Manage and train myself and personnel to operate/maintain Jetrion 4000 Roll-to-Roll Printer, Jetrion 4900 Roll-to-Roll Printer, EFI H1625 LED Wide Format Printer, Zund Digital Cutter, Laminating and Coating equipment.Managing the local design team by directing and assisting in implementing/creating marketing campaigns via email, social media, direct mail, YouTube videos and other marketing collateral.Assist in the design of new products, such as our patent-pending Beveled Ring Guard, and determining production processes, materials, and testing it's durability.Perform in video shoots to promote our products, as well as give visual instructions for our customers.Assist with minor onsite network and computer issues for users.Communicate with our offsite SEO Account Manager and Senior Graphic Designer weekly for implementing SEO goals. Communicate status of current and future projects biweekly with partner companies to discuss marketing strategies.Managed and directed an offsite development team to create our new custom floor marking tape/sign builder located here: https://stop-painting.com/custom-floor-signs-floor-tape/Design skills utilized in creating brochure, advertisements, video graphics and editing, product photography, web graphics, social media graphics.Use Trello to manage new and current projects, keeping them organized and on-time with design team and management.

Freelance graphic design agency providing Web sites, offset printing, digital printing, advertising design, E-mail newsletters, video graphics/editing, Internet marketing and media management.

Manage the workflow and assignment of jobs to individual graphics personnel.Design, preflight, edit and typeset marketing collateral for clients using the latest Adobe Creative Suite, while adhering to their branding standards.Set up, testing and submission of new products to ensure they flow into automated system.Manually plate files for 4 color/spot printing.Set up of master/shell files for future imprints by creating styles through the Printra Style Editor.Create,maintain automated ordering sites of stationery products through PageDNA.Weekly maintenance of the Mitsubishi ECO Platemakers to ensure quality plates for production.Determine, convert, and set up short-run print jobs to output on the Xante Illumina 502 GS Digital Press through iQueue RIP software. Many of the files produced on this machine were traditionally output on our large 4-color press. The addition of the Xante to our production capabilities has reduced the burden of smaller press runs on the larger press and increased profitability.Maintain, troubleshoot, repair computers and installing hardware and software. Add users and computers to the Microsoft Exchange Server and network.Projects in motion:The development and implementation of a marketing plan, beginning with email marketing to reach our current distributors and customers with offers and promotions. Within the initial months of implementation, our email marketing increased awareness with branches within one of our largest distributors.Complete re-branding of the company's logo and web site and additional marketing materials. A ticketing system streamlining the workflow of manual orders that flow through the graphics department, potentially reducing the amount of emails and keeping information organized about specific jobs and those involved throughout its production.

I photographed various automobiles, used and new, and recorded vehicle options at various dealerships, maintaining their web site's inventory listing.

My duties were to assist the manager in daily operations, which included ordering new inventory, POS merchandising, cash control, customer service, maintenance, daily reports to station accounts, employee scheduling, staff supervision, and deposits.

Installation and/or repair of hardwood floors, shoe molding, and other trim work.Sanding and finishing

Designed and maintained internal and client Web sites and marketing collateral and mass mailings. Assisted a team of programmers on designing and testing web user interfaces for Business-To-Business/Business-To-Consumer, Request-For-Quote Systems and Web-Based Web Site Building and Maintenance System.Provided in-house support of Windows OS and networking throughout the company, including new computer set-ups, software/hardware installation and data management.Clients: Roanoke Energy, RFQHosting, small/medium web-based businesses

Pre-flighted/designed and printed marketing collateral and internal documents for clients. Programmed variable data into documents used for trade shows and industry meetings. Integral in creating a departmental workflow removing communication errors and bottlenecks between departments and file storage.Worked with a variety of Xerox DocuColor systems, Indigo Digital printers and Xerox DocuTech systems.Provided departmental support of Windows OS/Mac systems, including new computer set-ups, software/hardware installation.Clients: GlaxoWellcome, IBM, PBM

Pre-flighted/designed and printed marketing collateral and internal documents for clients. Assist in archiving of client files.Worked with a variety of Xerox DocuColor systems, Wide-format RasterGraphics Printer and Xerox DocuTech systems. Mounted printed graphics on foam core board and other presentation materials.Clients: GlaxoWellcome, IBM

Pre-flighted/designed artwork for use in screenprinting shirts and hats. Created color separations of artwork. Aligned and mounted separations on acetate to burn screens.