jomel V.
Senior Prepress Specialist
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Jomel V. is a Process Prepress Expert and prepress designer with extensive experience in the printing, packaging, and label production industries. He has prepared print-ready files and artwork for leading companies, handling a variety of materials such as stickers, labels, and packaging for clients in Australia, the US, and Asia-Pacific, including accounts like P&G. His expertise spans Adobe software, Esko plug-ins, Pitstop preflight, and Kodak Preps, enabling him to manage tasks such as color separation, proofing, and prepress troubleshooting. Jomel has worked with offset, digital, silk screen, retrogravure, and letterpress printing procedures, overseeing everything from copy-fit to quality gatekeeping. He collaborates with both internal stakeholders and printer suppliers, acting as a primary contact for prepress process topics and ensuring files meet printer specifications and brand guidelines.
Experience
Process Prepress Expert
Outsorced · 2025 — 2026Handles print-ready file preparation aligned with printer specifications and brand guidelines, utilizing Esko plug-ins and Adobe software for pre-press tasks. Oversees copy-fit of supplied mastertext, carries out color separation, retouching, and proofing, and enforces quality checks for print feasibility and design consistency by referencing printer specifications, historical data, and print tendencies. Facilitates communication with internal teams and printer suppliers and is the main resource for process-related questions focusing on prepress.Process Prepress Expert
Kartdavid · 2025 — PresentManages various sticker and label projects based on customer specifications, working with diverse materials such as clear, heavy-duty, eco-friendly, holographic, silver, eggshell, biodegradable, and gold stickers. Responsible for creating proof files, advising on style, designing die cuts, and suggesting solutions to issues found in client-provided art. Executes file preparation using techniques such as bleeds, cutlines, trapping, variable data, sheet layout, white ink base, reverse printing, and manual file imposition for different media sizes. Prepares files for print approval and release.Prepress designer
Henkel Asia Pacicific · 2020 — 2025Prepares prepress files for a variety of materials, ensuring compliance with offset and digital printing processes. Involves Pitstop preflight, PDF workflows, alignment, registration, bleeding, margin configuration, and troubleshooting. Uses Kodak Preps, Signa, and Prenict cockpit for imposition tasks, applies variable data via Indesign, and addresses file manipulation needs. Designs materials per client requirements.Prepress designer
ADPOST Australia · 2018 — 2022Prepares artwork for accounts including P&G and P&G CMS across Toronto and Marietta, as well as for new build artwork for other clients. Applies prepress treatments for Retrogravure, Letterpress, Offset, Silk-screen, and Digital Art. Checks image quality for color and resolution as per printer requirements. Develops len files for plate creation, uses ESKO STUDIO to align all design elements, and employs ESKO PILOT for art validation. Applies trap, bleed, rollover, and printer technical specifications, collaborating with various printer types in the US.Graphic Designer
Graphics Zoo · 2018 — 2020Creates and validates print-ready PDFs for book labels and a variety of printing applications, ensuring press specification compliance. Develops and maintains Enfocus PitStop automation workflows, manages file correction, preflight, color space conversion, and output consistency requirements. Prepares files for binding methods such as saddle stitching and perfect binding, factoring in creep, bleed, spine calculations, and imposition. Applies advanced prepress techniques for finishing processes, including trapping adjustments, foil stamping setup, layer separation for emboss/deboss, and lamination specification.Production Artist 2
SGS Co · 2017 — 2018Produces visuals and graphics for digital and print media, creating artwork such as logos and product illustrations. Selects colors, images, text styles, and layouts according to client input, collaborates with teams to meet design briefs, maintains organized file structures for assets, ensures secure backups, and uses version control for design projects.Production Artist
SGS Co · 2014 — 2017Develops creative visuals, layouts, and illustrations for both digital and print mediums, including logos, banners, infographics, and presentations. Maintains structured file organization and naming conventions, enables file access for team members and clients, works closely with project teams, and participates in design reviews and project prioritization, ensuring consistency in style and accurate proofing.
Skills & Expertise
Education
- COMPUTER SYSTEM DESIGN AND PROGRAMMINGAMA clc Paco, Pedro Gil · — — 2007
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