Stephen O'Blenis, Owner/Designer at Warbucks Design in Plainville, MA

About

I think. I design. I create. I'm graphic designer living in Plainville, MA who has been a graphic designer/manager for the past 16 years working mainly for a large interior signage company serving major clients, as well as running my own t-shirt design business; Warbucks Design. I'd like to thank you for visiting my portfolio of work and you may contact me for all your freelance design needs.

Be sure to follow me on Twitter and Facebook! Here you can find out about all my latest news, t-shirt designs and concepts as soon as they are available: www.twitter.com/WarbucksDesign or www.facebook.com/warbucksdesign.

All of my t-shirt designs include links where they are available for purchase in my online stores: NeatoShop (Free International Shipping): http://www.neatoshop.com/catg/Warbucks-Design & TeePublic: https://www.teepublic.com/user/Warbucks360.

Education

Bachelor's degree Graphic Design

Rhode Island College

1992 - 1997

Experience

Owner/Designer

Warbucks Design

Oct 2014 - Present (10 years 1 month)

• Successfully created a personal t-shirt brand selling over 35,000 tees to date including 300 unique designs.
• Daily social media marketing on the web; updates, contests, submissions & advertising.
• Curator designs for additional t-shirt websites by contacting artists, receiving the art and preparing for print.
• Designed freelance logos for start up companies, athletes and web design.
Graphics Manager/Designer

LSI Graphic Solutions

Apr 2002 - Feb 2016 (13 years 10 months)

• Successfully manage and coordinate graphic design projects using Adobe Suite from concept through completion
on all interior signage for major clients.
• Work closely with sales and clients to create vision, conceive designs and consistently meet clients goals.
• Hands on daily designer while prioritizing and directing ten man graphic team on daily deadlines.
• Illustration, specification drawings, color correction, file formatting, and sending/receiving artwork.
• Directing engineered prototypes in manufacturing shop using CNC programs and routers.
Production Manager

Optamark Printing & Marketing

Jun 2014 - Oct 2014 (4 months)

• Responsible for all retail store and online graphics work while effectively managing and motivating team during
fast paced environment with daily deadlines.
• Illustration, file formatting, sending/receiving artwork, creating print ready artwork, production/printing.
• Work with Optamark online team for logo branding, file creation and creative.
• Manage inventory, printer maintenance, front desk responsibilities, client meetings, team marketing.
Production Manager

SRI Newspapers

Apr 2000 - Apr 2002 (2 years)

• Responsible for production and supervision of all newspaper publications.
• Manage production department while working in contact with sales and editorial staff within strict deadlines.
• Production tasks include ad design, pagination and web work.
• Manage all operational, financial/budget and staffing requirements.
• Perform all Macintosh technical work and troubleshooting.

Skills

Elsewhere on the Web

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On Coroflot

@warbucksdesign, member since 2014

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Stephen O'Blenis

Assistant Professor - Educator, Communication Design, Myron E. Ullman, Jr. School of Design

Systems Administrator, Visible Futures Lab (VFL)