Senior Graphic Designer/Prepress Supervisor at Allegra Print & Imaging - Newberg
Portland, Oregon Area
- Current
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- Senior Graphic Designer/Prepress Supervisor at Allegra Print & Imaging - Newberg
- Past
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- Senior Graphic Designer/ Packaging Designer at Meadowland Corporation
- Senior Graphic Designer / Prepress Supervisor at Vineyard Graphics, Inc.
- Graphic Designer and Estimator at Barclay Press
- Graphic Designer / Branch Manager at Printistry, Inc.
- Education
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- Portland State University
- Portland Community College
- Bodenseehof Bible School
- Newberg High School
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Michael Comfort’s Summary
• Over 20 years of graphics and pre-press experience
• Proficient in PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign and QuarkXpress
• Able to take customer files to press (even from Publisher and Word)
Michael Comfort’s Specialties:
Job Planning
Logo/Identity Design
Hand Lettering
Illustration
Package Design
Book Covers and Page Payout
Product Photography
Illustration
OS X Server set-up
Backup and file archiving
Michael Comfort’s Experience
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Senior Graphic Designer/Prepress Supervisor
Allegra Print & Imaging - Newberg
(Graphic Design industry)
January 2009 — Present (11 months)
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Senior Graphic Designer/ Packaging Designer
Meadowland Corporation
(Consumer Goods industry)
February 2001 — September 2009 (8 years 8 months)
• Packaging and distribution of Oregon-grown grass seed
• Private label and branded packaging
• Nationwide and worldwide distribution
• Offices in England, Greece, Turkey and China -
Senior Graphic Designer / Prepress Supervisor
Vineyard Graphics, Inc.
(Printing industry)
January 2002 — December 2008 (7 years )
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Graphic Designer and Estimator
Barclay Press
(Printing industry)
September 1995 — January 2002 (6 years 5 months)
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Graphic Designer / Branch Manager
Printistry, Inc.
(Graphic Design industry)
June 1987 — August 1995 (8 years 3 months)
Michael Comfort’s Education
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Portland State University
International Studies/Spanish 1986 — 1987
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Portland Community College
AAS , Commercial Art , 1981 — 1983
- Activities and Societies:
- Phi Theta Kappa
"The Bridge" Newspaper Editorial Cartoonist
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Bodenseehof Bible School
Bible 1979 — 1980
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Newberg High School
1975 — 1979
Additional Information
Michael Comfort’s Websites:
Michael Comfort’s Interests:
Macs, mountain biking, photography, learning CSS
Michael Comfort’s Groups:
Newberg Friends Church
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PrintPlanet -
Print Production Professionals -
Portland State University Alumni Association -
Portland Community College Alumni & Friends Network
Michael Comfort’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
