Flash Designer
Greater Seattle Area
- Past
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- Electronic Prepress Technician at K/P Corp
- Prepress Production Artist at Wright Business Graphics
- Production Artist at Plains Printers
- Graphic Artist at Fresh Fields/Whole Foods Market
- Graphic Artist/Newsletter Layout Editor at Ann Arbor District Library
- Production Artist/Typesetter at Parkman Printing
- Education
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- Bellevue Community College
- Salt Lake Community College
- University of Utah
- Connections
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- Industry
- Computer Games
- Websites
Elaine Powell’s Summary
Graphic Artist with extensive digital pre-press experience.
Elaine Powell’s Specialties:
4-color digital file preparation, small press work, sheet-fed presses as well as web presses.
Elaine Powell’s Experience
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Electronic Prepress Technician
K/P Corp
(Printing industry)
November 2006 — May 2008 (1 year 7 months)
My most recent job was working in a complex digital prepress environment preparing electronic art for a 6-color Heidelberg press as well as several 2-color presses, an HP Indigo press and a Docutech. I used and am proficient in a variety of software programs, including Prinergy, Preps, Adobe Creative Suite, QuarkXpress, Freehand, and specialized in HP YoursTruly Designer to create variable files for the Indigo. I also dealt with complex electronic dies, embossing, foils, envelopes, and other highly
technical processes, which were a part of daily workflow. I am knowledgeable with a Mac or PC. -
Prepress Production Artist
Wright Business Graphics
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Printing industry)
May 2006 — November 2006 (7 months)
I prepared customer files for presses (web and sheet-fed). Files came from various sources and often required complicated methods to work around the problems getting the files to print.
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Production Artist
Plains Printers
(Printing industry)
February 2002 — September 2005 (3 years 8 months)
My position was 60% design - 40% production.
Worked with clients designing brochures, business cards, menus, posters, etc.
Platemaking was awesome. The plate room was secluded and I'd plug in my iPod and dance while making plates. -
Graphic Artist
Fresh Fields/Whole Foods Market
(Retail industry)
December 1995 — April 2000 (4 years 5 months)
Fresh Fields/Whole Foods Market; I created signage, posters, brochures, advertisements, and merchandising displays for the store, utilizing many creative skills. I adhered to strict time management and scheduling procedures, handling many projects at once. I established the position, and trained co-workers on how to request graphic work. Everyone in the store was my boss. I used interpersonal skills to handle the challenges inherent with having ten bosses. I acted as the jack of all design trades and never had a dull moment.
Maintained and produced all signage within store. 12 chalkboards were created every week. Creating sales tags and event posters was the bulk of my daily work.
My claim to fame was the Team Member Endorsements. Employees would volunteer to endorse their favorite products within the store. Endorsement signage with the Team Member's photo and blurb about product would be created and displayed next to product. These endorsements were a great way for our store to connect with the community. -
Graphic Artist/Newsletter Layout Editor
Ann Arbor District Library
(Non-Profit; Libraries industry)
November 1991 — October 1996 (5 years )
Strict deadlines where the norm, which often required a lot of creativity and flexibility. I designed bibliographies, flyers, applications, logos, bookmarks, calendars, newsletters, assisted patrons with computer and software related questions, maintained bulletin boards, exhibits calendar, & readers advisory. The Ann Arbor District Library was voted 'Library of the Year - 1996' (with the help of my award winning designs
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Production Artist/Typesetter
Parkman Printing
(Computer Games industry)
March 1990 — November 1991 (1 year 9 months)
It was a great place to start my career as a designer. I took jobs from an idea to the press, consulted with customers, typeset (Varityper comp/edit 5810), designed jobs, camera work and plate making.
Elaine Powell’s Education
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Bellevue Community College
Associate , Digital Gaming , 2008 — 2010 (expected)
I took every class on Actionscript the school offered.
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Salt Lake Community College
AS , Graphic Design/Illustration , 1987 — 1998
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University of Utah
1983 — 1984
Additional Information
Elaine Powell’s Websites:
Elaine Powell’s Interests:
dance, cycling, music
Elaine Powell’s Groups:
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SCBWI
Elaine Powell’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
