Matt Borghi

Five years of Web project management and coordination, both with Web application development and content development. Nearly a decade of graphics arts experience, specifically working in printing and production service environments, as well as within online production environments.

Significant work with multimedia, particularly with the consolidation of audio, video and still photography the Web and broadcast media.

Journalistic background with a lot of experiences in copy writing and corporate communications.

Highly creative problem solver with strong aptitude for out-of-the-box thinking.

Matt Borghi’s Specialties:

Film output, offset, letterpress, die-cutting, digital offset, 4-color process, pre-press, storyboarding, letterpress, trapping, XML, PHP, Apache, MySQL, SQL, PERL, CGI, HTML, JavaScript, usability, CSS, WYSIWYG layout tools, Joomla!, Content Management Systems, 508 Accessibility standards, SEO, audio editing, microphone and recording studio, video camera and editing, digital/film camera, interviewing, copywriting, web strategy, PR, marketing, advertising, music composition

Matt Borghi’s Experience

Web Coordinator and Multimedia Specialist

MERS of Michigan

(Financial Services industry)

April 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)

The Municipal Employees' Retirement System (MERS) is a statewide Michigan retirement plan and tax-qualified trust that municipalities may adopt for their employees. MERS offers employee benefit programs: defined benefit, defined contribution and hybrid plans, and group insurance products. MERS serves cities, counties, hospitals, libraries, medical care facilities, road commissions, townships, villages, and similar units of local government.

MERS operated under state government from 1945 until 1996, when MERS became an independent non-profit public corporation. MERS members total approximately 700 municipalities and more than 75,000 individual members and retirees
Printer/Proprietor
The Hand Work Press (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Printing industry)

April 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)

The Hand Work Press is a full-service letterpress print shop based in East Lansing, Michigan. The Hand Work Press exists to provide quality short-run printing and print-related services that emphasize old-world craft and one-of-a-kind handmade uniqueness. We also offer a variety of other printing and bindery services and work in the areas of offset, flexography, thermography, silk screen and apparel printing... No job is too small, or too big.
Partner/Owner

Slo.Bor Media

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Music industry)

2002 — Present (7 years)

Private edition ambient and contemplative music label. Private editions are letterpress printed and/or handmade. Secondary focus on Graphic, Print, Web and Multimedia design.
Music Composer and Producer

Matt Borghi Media & Design

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Music industry)

August 1998 — Present (11 years)

Position focuses on music composition, audio production, soundtrack work, studio engineering, and assembly of finished work.
Prepress Manager/Graphic Designer

Great Lakes Publishing

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

2004 — 2005 (1 year)

Began working as a graphic designer, mostly doing publication design, preflighting and print preparation. Eventually, I became the Prepress Manager, as well, and worked as a liaison with our third-party printers.
Graphic Designer/ Electronic Prepress

A&E Printers and Mailers

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Printing industry)

2003 — 2004 (1 year)

Worked as in-house graphic designer, and electronic prepress support person.
Graphic/Web Designer

SCI, International/ Pet Sitter Videos

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

January 2004 — October 2004 (10 months)

Worked freelance as a graphic and Web designer. I maintained seven different Web sites, as well as designing retail and media packaging, and promotional collateral.
Graphic/Web Designer

Custom Signworks Plus

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Printing industry)

2004 — 2004 (less than a year)

Full-service sign shop, worked freelance doing signage graphic design and construction, as well as developing and maintaining company Web site.
Graphic/Web Designer

AJ Prindle

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

January 2002 — February 2003 (1 year 2 months)

Worked as a contract graphic and Web designer. Work consisted mostly of Web updates to their ecommerce site, maintenance, as well as doing design and layout of a variety of publications and promotional pieces.

Matt Borghi’s Education

Goddard College

BA , Interdisciplinary Arts , 2000 — 2003

BA in Interdisciplinary Arts - with an emphasis on Sound and Design. This cross-media degree exposed me to the multi-media reality of working in the field of design. I worked in print, Web, sound, video and installation art to complete my BA and my Senior Thesis.
Henry Ford Community College

WHFR 2002 — 2002
Oakland Community College

Social Sciences 1994 — 1997
Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts

Associates in Broadcast Arts , Radio Broadcasting-Video-Music Production , 1996 — 1996

Additional Information

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Matt Borghi’s Interests:

Digital Strategy, Web Strategy, Electronic Communications, Web Design, Web Usability, Web Culture, Business, Graphic Design, Letterpress, Packaging Design, Social Media,