James Reed, Prepress/Graphic Production Artist/Print Production in Villa Park, IL

About

Versatile prepress/production artist with expertise developing original creative solutions through strategic conceptualization and collaboration with clients and team members. Proven aptitude for quick creative thinking with acute attention to detail and the ability to handle demanding solutions/deadlines in a creative environment. Highly organized, detail oriented, customer conscious, resourceful and solution-oriented. Proven skills in management, CSR production, catalog, circular and magazine production, layout and graphic design, prepress technology, production workflows, pre-flighting and typography. Newly acquired skills in website design and programming.

Education

Associates in Offset Lithography Printing/Prepress

Triton College

1985 - 1987

Graphic design, Design for print and production, desktop publishing, prepress

Experience

Graphic Production Artist/QC/Prepress/Online-Team lead

Sears Holdings/IMX

Feb 2016 - Nov 2018 (2 years 9 months)

Graphic Production Artist/QC/Prepress/Online-Team lead * Lead Production artist for the Sears/Kmart circulars and Offshore Hawaii. * Combined design knowledge/style guides, art director's input and marketing information to create multiple page circulars. * Lead QC/Prepress operator for the pre-flighting of jobs to outside vendors, utilizing a pdf print ready workflow. * Created operating procedures for the building of pages and pre-flighting for the production team. * As the team lead I was responsible for managing jobs through various approval/correction stages with internal business units and outside vendors. Including weekly reviews with Art director. * Assisted production manager in her absence. * Built company weekly ad pages for the online portion of the company website.

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@JamesReed19, member since 2018

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Assistant or Associate Professor - Animation

Human Factors Designer