Real-World Experience
My background in both printing and design gives me a unique perspective which I can offer to my training clients. I have held full-time jobs in the following arenas within the design community:
- Technical Document Design
- Production Graphic Design
- Quick-Print Graphic Design/Prepress
- Traditional Litho Preflight
- Large Format Prepress and Design
In an effort to become as versatile and as possible, I have dedicated myself to continually expand my skillset and abilities. Independently, I have also studied:
- History of Typography
- Graphic Design History
- Advanced Software Techniques (Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop)
- Online marketing and search engine optimization
- Artwork recreation (how to professionally recreate artwork such as web logos and publisher files, or any type of printed matter where the original file is either missing, the wrong file format, or not suitable for professional printing).
- Preparing great looking graphics for a variety of applications and outputs (different considerations for designing long documents, presentations and advertisements)
- Streamlining production workflows
- Tips and techiques for designing on a limited budget
- Application-specific training (InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, Photoshop)
Areas of Training
My experience in both quick-print shops and large litho operations has given me years of valuable experience in preparing great looking, great printing documents. I offer training in the following areas.