Jim Dittmer

Current

Owner and President at JDA Creative
Social Media Marketing consultant at JDA Creative

Past

Advisory Board member at CMUG
Dept advisor and color specialist at Harbor Graphics

Education

St. Olaf College

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Connections

157 connections

Industry

Printing

Websites

Jim Dittmer’s Summary

Recognized expert in color issues as they apply to print and the Internet. Experience spans over 3 decades, with a quarter century involved in digital images-their production, manipulation, and management. In addition to the duties of running a company and being the resident "color guru", he is also an author and educator.

Jim Dittmer’s Specialties:

Photoshop, Color Management issues, color correction and retouching, Social Media, Marketing

Jim Dittmer’s Experience

Owner and President

JDA Creative

(Printing industry)

1994 — Present (15 years )

My duties range from day to day management responsibilities to long range planning and "the Vision Thing". I spend a good deal of time coordinating and facilitating production as a "working manager". Other activities include teaching, writing, and participating in advisory committees for professional and academic groups.
Social Media Marketing consultant

JDA Creative

(Printing industry)

1994 — Present (15 years )

As the Owner of JDA Creative my duties are wide ranging, as one would expect. We are currently developing Social Media and Internet marketing plans for select clients as well as ourselves. Our primary business is communication in print and via the Internet. We facilitate this with a vertical, integrated, color managed system that includes creation/capture, manipulation, output/printing, and marketing assistance.
Advisory Board member

CMUG

(Printing industry)

2001 — 2009 (8 years )
Dept advisor and color specialist

Harbor Graphics

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Printing industry)

May 1992 — September 1994 (2 years 5 months)

Helped create and lead Digital prepress department. Was utilized as a consultant to upper management on technical and marketing challenges as they regarded and were influenced by prepress technologies.