Experience

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  Southeast Printing and Mailing

  • Lexington, Kentucky, United States

  • Graphics & Production Designer

    • Nov 2021 - Present
    • Lexington, Kentucky, United States

    • Conceptualizes and executes innovative designs for diverse print materials, including brochures, banners, packaging, and promotional items.• Collaborates with clients and internal stakeholders to understand project objectives and translate them into compelling visual solutions.• Implements best practices in print production, including color management and file preparation, ensuring accurate and high-quality final products.• Establishes and maintains strong relationships with print vendors, leading to efficient communication and successful project outcomes.• Manages multiple projects simultaneously, meeting tight deadlines while maintaining a high standard of work.

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  Chris Snider Graphics

  • United States

  • Independent Graphic Designer

    • Jun 2006 - Present
    • United States

    Develops visual concepts, coordinates images with copywriters and art directors, and creates visual assets to be used in marketing campaigns, websites, and printed materials.• Current managing-admin of several e-commerce websites built on the WordPress platform• Experience designing and building WordPress websites• Extensive experience managing, designing, and preflighting print production files• Layout, typography, and design of brochures, flyers, posters, banners, magazines, booklets and more• Branding experience; including logos, stationery, printing, marketing campaigns, and more

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  Ferm Solutions Inc

  • Danville, Kentucky, United States

  • Web Designer, Administrator

    • Jun 2021 - Present
    • Danville, Kentucky, United States

    Management, updating and maintenance for www.ferm-solutions.net

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  Wilderness Trail Distillery

  • Danville, Kentucky, United States

  • Graphic Web Designer

    • Jun 2021 - Nov 2023
    • Danville, Kentucky, United States

    Management, updating and maintenance for www.WildernessTrailDistillery.com (Prior to Campari Acquisition).

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  Thoroughbred Printing

  • Lexington, Kentucky, United States

  • Graphic Designer, Prepress Manager

    • Nov 2019 - Nov 2021
    • Lexington, Kentucky, United States

    Responsible for preflight, graphic design, reproduction, proofs, digital printing and graphics correspondence with clients. In charge of prepress and printing of degrees, diplomas, and certificates for all 16 colleges in the KCTCS college system.• Implemented ordinal dating algorithm in degree ordering form, improving degree prepress time by 54%• Improved overall prepress time by 17%• Developed direct file upload feature on the website, eliminating need for FTP transfer

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  Xerox

  • Versailles, Kentucky

  • Print Production and Design Manager

    • Apr 2018 - Jun 2019
    • Versailles, Kentucky

    Primary design and communications contact for print media ordered by 17 college campus locations in the KCTCS college system. Management of production scheduling, production, shipping, and mail room.• Managed 100 print jobs in an average week• Coordinated production scheduling to meet deadlines of 17 individual college campuses• Oversaw a small design and production team to coordinate production and mail processes

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  American Fuji Seal

  • Bardstown, Kentucky

  • Graphic Designer / Repro Artist

    • Apr 2017 - Apr 2018
    • Bardstown, Kentucky

    Customer service, graphics and prepress production for grocery shrink labels; fortune 500 accounts including Dannon, Proctor & Gamble, Kraft, Kroger, Walmart, Welch’s, and more.•Pre-distortion of shrink label graphics• Quality control and inspection• Oversight of error resolution• Directed client press approval process

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  Sky Unlimited Inc

  • Nicholasville, Kentucky

  • Graphic Designer

    • Nov 2013 - Apr 2017
    • Nicholasville, Kentucky

    Art evaluation, client advisement, proofing, prepress, and output for printing on promotional dinnerware items.• Quality control and inspection• Prepress for screen, pad, offset, and digital print methods• Assisted with implementation of an autonomous, 93% paperless workflow

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  ACE Weekly

  • Lexington Kentucky

  • Graphic Design Intern

    • Aug 2011 - Jan 2013
    • Lexington Kentucky

    • Developed creative graphics for the print and web publications: photo and video, print, email design, web banners, sidebars, cover images, logos, watermarks, event calendars and more• Created the ACE watermark for branded media by Ace. Still in use, seen at www.aceweekly.com