Experience

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  SupaColour

  • Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand

  • Sepper

    • Apr 2021 - Present
    • Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand
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  Valpak

  • United States
  • Advertising Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Print Production Artist

    • May 2005 - Present

  • Composer II

    • Sep 2005 - Dec 2017

    • Created new advertising and updated existing advertising for clients all over the US, using supplied mockups or text instruction, adjusting to fit because of course mockups and instructions never account for space accurately.• Became a go-to for other employees on technical software aspects such as image retouching in Adobe Photoshop and more obscure functions in Adobe Indesign. • Became a go-to for a few Customer Service Representatives and Franchises when they had ‘special’ jobs that required a specific look or layout in mind, or wanted more of a guarantee of a good design sent back to them.• Part-time trainer for new employees, mainly in sharing best practices for working quickly and effectively.

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  The Northern News

  • Kaikohe, Northland, NZ

  • Production Artist

    • Jan 2002 - Nov 2002
    • Kaikohe, Northland, NZ

    • Performed layout, editing, altering, and pre-press production of advertisements and copy forfour weekly regional newspapers.• Scanned, edited and color-corrected all photos and art-work for editorial and production.

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  The Northland Times

  • Dargaville, New Zealand

  • Pre-press Specialist

    • Mar 1998 - Dec 2000
    • Dargaville, New Zealand

    • Performed all ad creation, commercial printing layout and prepress .pdf care and repair for alocal newspaper and printing firm.• Performed computer systems troubleshooting, configuration and repairs as required to enablecontinued production in a small shop environment.• Customer service in answ...