
production requests. This was also a client facing role whereby I would attend weekly joint agency
status meetings at client base, to discuss up and coming projects, work in-progress and to iron out
any design/budget issues.
After 6 months, my then line manager departed company which enabled myself to step up into an
effective head of creative/artwork production role. I took the reigns of a more senior role within the
agency, having overall control of studio and project budgeting, personnel time management, print/
supplier procurement and purchasing, utilising existing print experience and supplier links, putting
into place new processes and improving on existing.
I helped to establish a design - artwork handover process, pulling together more tightly both
production and creative departments to ensure smooth transition of work through the various
workflow channels to final activation and to organise meetings throughout stages of development
to final sign off.
18 years creative agency, artwork, repro and print industry experience
Digital Print and Studio Manager / February 2010 - February 2011
KopyKat Design & Print, London EC2.
Hands-on, day to day running of a digital print, large format and creative artwork department.
Duties included exploring new business opportunities, estimating, client management of both new
and existing accounts, supplier/equipment procurement and overseeing day to day job in traffic of
artwork and digital print. This was a busy role which also included client facing, working mainly with
City Corporate and Financial clients.
Freelance / September 2008 - February 2010
London/Essex.
Freelance Ad Traffic Production Manager / July 2005 - September 2008
DAD, London SW11.
Permanent freelancer, I was in charge of the day-to-day running of DM press production for various
BSkyB internal marketing divisions and Vodafone B2B.
Very much a busy and hands-on role that included managing multiple media ad campaigns, creating
accurate artwork from scamp to fulfilment stage and producing highly detailed direct response data,
consisting of insertion and financial information in order to effectively manage the daily output.
Working closely with client & MediaCom, I also acted as the hub between creative and design,
account and finance teams and agency as a whole. Advising on production, print & prepress
specifications, general quality control and brand awareness.
Freelance Creative Artworker Senior Production Artworker
March 2004 - July 2005 April 1998 - April 1999
London/Essex. Cloverleaf Marketing, Essex.
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Reprographic Production Manager Reprographic Production Artworker
September 2000 - March 2004 March 1997 - April 1998
Urban Design & Print, Essex. Rabbit Repro, London W1.
Reprographic Production Manager Studio Junior and Creative Artworker
April 1999 - September 2000 March 1994 - March 1997
WPL, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. David Knight Advertising, London W1.