I’m a Senior Graphic Designer, Production Artist, and Creative Production Specialist with nearly 30 years of experience transforming ideas into polished, production-ready creative for print, digital, and physical products. My work combines concept development, graphic design, production art, prepress, quality assurance, and creative workflow optimization. I enjoy taking projects from the earliest stages of design through final production, ensuring every asset is visually strong, technically accurate, and ready for execution. Throughout my career, I’ve partnered with marketing teams, designers, sales, production departments, and clients to create compelling visual communications while building efficient systems that improve consistency, quality, and speed. I’m equally comfortable developing original creative, refining existing designs, preparing complex production files, troubleshooting technical challenges, or introducing AI-assisted and automated workflows that eliminate repetitive tasks while preserving creative judgement. In addition to design and production, I’m a professional photographer with more than a decade of experience specializing in live music, events, commercial imagery, and visual storytelling. That experience has strengthened my understanding of composition, branding, lighting, and image quality throughout the creative process. Core strengths include: • Graphic Design & Visual Communication • Production Art & File Preparation • Adobe Creative Cloud • Print Production & Prepress • Typography & Layout Design • Branding & Marketing Collateral • Creative Workflow Development • AI-Assisted and Automated Workflows • Image Editing & Retouching • Photography & Visual Content Creation • Collaborative Teamwork & Communication I’m known for being a dependable, collaborative teammate who enjoys solving problems, sharing knowledge, and helping creative teams deliver exceptional work. I’m always interested in collaborating with organizations that value thoughtful design, technical excellence, and efficient creative execution, whether on freelance projects, contract engagements, or full-time opportunities.

Aron Harris

I’m a Senior Graphic Designer, Production Artist, and Creative Production Specialist with nearly 30 years of experience transforming ideas into polished, production-ready creative for print, digital, and physical products. My work combines concept development, graphic design, production art, prepress, quality assurance, and creative workflow optimization. I enjoy taking projects from the earliest stages of design through final production, ensuring every asset is visually strong, technically accurate, and ready for execution. Throughout my career, I’ve partnered with marketing teams, designers, sales, production departments, and clients to create compelling visual communications while building efficient systems that improve consistency, quality, and speed. I’m equally comfortable developing original creative, refining existing designs, preparing complex production files, troubleshooting technical challenges, or introducing AI-assisted and automated workflows that eliminate repetitive tasks while preserving creative judgement. In addition to design and production, I’m a professional photographer with more than a decade of experience specializing in live music, events, commercial imagery, and visual storytelling. That experience has strengthened my understanding of composition, branding, lighting, and image quality throughout the creative process. Core strengths include: • Graphic Design & Visual Communication • Production Art & File Preparation • Adobe Creative Cloud • Print Production & Prepress • Typography & Layout Design • Branding & Marketing Collateral • Creative Workflow Development • AI-Assisted and Automated Workflows • Image Editing & Retouching • Photography & Visual Content Creation • Collaborative Teamwork & Communication I’m known for being a dependable, collaborative teammate who enjoys solving problems, sharing knowledge, and helping creative teams deliver exceptional work. I’m always interested in collaborating with organizations that value thoughtful design, technical excellence, and efficient creative execution, whether on freelance projects, contract engagements, or full-time opportunities.

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I’m a Senior Graphic Designer, Production Artist, and Creative Production Specialist with nearly 30 years of experience transforming ideas into polished, production-ready creative for print, digital, and physical products.

My work combines concept development, graphic design, production art, prepress, quality assurance, and creative workflow optimization. I enjoy taking projects from the earliest stages of design through final production, ensuring every asset is visually strong, technically accurate, and ready for execution.

Throughout my career, I’ve partnered with marketing teams, designers, sales, production departments, and clients to create compelling visual communications while building efficient systems that improve consistency, quality, and speed. I’m equally comfortable developing original creative, refining existing designs, preparing complex production files, troubleshooting technical challenges, or introducing AI-assisted and automated workflows that eliminate repetitive tasks while preserving creative judgement.

In addition to design and production, I’m a professional photographer with more than a decade of experience specializing in live music, events, commercial imagery, and visual storytelling. That experience has strengthened my understanding of composition, branding, lighting, and image quality throughout the creative process.

Core strengths include:
• Graphic Design & Visual Communication
• Production Art & File Preparation
• Adobe Creative Cloud
• Print Production & Prepress
• Typography & Layout Design
• Branding & Marketing Collateral
• Creative Workflow Development
• AI-Assisted and Automated Workflows
• Image Editing & Retouching
• Photography & Visual Content Creation
• Collaborative Teamwork & Communication

I’m known for being a dependable, collaborative teammate who enjoys solving problems, sharing knowledge, and helping creative teams deliver exceptional work. I’m always interested in collaborating with organizations that value thoughtful design, technical excellence, and efficient creative execution, whether on freelance projects, contract engagements, or full-time opportunities.

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Head of Art at GGS Ltd.
September 1, 2024 - July 31, 2026
Directed all creative output for a high-volume Canadian apparel manufacturer, leading internal and external designers and serving as the primary liaison between Sales, Art, and Production. Owned concept development, revisions, approvals, and final deliverables while managing a workflow that supported 8,000+ historical designs and generating 3,000+ new pieces annually. Built and enforced company-wide SOPs, quality standards, templates, and design rules. Engineered the Art Department’s full workflow across SharePoint and Adobe CC, including folder/naming conventions, standardized constraints, designer assignment tracking, and real-time task logging feeding reporting for accurate scheduling and workload planning. Developed automation tools (Illustrator scripts, Photoshop actions) and Adobe CC libraries to standardize fonts, colours, and assets. Co-developed an AI-driven artwork generation system (StudioStream) with prompt frameworks, rulesets, error-proofing, and constrained, print-read
Studio Manager / Senior Production Artist / Photographer / Graphic Designer at Lulu Marketing Communications
September 1, 2014 - July 31, 2022
Designed and produced print and digital marketing materials including social media, email, DMs, and signage for Scotiabank and Walmart Financial. Executed layout and manual production for digital and print presentations, produced print/digital mock-ups for client approvals, and created simple motion pieces using Adobe After Effects. Maintained and managed company computers, backups, and network infrastructure; managed and organized the company image library; sourced suppliers and production vendors; hired and coordinated freelance studio staff. Conceptualized, photographed, and designed content for social channels, retouched and composited photography for campaigns and internal use, and styled/photographed staff headshots and brand imagery.
Production Artist / Graphic Designer / Video Editor at john st. advertising
December 1, 2006 - February 28, 2013
Collaborated with Art Directors and Creative Directors to design and produce print and digital advertising for clients including AstraZeneca, Moosehead, Corby, Winners, Tetley, Maple Leaf, The Bay, Suzuki, Mitsubishi, Prime Restaurants, and Kruger Paper Products. Edited audio and video for internal agency and client-facing content. Acted as production and design lead on newspaper ads, POP programs, and logos for Suzuki. Produced digital and print pitch and presentation materials, retouched photography, and prepared color-corrected artwork for web, print, and broadcast. Created digital/print mock-ups, color proofs, and supers for campaign materials.

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Manufacturing, Retail, Financial Services, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services