Joe Beland Email & Phone Number

• Over 25 years of experience as a Senior Production Artist producing press-ready final art for assorted consumer products, packaging, and advertising as well as specialty print pieces. • Strong knowledge of printing technology and Prepress production, including multi-color, foil stamp, die-cut, and embossing.• In-depth knowledge of InDesign, Acrobat, Photoshop, and Illustrator as well as MS Office Suite.• Mac OSX-savvy• Proficient with color correction; image retouching and manipulation; and font management.Accomplishments• Built prototype graphic files that were regularly converted into a variety of products: trading cards, marketing materials, posters, packaging, retail POP displays, and vehicle wraps. • Created and maintained training manuals and technical specification sheets to assure consistency and quality control for Designers, Prepress Personnel, and Vendors. (Upper Deck)• Chosen by Upper Deck management to develop a training program for incoming designers to assist in adopting company Prepress procedures, and trained Upper Deck Prepress personnel in processes, techniques, and procedures.• Prepared and maintained a digital database of 2500+ Corporate and Professional Sports logos assuring they were accessible and production-ready for various uses. Recreated and acquired historical logos and artwork as needed. (Upper Deck)• Developed innovative ways to convert color artwork into light-refracting foil stamps, a signature element of major Upper Deck products.• Developed and maintained written standards manuals, style guides, and other live resource materials for Designers, Pre-Press personnel, Quality Assurance, and management. (Upper Deck)

Listed skills include Mac, Graphics, Illustrator, Pre Press, and 16 others.

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  Platt College

  Graphic Design