Production Artist / PrePress 2
March 2014 - Up to present
Responsible for preparing artwork for P&G and P&G CMS, Toronto, and Marietta. Supporting other accounts for creating new build artwork. Application of prepress treatment on Final Art (Retrogravure, Letterpress, Offset, Silkscreen, Digatal Art.
Checking all images issues, color and resolution are on the specification of the printer. Creating len file that will be used to create a plate for the printer. Creating visual using ESKO STUDIO to ensure all elements fall inside the printed area, avoiding the misalignment of all elements to fall on cutting and perforation of box or label.
Checking of art using ESKO PILOT to avoid missing text, color, and images. Applying trap, bleed, rollover, and technical specifications for the printer.
Oct 2020 - Up to present
Working on all types of stickers for customer requirements Creating a proof file and suggesting the best style for the client. Creating best die to be used for cutting the images. Applying white ink to the artwork. Suggesting solutions that have been encountered while working on art, provided by the client. Preparing approved file to release on the printer.
December 2018 - Oct 2020
Create images that identify a product or convey a message. Develop graphics for product illustrations and logos. Select colors, images, text style, and layout. Incorporate changes recommended by the clients into the final design. Review designs for errors before printing or publishing them.
Graphic Artist / Graphic Designer -
BJ Santiago INC.
July 2013 - January 2014
Color Separation (artwork and photographs split into component plates of the four colors cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (CMYK) in preparation for process printing). Produced marketing communication materials including brochures, logos, tarpaulin, posters, decals, and stickers. Ensures that standards of sizes, colors & alignments of the company logo of our clients are strictly followed.
Ensure that elements in designs/advertisements/stickers to be installed in buses, trucks, and car wraps are fully aligned and shall not be cut by any matter once it was installed and this would need strict coordination with the installer and sales coordinator with regards to dimensions. Coordinate on final printed products with the printer/production to ensure accuracy and overall quality. Send mock-up & proposed layouts on clients for approval & checking of E-mails.
Graphic Artist / Graphic Designer
St. Jude Graphics
August 2012 - June 2013
Designing customer needs and transferring them to CTP or Negative.
Graphic Artist / Graphic Designer
July 2009 - June 2012
Build creative, clean advertisement, utilizing Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator. Prepare layout intuitively placing art and text based on the specific instructions and requests from client and sales representatives. Van, Car, and Truck Sticker Wrapping design and installing.
College: AMA clc Paco, Pedro Gil
Course: COMPUTER SYSTEM DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING
Secondary: Manuel A. Roxas High School