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Hello, I’m Lokesh Kumar Prabakar, a packaging and prepress specialist with over 19 years of experience driving packaging development, new product innovation, and sustainability across global brands. I’ve led cross-functional teams to deliver compliant, print-ready artwork and cost-efficient packaging solutions for global brands. My work focuses on optimizing production workflows, material procurement, and supplier collaboration to meet deadlines and client expectations. I bring strong skills in SAP, Esko ArtPro, and Adobe Creative Suite to optimize production workflows, manage supplier partnerships, and ensure brand guidelines and regulatory requirements are met. I am passionate about sustainable packaging and delivering exceptional client outcomes on time.…Hello, I’m Lokesh Kumar Prabakar, a packaging and prepress specialist with over 19 years of experience driving packaging development, new product innovation, and sustainability across global brands. I’ve led cross-functional teams to deliver compliant, print-ready artwork and cost-efficient packaging solutions for global brands. My work focuses on optimizing production workflows, material procurement, and supplier collaboration to meet deadlines and client expectations. I bring strong skills in SAP, Esko ArtPro, and Adobe Creative Suite to optimize production workflows, manage supplier partnerships, and ensure brand guidelines and regulatory requirements are met. I am passionate about sustainable packaging and delivering exceptional client outcomes on time.

Lokesh Kumar Prabakar

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Hello, I’m Lokesh Kumar Prabakar, a packaging and prepress specialist with over 19 years of experience driving packaging development, new product innovation, and sustainability across global brands. I’ve led cross-functional teams to deliver compliant, print-ready artwork and cost-efficient packaging solutions for global brands. My work focuses on optimizing production workflows, material procurement, and supplier collaboration to meet deadlines and client expectations. I bring strong skills in SAP, Esko ArtPro, and Adobe Creative Suite to optimize production workflows, manage supplier partnerships, and ensure brand guidelines and regulatory requirements are met. I am passionate about sustainable packaging and delivering exceptional client outcomes on time.…Hello, I’m Lokesh Kumar Prabakar, a packaging and prepress specialist with over 19 years of experience driving packaging development, new product innovation, and sustainability across global brands. I’ve led cross-functional teams to deliver compliant, print-ready artwork and cost-efficient packaging solutions for global brands. My work focuses on optimizing production workflows, material procurement, and supplier collaboration to meet deadlines and client expectations. I bring strong skills in SAP, Esko ArtPro, and Adobe Creative Suite to optimize production workflows, manage supplier partnerships, and ensure brand guidelines and regulatory requirements are met. I am passionate about sustainable packaging and delivering exceptional client outcomes on time.

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Hello, I’m Lokesh Kumar Prabakar, a packaging and prepress specialist with over 19 years of experience driving packaging development, new product innovation, and sustainability across global brands. I’ve led cross-functional teams to deliver compliant, print-ready artwork and cost-efficient packaging solutions for global brands. My work focuses on optimizing production workflows, material procurement, and supplier collaboration to meet deadlines and client expectations.

I bring strong skills in SAP, Esko ArtPro, and Adobe Creative Suite to optimize production workflows, manage supplier partnerships, and ensure brand guidelines and regulatory requirements are met. I am passionate about sustainable packaging and delivering exceptional client outcomes on time.

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Expert

Expert

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Expert

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English

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Work Experience

PrePress Supervisor at Anglia Labels

October 1, 2025 - December 1, 2025

Acted as the technical interface between pre-press, digital print production, and engineering, supporting Domino digital presses in a live production environment. Prepared press-ready files, validated colour profiles, ensured accurate imposition, trapping, and resolution for variable and short-run label jobs. Collected calibration data, assisted in colour management, and supported press troubleshooting, reducing downtime and rework. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure print quality and substrate compatibility; documented SOPs and contributed to process improvements using Packz and Esko tools.

Associate Artwork Manager at Kimberly-Clark Europe Limited

November 1, 2023 - October 1, 2024

Managing the artwork agency partner and printers to ensure packaging artworks are executed on time with excellence. Contributing to the upkeep and improvement of artwork processes and procedures. Consulting cross-functional project teams on artwork and pack copy, building timelines across association artwork, platemaking, printing, and tracking progress. Reviewing and approving artworks and proofs; ensuring team training; liaising with Global Marketing and Planning; maintaining project trackers and ensuring timelines are met; developing functional requirements for new projects; providing PIRs (Post Implementation Reviews).

Client Coordinator / Project Manager (Packaging and Brand) at SGK / Matthews International (Schawk UK Limited)

July 1, 2022 - November 1, 2023

Providing technical briefs to Artwork Production team; facilitating new client kick-off meetings and existing client meetings; supporting Marketing / LDMs on day-to-day deliverables; interacting with the Artwork Production and QC team; entering client information into the Product Lifecycle Management system; communicating job progress and customer queries; producing electronic certificates, reports and invoices; contributing to credit control activities; liaising with Product Launch; coordinating samples & proofs; analyzing new or revised client requirements; managing internal department and corporate projects; building client portal and CRM applications; generating reports for clients; implementing internal projects.

Packaging Technical at ITC Limited (Packaging & Printing Business)

April 1, 2010 - July 1, 2022

Evaluating design files created by design agencies for meeting error-free printing processes; ensuring print solutions for artwork; responsible for delivering New Product Development; raising and resolving queries from customers; suggesting cost-saving opportunities in print processes; modification of artwork as required and planning for cylinder engraving; design file conversion and customer approval via PDFs; creating and developing new design concepts; ensuring tool ordering and print requirements are available on schedule; maintaining Product Data Management in SAP; training juniors; independent shift production management; color sequence planning and trap/bleed considerations; color correction and press readiness.

Production Team Leader at ABPS Customised Print Management

December 1, 2008 - April 1, 2010

Achieving production targets to meet the schedule; brand management through MIS; attending client meetings; providing design solutions for FMCG products; maintaining brand reports; updating on new product launches; ensuring 100% error-free output; training executives; independent shift production management; evaluating design files for error-free printing; cost-saving recommendations; resource optimization and productivity improvements.

Graphic Production Creator at Froq Far East Brand Services Pvt. Ltd.

December 1, 2007 - December 1, 2008

Graphic production creation and preparation of packaging artwork; ensuring artwork quality and alignment with brand guidelines; collaborating with design teams to deliver print-ready files; supporting production and prepress workstreams.

Prepress Operator at ITC Limited (Printing & Packaging Business)

September 1, 2006 - November 1, 2007

Evaluating and converting design files for printing; ensuring tool and process readiness; assisting in color management and print quality control; collaborating with teams to ensure accurate proofs and error-free output; training and mentoring juniors.

Associate Artwork Manager at Kimberly Clark Europe Limited

November 1, 2023 - October 1, 2024

Managed the artwork agency partner and printers to ensure packaging artworks were executed on time and to standard; contributed to artwork processes, reviewed proofs, trained team members, and maintained project trackers; liaised with global marketing and planning teams and delivered PIRs; oversaw a faster, user-centric artwork process for digital platforms.