Professional Profile
I am a graphics professional with over 20 years experience in the print and creative technology industry. Managing full scale creative tech-stack implementations; including storage, creative automation, creative technology roadmapping, and enterprise font management strategy. With an extensive background in production design, prepress, color management, brand identity, and creative troubleshooting; I am passionate about asset management, working with pixels, and fixing them when they do not do what we expect of them!
I take pride in my ability to work well under high-stress situations and am a fast learner of new concepts. I am an excellent communicator, skilled listener, and love working in a creative and challenging environment!
In addition, I am also an avid and passionate landscape photographer who always wishes to find more time behind the lens.
Education
Lansing Community College // Graphic Arts
Formal Training
Artwork Systems // Calibration & Color Management
Technical Skills
Adobe Creative Cloud
Photoshop
InDesign
Illustrator
Lightroom
Premier Pro
Media Encoder
Acrobat Pro DC
Creative Cloud Libraries
Enterprise Font Management
Monotype Fonts
Adobe Fonts
Universal Type Server
Color Management
CGS ORIS Color Tuner
Roland VersaWorks
Adobe AEM Assets
Adobe Workfront
Frame.io
Capture One Pro
ON1 Resize
Enfocus Switch
Apago PDF Enhancer
Signiant Media Shuttle
Archiware P5
Microsoft Office
Google Workspace
Expertise
Production Art & Design
(Print / Packaging / Digital)Color Management
(Spot / CMYK / RGB)Asset Management
Creative TechStack Roadmapping
Enterprise Backup/Archival
File Nomenclature Development
Complex Problem Solving
Brand Identity Standards
Workflow Solutioning
Enterprise Font Management Strategy
Creative Storage
Metadata Modeling
High-end Photo Retouching
Experience
Sr Analyst / Digital Marketing - Digital & Creative Solutions Lead
Whirlpool Corporation // Benton Harbor, Michigan
Sep 2021—Present
Deliver and support key tools and processes that are necessary to modernize content and experience generation capabilities for a world class internal agency.
Build and maintain a world class digital ecosystem to support the digital transformation of the company.
Partner with teams to develop technology strategy and solution roadmap, the technical design of solution architecture and the evaluation of short and long-term technology solutions.
Work and align with internal, external and global sponsors on key changes, priorities and strategies to meet business needs and drive business value.
Responsible for detailed requirements and ensuring those requirements can be translated into definable tasks for a development team.
Engage with multiple suppliers and maintain strong relationships.
Contribute to planning for operational activities supporting the business functions applications and infrastructure to establish sustainable plans for end user training / change management and to manage projects and enhancements through the value chain pipeline.
Graphic Specialist
Whirlpool Corporation // Benton Harbor, Michigan
Dec 2013—Sep 2021
Manage pre-production art-file preparation for all internal and external print, packaging and digital projects; including brand styling, font compliance, production best practices, and file integrity.
Run Flight Check on externally or internally provided files.
Responsible for linearization and color management of all output devices.
Produce Epson contract proofs from PDF-X4A.
Prepare comprehensive printed documentation for all outgoing files.
Fulfill file retrieval requests as needed.
Manage art file archiving for both internally and externally produced art files.
Copy externally-provided files to appropriate server.
Prepare low-resolution PDF files for printed literature for online accessibility.
Prepress Technician
Howard Printing Company // Portage, Michigan
Jul 2010—Dec 2013
Processed jobs from DTP applications from preflight to final output.
Create press ready layouts of 4 to 6 colors using preps.
Performed troubleshooting on problem files.
Proofed loose color and performed color corrections.
Xerox Docucolor 5000 operator.
Maintained all prepress equipment.
Prepress Manager
ImagiGrafx // Kalamazoo, Michigan
May 2008—Feb 2011
Manage department of graphic artists, and prepress operators.
Instituted new workflow in order to streamline production.
Trap and RIP files using OPI within an automated workflow.
Linearization and tone reproduction of all output devices.
Color management to ensure stability between proof and press.
Coordinate with customers on supplied graphics in a customer service role.
Current on all aspects of prepress by working regularly working in production.
Research new technologies.
Production Artist
Merchants Publishing Company // Kalamazoo, Michigan
May 2003—May 2008
Processed jobs from DTP applications from preflight to final output.
Composed images and created outlines.
Created press ready layouts from 4 to 6 colors using step and repeat software.
Performed troubleshooting on problem files.
Proofed loose color and performed color corrections.
Archive and catalog files.
Maintained all prepress equipment.
Photographer
e-tography.com // Kalamazoo, Michigan
2015–Present
Since as far back as I can remember, I have had a passion for the world of digital art. I also grew up in a family where my father was fascinated by the beauty of mountain landscapes! Somewhere along the way, those two worlds collided for me and I have dedicated my heart to travel, in search of finding dramatic natural landscapes to capture through the lens of digital photography. My hope is that I am able to present these images in an interesting and unique way.