I’m a highly experienced graphic designer and business owner with nearly 30 years of professional packaging and label design experience, specializing in consumer product packaging, dietary supplements, and pet supplement products. I help brands take projects from initial creative concept to production-ready artwork, including accurate placement on printer/manufacturer dielines. I create realistic product mockups and presentation graphics for client review and sales, and I’m advanced in Adobe Creative Suite—especially Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign. I also integrate AI-assisted tools into my workflow to accelerate concept development, image creation, visualization, and production support while maintaining professional brand and production standards.…

Christi Koop - k2graphix.com

I’m a highly experienced graphic designer and business owner with nearly 30 years of professional packaging and label design experience, specializing in consumer product packaging, dietary supplements, and pet supplement products. I help brands take projects from initial creative concept to production-ready artwork, including accurate placement on printer/manufacturer dielines. I create realistic product mockups and presentation graphics for client review and sales, and I’m advanced in Adobe Creative Suite—especially Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign. I also integrate AI-assisted tools into my workflow to accelerate concept development, image creation, visualization, and production support while maintaining professional brand and production standards.…

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I’m a highly experienced graphic designer and business owner with nearly 30 years of professional packaging and label design experience, specializing in consumer product packaging, dietary supplements, and pet supplement products. I help brands take projects from initial creative concept to production-ready artwork, including accurate placement on printer/manufacturer dielines.

I create realistic product mockups and presentation graphics for client review and sales, and I’m advanced in Adobe Creative Suite—especially Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign. I also integrate AI-assisted tools into my workflow to accelerate concept development, image creation, visualization, and production support while maintaining professional brand and production standards.

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Work Experience

Freelance Graphic Designer / Business Owner at K2 Graphix
January 1, 1997 - Present
Self-employed designer providing packaging design, branding, and production services for startups and established consumer product companies. Handles projects from initial creative concept through production-ready artwork, including accurately adapting and rebuilding designs onto printer- or manufacturer-supplied dielines for commercial press production. Creates layered, organized Adobe Illustrator production files and prepares print-ready packaging files that account for bleeds, folds, trim areas, safety zones, and complex packaging structures. Produces vector artwork and typography, performs artwork cleanup, color adjustments, image preparation, and file optimization. Develops packaging line extensions and flavor variations while maintaining brand consistency. Produces realistic product mockups and presentation graphics for client review, marketing, e-commerce, and sales presentations, ensuring artwork accuracy and readiness prior to release.
Freelance Graphic Designer / Business Owner at Self-Employed (K2 Graphix)
January 1, 1997 - Present
Provide professional graphic design, packaging design, branding, and production services for businesses ranging from emerging brands and startups to established consumer product companies. Specialties include consumer product & CPG packaging, label design, food and beverage packaging, dietary supplement packaging, and dog/pet supplement product design. I transform approved creative concepts into accurate, print-ready production artwork, including adapting Illustrator designs onto printer- and manufacturer-supplied dielines. Responsibilities cover handling complex packaging structures (bleeds, folds, trim areas, safety zones), preparing prepress files for commercial printing, organizing layered Illustrator production files, and performing artwork cleanup, color adjustments, and image optimization. I also create realistic product mockups and presentation graphics for client review, marketing, e-commerce, and sales presentations, while maintaining brand consistency across product lines.

Education

Associate in Communication Art at Fullerton College
August 1, 1987 - June 1, 1992

Qualifications

Industry Experience

Consumer Goods, Retail, Manufacturing, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services
    Spektrum Cat Litter

    Client provided AI-assisted cat litter bag concepts. I recreated for press quality printing and put the artwork on the dielines. There were 18 skus, all with different images and color themes.

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    Maxx Herb

    I created and designed all of Maxx Herb’s dietary supplement labels. All products are currently being sold on amazon.

    NordPet Health

    I created the concept and produced the label for printing. Secondary work included a Shopify website and amazon slides for Amazon.com