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Brent . Mac Operator

Senior

Specialties - Magazine, Print Production, Direct Mail, Annual Report, Packaging.

My career began in 1984 when I used the first Macintosh, with an astounding 128k of memory and a black and white screen with pixels the size of my fist, to use Aldus Pagemaker 1.0 to make my first A4 ad.

From there I was hooked and began in a offset/screen printing factory as a Mac Op creating business cards and letterheads where I learnt the entire print process including the lost art of Rubylith masking.

Over the past twenty or so years between permanent and freelancing jobs I have worked in some of the top agencies in New Zealand, across most industries using a wide range of equipment to create final products in what seems like every medium known to man.

I love the thrill of being able to use the latest technology to create something from an idea into a tangible finished product and say I made that.

Key skills

- Indepth knowledge of entire process from brief to print and problem solving at any step to complete the job
- Ability to quickly adapt and learn new software and studio setups
- Able to focus on getting the job done regardless of environment