Warren Bensken Email & Phone Number

Greater Philadelphia Area

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Manage a small team of graphic artists at a fast-paced screen printing shop as well as freelance designers working off-site. Assign and assist them with a variety of projects in print and digital media.• Maintain a work-flow that enables the art department to consistently meet production deadlines for a shop that produces over $1,000,000 in sales annually. • Design custom apparel graphics for a wide range of clients. Communicate with customers from idea development to revisions.• Responsible for quality control and finding print solutions during the pre-press stage. • Work closely with the sales, office, and production staff throughout the various stages of producing products for our customers. • Directed the re-branding of the business throughout the creation of a new logo, website, and other marketing materials. • Created the logo and branding for the LIGHTBOX™ program "...a collaboration between 40 North and Weiskamp Screen Printing that rotates site-specific installation art in Weiskamp's highly visible retail window space facing Neil Street."• Designed a limited edition t-shirt for the Pygmalion Festival, "...a multi-day festival...which takes place in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois every September. Local bands are showcased along with national touring acts such as Of Montreal, Man Man, Yo La Tengo, Andrew Bird, Wavves, Black Mountain, Iron & Wine...". Weiskamp partnered with the Pygmalion Festival to operate a live screen-printing booth offering festival-goers the chance to buy a limited edition festival t-shirt or tote bag and watch it printed on demand.• Designed a poster and hosted a live screen printing demo at the Urbana-Champaign Mini Maker Faire.• Partnered with other employees and put on screen printing demos at local elementary schools and for other youth programs. • Assisted other professional printers during community poster printing workshops.

Champaign, Il

• Member of a small print team assisting in every stage of the screen printing process: prepping screens for the press (coating with emulsion, exposing designs, taping and proofing for errors), setting up the press (manual and automatic), printing assorted garments, packaging and inventory at the end of a run, cleaning and reclaiming screens.• Worked as a graphic designer responsible for creating daily designs for our customers and assisting the art director with in-house projects.• Developed product lines exclusively for bars, restaurants, and wineries throughout the U.S. • Created and maintained a weekly email marketing program. • Helped our customers throughout the ordering process.• Assisted in organizing and maintaining a production schedule. • Helped establish and generate exclusive content for a retail store.

Champaign, Illinois

• shadowed various designers throughout meetings and projects.