Fast, precise production specialist with 20+ years designing and producing print and digital work for major Canadian agencies and national brands. I’m fluent across Adobe Creative Cloud and comfortable owning high-volume layout, retouching, and prepress under tight deadlines.

ARON HARRIS

Fast, precise production specialist with 20+ years designing and producing print and digital work for major Canadian agencies and national brands. I’m fluent across Adobe Creative Cloud and comfortable owning high-volume layout, retouching, and prepress under tight deadlines.

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Fast, precise production specialist with 20+ years designing and producing print and digital work for major Canadian agencies and national brands. I’m fluent across Adobe Creative Cloud and comfortable owning high-volume layout, retouching, and prepress under tight deadlines.

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Head of Art at GGS Ltd.
September 1, 2024 - July 1, 2026
Produced and oversaw output across a high-volume decorated apparel environment covering 8,000+ historical designs and 3,000+ new pieces annually. Owned concept development, revisions, approvals, and final art delivery from brief to press-ready file. Built Illustrator scripts, Photoshop actions, and Adobe CC libraries (fonts, colours, images) to speed up repeatable production work. Created FlashBook (an annual thematic library of 200+ ready-to-customize stock designs) and co-developed StudioStream (AI-assisted artwork generation pipeline for consistent, print-ready output at scale).
Studio Manager / Senior Production Artist / Photographer / Graphic Designer at Lulu Marketing
September 1, 2014 - July 1, 2022
Designed and produced print and digital marketing materials. Executed layout and manual production for print and digital presentations and client mock-ups. Photographed, retouched, and composited campaign imagery, staff headshots, and brand photography. Created simple motion pieces in After Effects; managed the company’s image library and sourced vendors/freelance studio.
Production Artist / Graphic Designer / Video Editor at john st. advertising
December 1, 2006 - February 1, 2013
Produced print and digital advertising for a variety of clients. Led production and design on print ads and POP programs. Retouched photography and prepared colour-corrected, print/web/broadcast-ready artwork; produced mock-ups, colour proofs, and supers. Edited audio and video for agency and client content.
Freelance Production Artist / Graphic Designer
April 1, 2004 - Present
Design and produce print and digital advertising, collateral, direct mail, POP materials, and packaging for agencies including Dentsu, Sid Lee, Grip Limited, TrojanOne, Jackknife, ZiG, Publicis, TAXI, Arnold Worldwide, and DDB Canada. Write copy and design print and digital ads, banners, logos, album artwork, and brochures. Select accounts include Capital One, Coca-Cola, KFC, Acura/Honda, BMO, IKEA, Lipton, Maple Leaf, Molson, Mr. Sub, Rogers, CIBC, LCBO, TELUS, WestJet, Volkswagen, and Dell.

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Media & Entertainment, Manufacturing, Retail, Telecommunications, Financial Services, Education
    Graphic Production

    Here are examples of my graphic production work. This includes image editing, page layout, typography, rolling out existing designs to a variety of sizes and application.

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