Jessica Garnett Email & Phone Number

• Oversee all aspects of Packaging Prepress production improvement.• Collaborate with department managers in formulating applicable production improvements and propose necessary changes.• Investigate ways to improve the customer experience through technology, systems, or other methodologies.• Collaborate and lead non-prepress projects in new product design and other related areas.• Assist with any Prepress production questions that may arise from operators, CS, QC, or Management.• Monitor quality of product from different vendors to ensure we are delivering customers a consistent experience.• Develop and manage Esko Automation Engine workflow.• Maintain Esko server (software upgrades).• Project Management of new or improved processes in Prepress.• Create and review content for internal and customer-facing Prepress interactions (Proofs, Content sent, knowledgebase, videos, and other documentation)• Oversee structural design process for developing and improving print products. Test and verify parametric dieline standards in DVS Packedia and Esko ArtiosCAD software.• Set up troublesome files for Prepress as needed.

United States

(See experience under Packlane: Prepress Manager)

Greater Omaha Area

• Develop clean and functional custom artwork and graphics solutions that communicate clearly • Specializing in print graphics: wedding stationery, packaging, layouts, logos, illustration • Concept to production-ready design and artwork alterations • Typesetting and redrawing services • Complete proofreading services for content, grammar, and clarity

Remote

• Create a knowledgebase of artwork best practices, with feedback loops to ensure continuous quality improvements• Actively work in the workflows to examine gaps and weak points• Develop extensive automations in Trello to support the workflow in the absence of a dedicated ERP/MIS • Create structural SOPs for boxes, lead the structural team in improving packaging CADs• Review complex customer complaints to give an impartial review on root cause• Vet new production partners via test prints, on-sites, and questionnaires• Assist with development, testing, and positioning of new products; oversee improvements in products• Lead an international and intercultural team of 20+ prepress artists and structural designers, maintaining <10% department turnover during tenure with Packlane• Decrease artwork-related complaints and errors by over 200%• Develop employee onboarding program• Build box product configurations inside of CloudApp, PrintQ, and WebCAD• Program end-to-end integrations between CloudApp and Automation Engine• Build Automation Engine workflows to support automating the majority of repetitive prepress processes• Support company acquisition by Digital Room in 2022

Remote

• QC artwork for print-readiness• Communicate with customers on artwork concerns and print practices, guiding them to resolution• Create our artwork best practices for digital print on corrugated and paperboard materials• Create artwork for in-house and external use• Coordinate with production facilities to develop prepress SOPs that support the entire production line• Create a test print process for qualifying new vendors and monitoring output consistency over time• Create artwork and proofing FAQs articles for the Packlane site

Columbus, Nebraska

• Design art for print: ads, brochures, tickets, business cards, invitations, logos, promotional imprints & more • Preflight and prepare proofs and files for digital, specialty, and offset printing • Meet with clients face-to-face and via phone to discuss print campaign strategies • Design, plan, and execute social media campaigns • Operate + maintain Xerox digital press • Make offset plates on imagesetter • Internal IT support for PC-and-Mac network, backups, and server maintenance

Greater Omaha Area

Production Art: • update ConAgra Foods packaging art files to latest standards and information; expand art for a category to include additional flavors/varieties • apply USDA and FDA food regulations to art on packaging • manipulate digital product photography and artwork • update food package labeling while complying with standards and preserving brand integrity and consistency • manage proofs and labels inside of Blue softwareQuality Control: • review other artists' final files for errors and inconsistencies • resolve incomplete information with Job Coordinators when necessary • report potential recall errors accurately • communicate errors/questions clearly and tactfully to team artists, building repertoire and also recognizing jobs well-doneConAgra brands I worked with/on include: Orville Redenbacher, P.F. Chang's frozen meals, Bertolli frozen meals, Marie Callender's, Healthy Choice, Snack Pack, Peter Pan, Banquet, Chef Boyardee, Crunch N Munch, and others

Greater Omaha Area

• generate SOPs and streamline workflow for the department, improving efficiency and timelines • create mockups and color proofs for commercial jobs, program variable data runs • create and manage digital proofing • operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Xerox digital press (Fiery RIP) • imposition of commercial layouts for web and offset presses, and output of printing plates for these presses • train Prepress Department on Rampage software, operating the company's new Xerox digital press, and programming variable data runs • transition jobs from old system (Rampage) into new workflow system (ORIS ColorTuner)

Greater Omaha Area

• convert customer-provided artwork from preflighting to press-ready status• review files for quality issues, performing trapping and necessary adjustments, produce proofs (digital and/or hard copy), and perform nesting and imposition for final plating • attend press-checks • perform color-correction and set-up for specialty processes (spot varnish, foil, emboss, etc.) • troubleshoot and develop processes for Esko Equinox 7-color prepress capabilities and Esko Automation Engine (converting from spot-color-only capabilities and manual trapping/job management) • communicate directly with clients about proofs and file concerns, making each interaction indelible, clear, and memorable (communication via phone, email, and in-person) • write and maintain SOPs, communicating changes to team members and collaborating on improvements • maintain organization of printed samples, file structure on server, and catalogued stamping dies • act as plate room and sign shop back-up, operating the plating machine, banner printer, and UV flatbed printer • perform scheduled maintenance on prepress Epson plotter printers • act as primary QC on press-ready layouts, reviewing packaging team's work for potential errors and communicating those errors in a tactful and constructive manner • design new packaging artwork and manage design adaptations on provided artwork • lead the department in efficiency/accuracy/service throughout duration of employment • maintain & build company repertoire, managing the artwork aspect of the company's larger customers as a dedicated artist on their accounts (3M, Sergeant's Pet Care Products, Willert Home Products, Harvey Wax Seals, Skinner Baking, & many more)

Greater Omaha Area

• production work on customer-submitted artwork; proofreading and preflighting• provide error-free 24-hour turnaround on mockups, proofs, and plate-ready files• set-up files for foil stamping, embossing, spot varnish, and other specialty processes• promoted to paperboard packaging division (Specialty Finishing) after achieving highest efficiency and lowest error rate in the department(Folders Express division of Wright Printing)

Greater Omaha Area

• scan and retouch portraits• typeset large bodies of text• redraw, retouch, and generate new vector art• proofread• design sales publications, ads, and catalog "stock imprint" designs• train and supervise summer design interns• write/design prepress training manual• promoted to Folders Express division for going above and beyond with efficient and effective work, and a strong and collaborative work ethic (Progress Publications division of Wright Printing)

Graphic Arts

Graphic Design