Kirsten Clemes: Apparel Graphic Designer / Production Designer - Print Shop Operator at Rip Curl in Carlsbad, CA

EDUCATION: California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration, 2015 Degree Honors: Cum Laude Cumulative GPA: 3.72 Honors and Awards President’s Honor List (Semester GPA above 3.75): Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012 Dean’s List (Semester GPA above 3.5): Fall 2009, Spring 2010 EXPERIENCE: Canworks, Vista, CA June 2023 - Current Print Production Operator We digitally print artwork on aluminum cans for breweries and beverage companies. Ex. Flying Embers is one of our biggest customers. Rip Curl, San Clemente, CA May 2019 – June 2023 Print Shop Operator & Production Designer Manage the printing of products with various materials for all North American retail stores, including point of purchase, wholesale accounts, and external accounts. Design and print large windows, foam cores, magnets, banners, posters, lightboxes, and table point of purchase. Work on and maintain printers and machines to ensure quality prints are produced. Contact installers and set up window installations to ensure installs are completed in a timely manner. Allocate, pack, and ship all printed products Assist with all company events, including maintaining all marketing materials for such events. Order and research quality print shop supplies and materials to limit company expenses. Rip Curl, San Clemente, CA April 2018 – May 2019 Major Accounts Customer Service Representative Managed all major account orders for Nordstrom, Macy’s, Zappos, Amazon, The Buckle, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Nexcom, Swim Outlet, and Backcountry, and US Coast Guard. Maintained consistent communication with representatives, buyers, and receivers to ensure orders are allocated, produced, and received in a timely manner. Confirmed orders were entered correctly through Electronic Data Interchange and coordinate order transfer to the warehouse for routing and shipping. Uploaded order confirmations and GXS catalog seasonally. Rip Curl, San Clemente, CA March 2015 – April 2018 Electronic Data Interchange and Major Accounts Specialist Led the routing and shipping of all major accounts. Confirmed and invoiced orders. Organized and applied packing slips and UCC-128 labels to cartons. Palletized orders for all major accounts. Operated forklift to load trucks for all product pick-ups. Signal Snowboards, Huntington Beach, CA May 2012 – March 2015 Quality Checker Analyst Inspected and categorized the quality of snowboards. Executed repairs for boards, as well as prepared, finalized, and packaged boards for shipping. Engraved serial numbers for each board. Recorded data into Excel spreadsheets. Signal Snowboards, Huntington Beach, CA May 2010 – May 2012 Graphics Specialist Applied graphics to top sheets and bases by silk screening, hand-painting, and sublimating. Cleaned and prepared screens for printing. Mixed color formulas to match pantones. Adjusted graphics in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. CREATIVE & TECHNICAL SKILLS: Adobe Creative Cloud: Indesign; Photoshop; Illustrator; and Express Procreate: Digital design and painting Versaworks: Design layout and printing Specialize in with working with the following printers: RS-640; HP Designjet Z6200; and RSC-1651LS