joe monson

About

I've worked in packaging design and production for all of my professional career. I am quick to learn new procedures and enjoy learning from coworkers. I know the importance of maintaining all necessary brand standards of the files produced. I understand that a correctly built file saves time and money therefore ensuring a happy relationship between employer and employee.

Country

united states

City

minneapolis

Industry

marketing and advertising

Skill

indesign, pre press, graphic design, illustrator, layout, adobe creative suite, packaging, graphics, photoshop, art direction, typography, direct mail, brochures, creative direction, image manipulation, print production, page layout

Experience

retired

none at this time

2020-1 - Present · 6 yrs 9 mos

graphic designer

home grown studios

1995-1 - 2005-8 · 10 yrs 8 mos

Graphic designer for private label food brands for Sturm foods, Flavorite, Supervalu and more

lettering artist

p&h photo

1988-1 - 1995-1 · 7 yrs 1 mo

production artist

periscope

2005-8 - 2015-3 · 9 yrs 8 mos

Completing press ready layouts from in house and outside designer’s supplied layouts using Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.

production artist

schawk!

2018-6 - Present · 8 yrs 4 mos

Building press ready files from client supplied materials. Editing copy and linking to in house color corrected graphics to meet client specifications and federal regulations.

prepress production

asap, inc

2015-6 - 2018-2 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Some would have you believe that print is dead, that it has no place in today's communication mix. Print is hardly dead. It is, however being done differently and used more strategically. That's where we come in. ASAP helps marketing executives, print buyers and creatives succeed. Printed collateral, event materials, automated marketing programs and web/print workflow solutions are what we do. How we do though is about a focus on printing what you need when you need it, measuring results and working in concert with other communication tools.There are new ways to get you message across and ASAP is helping it happen for our clients.