Tom Cantey Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Greater Los Angeles

Baker Brand Communications, Jadi Communications, The Designory, theLabLA

Santa Monica, Ca

Sole staff production artist with varied responsibilities:• Created precise, printer-ready mechanical files for multiple annuals over a short time frame each year.• Refined new logos, and then adapted for multiple file formats and color spaces.• Produced interactive digital magazines, reports, and brand books.• Tackled large format mechanicals for environmental graphics and trade shows.• Created aesthetically pleasing presentations in PowerPoint and Keynote. • Built sturdy templates in PowerPoint and Word for clients’ use.• Managed fonts, color palettes, and other digital assets, as well as archives.• Assisted in the creation of the company’s new website, www.bakerbrand.com, in Wordpress, uploading and styling much of the text, reformatting and optimizing the imagery, and creating sliders.

Greater Los Angeles

Worked on signage, wall wraps, flyers, and more, for companies such as Herbalife, Sargent & Berman, Schawk, Creative Direct Marketing Group, and Baker Brand Communications. Adapted quickly to their systems and practices. Asked intelligent questions. Gave them my best on a daily basis.

Santa Monica, Ca

Lead production artist with responsibility for national print ads and outdoor for Honda and Farmers Insurance, among others, for over a decade. Prior to that, lead production artist with responsibility for the full line of Honda and Acura automobile brochures, supervising other production artists as needed.• Collaborated closely with numerous art directors (and ACDs and CDs), helping them to realize their visions. Provided them with a high standard of typographical refinement. Adapted their layouts to multiple sizes and executions, minimizing the drain on their time and efforts.• Consistently and routinely produced technically accurate and precise mechanicals to the specifications provided by print production.• Followed up with print production and project management to resolve any questions regarding specs, copy and art.• Juggled numerous projects simultaneously, prioritizing by deadline and job complexity, creating high quality work surprisingly fast.• Researched and provided tips and technical insights to fellow production artists on a casual and ongoing basis.• Maintained an up-to-date logo archive, and a logically organized archive of studio files.

Los Angeles, Ca

At various times, but for extended periods each:• Managed shifts of ten employees or more: typesetters, mark-up, proofreaders, cameramen, drivers and other support personnel; all of us working together to complete large volumes of work of high quality on very tight deadlines.• Typeset (with fellow studio artists) full lines of Honda and Toyota brochures.• Prepared job specifications for typesetters. Identified typefaces.• Proofread for typography (size, lead, font, kerning, rag, etc.), and for copy (typos, grammar, etc.).