• Handles print production, including imposition and variable data. Conducts quality control from start to finish.• In charge of all finishing, such as folding, scoring, and UV coating.• Performs regular light maintenance on; UV coater, hydraulic cutter, and digital presses.• Delivers customer mail to the Business Mail Entry Unit at the USPS Regional Distribution center in Denver.• Prepares customer orders for pick-up or shipping.

Graphic Designer• Translates subject matter into concrete design for newsletters, promotional materials and sales collateral.• Works with project managers, product managers, copywriters, and senior graphic designers to create signs and handouts for trade shows such as: IHA, ICES, IBIE, Ambiante, Springfair, and the Hong Kong Houseware Fair.• Assists art directors in photo shoots of product and food for use in packaging, signs and publications for various customers, including Jo-Ann… Show more Graphic Designer• Translates subject matter into concrete design for newsletters, promotional materials and sales collateral.• Works with project managers, product managers, copywriters, and senior graphic designers to create signs and handouts for trade shows such as: IHA, ICES, IBIE, Ambiante, Springfair, and the Hong Kong Houseware Fair.• Assists art directors in photo shoots of product and food for use in packaging, signs and publications for various customers, including Jo-Ann Fabrics, Hobby Lobby, Meijer, K-Mart, Target, Wal-Mart, Michaels, AC Moore, Sbar’s, and general grocery stores.Production Designer• Communicates revisions to foreign vendors on packaging artwork production.• Assists creative design team by retouching images, creating clipping paths/masks, performing color corrections, creating print-ready files, and making digital compositions for signs and packaging.• Creative department point person responsible for handling all GMI implement ed procedures in order to upload packaging materials to meet customer brand standards.• Manages and organizes all of the creative department’s artwork archives.Production & Assembly• Responsible for all company printing and mounting of large Epson prints for trade shows and sale presentations.• Creates full scale packaging comps for product development and photography. Show less

• Responsible for photographing musicians, artists, and local personalities in a studio/live setting.• Collaborated with designers, writers, editors, store owners, musicians, and other photographers to document rallies, concerts, local events, establishments, store owners, restaurants, and food for reviews.• Assisted in organizing the photo archives for the Buzz and its w ebsite, www.the217.com.• Retouched images for print/web.