Chad Griner
Designer/Developer

Print Supervisor
December 2021 – November 2023
Howard Industries, Inc.
Fairview, PA

• Managed workflow, maintenance, and troubleshooting of all direct printed and vinyl-covered signs with a direct team of 4.
• Oversaw equipment including Epson SureColor v7000 uv flatbed, Epson SureColor 80600 54’ Eco-Sol printer, Mimaki fcx1500-100, 2 DCS 7200z uv ADA/UV printers (later upgraded to 2 DCS UV84DTS ADA/UV printers), 2 Graphtec cutters, laminators, laser cutters, and a vision router system.
• Reduced redo rate to below industry standard by instituting industry standard processes.
• Troubleshot particularly difficult print issues and mentored newer employees.
• Covered running any machine during employee time off.
• Problem-solve and help decide which processes to perform to create signs as ordered.

Marketing Coordinator
December 2015 – December 2019
Modern Industries, Inc.
Meadville, PA

• Responsible for creation and coordination of all marketing and design for all 4 companies under the Modern Industries corporate banner.
• Created integrated marketing campaigns involving print advertising, internet advertising, social media, physical mailings, multi stage email on-boarding campaigns, video advertising, trade show appearances, trade show booths and more.
• For all of the above that could not be completed in-house, I coordinated with outside vendors as needed.

Web Developer/Designer
June 2014 – April 2015
Storeymarketing.com
Meadville, PA

• Maintained and updated a variety of websites we hosted on a dedicated VPS.
• Maintained in house server and problem solved all problems digital.
• Design and development of client websites with a focus on responsive websites using the bootstrap and skeleton frameworks.
• Created Magento web stores and edited internal videos using Adobe After Effects.

Web Developer/Designer
Aug. 2013 – Feb, 2014
StogieBoys.com
Northeast, PA

• Maintained and updated web site using Opencart and Magento.
• Help with redesign and relaunch of website for mobile and tablet format.
• Design of website advertising and printed materials.
• Migrated hosting servers twice and migrated data from Opencart to Magento formatted databases.

Web Designer/IT/Web technician/Pre-Press Supervisor
Oct. 2009 – June 2012
Derrick Publishing Co.
Oil City, PA

• Maintained and updated web site using Drupal.
• Workflow and procedure troubleshooting to streamline production.
• Created long term archive solution to replace mircrofilm.
• Redesign of website, added classified mapping features and online only advertising.
• Server, network and workstation maintenance, upgrades and troubleshooting.
• Animation design.

Flash Developer/Designer
Mar. 2009 – May 2009
The Abreon Group
Greentree, PA

• Helped to develop and code e-Learning applications using SCORM v1.2 and ActionScript 2 and 3.

Graphic/Web Designer
Nov. 2008 – Jan. 2009
Black Box Corporation
Lawrence, PA

• Maintained and updated web site through a custom CMS system linked to an SQL database back end.
• Automated image processing workflow through custom Photoshop action and Automator workflow script.
• Designed printed sales flyers..

Pre-Press Manager/IT Manager/Webmaster
2003 – 2008
BCT Pittsburgh
Bethel Park, PA

• Managed pre-press with output that included 1-4 spot color printing, 4-color offset printing, and digital color printing.
• Conducted client meetings at all levels for the design, planning, and execution of web-based ordering strategies. Clients included largest one of BCT's 80+ franchises.
• Retooled workflow and employee training to reduce staffing needs by 33% while increasing overall output from an average of 70-100 jobs a day to on average over 200.
• Trained employees both within the company and on-site. Through training and quality control, reduced overall error rate from 5%+ to 1% or lower, which is well below the industry standard.
• Created and maintained a local on-line ordering system, which is entirely customized with specially formatted template-based productions, database integration and tracking, and multiple authorization levels.
• Maintained all computer hardware, software, and networks within the company. Planned, coordinated purchasing, and installed two rounds of hardware upgrades.
• Designed and implemented comprehensive artwork backup and reordering system.
• Involved with all levels of decision making, planning and installation of 3 new printing systems into our network and workflow. These included a Platestream ColorPlus DTP machine, Xerox Doc 12 and most recently a PressTek DI34 offset press and all support/maintenance systems related with them. These alone added 35% to our networking needs.
• Trained staff on all troubleshooting, maintenance, general use and best practices for use of those machines.

Graphic Designer, Web Designer, and PC - Network Consultant
1997 – Present
Self-employed

• Coordinate and execute print designs ranging from billboards to business cards.
• Provide start to finish web site design, implementation, administration, and training.
• Design and script Flash applications.
• Perform home and small business PC and networking troubleshooting, maintenance, design, and repair.
• Other services include 3D modeling and animation; video editing, compositing, and post processing; and photography.
• Also experienced in concert planning.

Graphics Coordinator/Graphic Designer/Pre-Press/Web Consultant
1999 – 2001
Team Dispatch
Erie, PA

• Met with clients and performed press checks.
• Prepped, corrected, touched up, scanned, edited, color corrected and created any artwork needed for proper output and printing.
• Worked on redesign of company web site.
• Integrated mixed Mac/PC network within department and integrated department network into overall company network.
• Assisted in design and execution of a comprehensive, cataloged backup system for all artwork/projects.

Pre-Press Supervisor/IT Manager
1997 – 1999
Custom Plastic Specialities
Erie, PA

• Progressed from prepping artwork for print to prepress to a supervisory role.
• Evaluated all incoming artwork, assisted with difficult processing, assigned workloads, and met with customers.
• Promoted to IT Manager after I assisted in extensive network upgrades and installation after company expansion.
• After upgrades, our jobs processed per day went from an average of 150 jobs per day to more than 400.
• Created standards for quality control.

IT/Pre-Press
1996 – 1997
Interstate Specialities
Lake City, PA

• Met with clients.
• Processed, fixed, and designed artwork.
• Maintained all computers and hardware.