Jeff Leuthardt Email & Phone Number

Waconia, MN, US

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Chanhassen, MN

Prepare digital graphic files for Digital Variable Printing utilizing combining Adobe and GMC Inspire. Working towards developing effective workflows along with continued assistance in traditional prepress preparation.

Chanhassen, MN

Direct Mail prepress. Including preflight and design, workflow, color correcting, job management, imposition, proofing and plating for taditional web and sheetfed and flexo.

Start to finish prepress - prefight/design to finished proof and plating. Also assisting with more indepth use of Indesign's data merge with workflows.

Shakopee, MN

• Quick-flight and Pre-flight client files for production.
• Extensive use of InSite, Prinergy Workflow
• Webnative and various client FTP
• UTC font management, Adobe CS (all versions), Quark Xpress, MS Word, Excel, with extensive email coverage via Outlook

Work contract preparing files for print. Color correction and design, trapping, imposing and plating for press.

At Reflections I work contract preparing files, printing jobs via their NexPress 5 color and I am available to assist with any web or design issues. Reflections is a one stop Graphic Communication company that can handle everything from catalogs, labels and signage to graphic and web design solutions.

Waconia, MN

http://www.litehartproductions.comPrint/Web Graphic Design and Consulting

Responsible for plating and preparing impositions and content for press.

• Produced labels and handled purchasing, planning and managing all large label orders. Heavy use of Alliance tracking and inventory management software by Exact.
• Created Purchase orders and tracking shipping and pricing information to outside printers
• Created and designed ‘Virtual’ images of client ‘branding’ on manufactured products on multiple products ranging from lib balms and lips sticks to Pocket Sprayers and Soap Bottles, and occasional veritable printing jobs.
• Restructured the position to more efficient and cost effective workflows.

Utilized Adobe CS3, Quark Express 7.0 and Prinergy workflows for prepress and design of a variety of print projects.

Produced prepress for Books utilizing Adobe CS3, Quark Express 7.0 and with Rampage workflow.

Commercial and Direct Mail prepress. Including preflight and design, workflow, color correcting, job management, imposition, proofing, web file management.

• Lead Desktop Operator for Banta (acquired by RR Donnelley) in Chanhassen, MN.
• Produced catalogs, print publications and direct market mailings.
• Directly involved in transfer from film to Direct-to-Plate.
• Advanced the use of Prinergy software
• Color correction and image manipulation.

preflight, color correcting, prepress, imposition, graphic design, workflow, plating. etc.

Maintained server and overlooked all facets of Electronic Prepress and Design

Motivated and persuaded highly skilled system and desktop operators to change from a large assembly of workflows and software usage to more concise and predictable methods.

Independent Distributor and Consultant for International Nutrition Food Suppliment Company, Reliv.

Html, Css, Javascript, Jquery, Dreamweaver, Sharepoint

Associates, Commercial Art

Activities and Societies: VICA State Historian