RESUME HERBERT F.

BROOKS
Graphic Design | Digital Production | Photoshop | ADobe Illustrator | Web design/development
1826 W. Superior Street :: Chicago, Illinois 60622 | Direct: 312.810.3818 :: Tel: 312.850.1750
graficgod@graficgod.com | portfolio: printdesignchicago.com

SUMMARY
Experienced Graphic Designer/Pre-Press engineer with a strong, team oriented work ethic and exemplary skills.
Twelve year print design veteran with outstanding adaptability and commitment to quality. Able to deploy a wide, varied,
and advanced skill base in virtually any organization with little or no front-end “learning curve” for immediate productivity.

BACKGROUND and OBJECTIVES

Background and formal education in Art, freehand Illustration and graphic design with 12+ years experience in commercial
design and production in industries such as apparel printing/embroidery, signage, wide format graphics, vinyl graphic
applications, stationery/advanced letterpress engraving and embossing, quick printing and web design/development.

PRE-PRESS/DESIGN and software SKILLS

• Prepress techniques and applications for offset printing • Fonts and font formatting, web fonts
• Screen Printing - apparel, signage, flexo • MS Office Suite - Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Wide Format and Vinyl graphic application printing MS Publisher (through v2010)
• Vehicle Wrap / Indoor/Outdoor Display Graphics • Windows OS (WinXP-Win7)
• Digital printing - equipment setup, configuration, maintenance • MAC OS Operating Systems / Applications
• Adobe Creative Suite (through version CS5) • Program and Application Installation
• RIP/Device/Network printing and peripheral setup • Computer Maintenance

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MINUTEMAN PRESS, Chicago, IL...................................................................................................................................................... 2004-2009
Pre-Press Engineer, Graphic Design and Production Quality Control for Offset, Digital & Wide-Format
Employed to assist in the development of a digital print production environment for a small local print shop. Instrumental
in the growth of the organization from $10,000 monthly sales to over $500,000 annually. Duties included: designing/
building/maintaining pre-press, computer and digital printing systems, client interaction, print process quality control
graphic design and post-production.

WERNER PRINTING, Chicago, IL........................................................................................................................................................ 2003-2004

Graphic Designer / Pre-Press Engineer
Designed print/engraving materials, consulted with clients on technical and creative issues. Design and layout of printed
materials. Supervised quality control throughout the pre-press and production process – quality control of film negatives
and printing plates using densitometers.

HOLMES ENGRAVING COMPANY, Lincolnwood, IL............................................................................................................................ 2002-2003

Graphic Designer / Pre-Press Engineer
Designed print/engraving materials as needed, consulting with clients on technical and creative issues. Design and
layout of printed materials. Supervised quality control throughout the pre-press and production process – quality control
of film negatives and printing plates using densitometers.

AIR VIEW GRAPHICS & PRINTING, Houston, Texas......................................................................................................................... 2001 - 2002

Graphic Designer / Prepress Coordinator
Designed print materials as needed, consulting with clients on creative issues, and layout of printed piece(s). Supervised
quality control throughout the pre-press process - proofing of film negatives and printing plates using densitometers.
Planned, deployed and integrated existing technologies with computers, printers, and other devices to update the pre-
press department in software, file and web servers and hardware such as wide format printers, vinyl signage cutters,
and imagesetters.
Streamlined workflow to ensure client satisfaction through scheduling and deadlines. Supervised design team and
prepress production department in completing projects on-schedule.