Aspen Kelly

Graphic Artist for Beaverton, OR, August 2024: Edited and prepared artwork for printing, ensuring production-ready formats and color accuracy across printing processes, supporting brand and packaging projects.

Oversee the entire process of preparing products for branding, engraving and repackaging post-branding. Operate and maintain two laser engravers, a cylindrical screen printer, an apparel screen printer, a pad printer, conveyor oven, and exposure units. Edited customer-provided art files using Adobe Illustrator to ensure optimal print quality on diverse Planetary Design products. Managed multiple projects with tight deadlines in a high-volume production environment, adhering to level of quality expected.

Utilizes current graphic design technology to produce imagery for the flexographic print industry, originating design, art and copy layouts. Determine style, size and arrangement of type and illustrations; provided instructions or directly assembled final layout for printer. Support effective print plate production and shipping operations. Translate approved designs into production-ready die lines, ensuring precise execution of mechanical files and adherence to print specifications. Oversee color matching and Pantone-to-INX conversions, maintaining consistency of mechanical files and adherence to print specifications. Re-create client artwork when original art was not up to spec.