Alex Barrett: Prepress Technician/Bindery Technician in Portland, OR

Format files from customer or in-house designer for plating for offset printing. This includes proofing, imposition, trapping and addition of printer’s marks. Perform bindery tasks as needed.

Freelanced for various clients creating t-shirt designs, logos, event posters, music packaging, comics, periodical & website illustrations, etc.

Designed posters, brochures, signage, etc. that appears on screen in the feature film Lorelei. Most prominently featured in the film is a back patch/logo that I created for a fictional motorcycle club.

Ran digital and large format printers, performed light maintenance. Mounting and lamination of signage, finishing work on banners. Bindery involving machinery used to fold, cut, perfect-bind, etc. Routinely check jobs for quality during print run, paying close attention to detail and any change in color or printing consistency.