Daniel . Mac Operator

Daniel . Mac Operator

Senior
Specialties - Typography, Print Production, Packaging, Collateral, Brand Guidelines.

Started working on Macs in 1988. Studied fine art (BA) in the early 90s and I’ve been a Mac fanatic ever since.

I’m great when it comes to getting a creative idea onto a Mac and ready for production or web. Often making it look better than the client ever imagined and then taking a project right through to finished art stage – ready for print or front-end web. Design flair, clean white space, strong typography, speed and accuracy are core to my style and work ethic. If I had $10 dollars for every time I’ve heard the phrase “Dan, please make this look great”…

I use InDesign, Illustrator and PhotoShop (CS5) and MicroBlah software when I have to.

Nowadays I work as a Senior MacOp, Freelancer and run a successful Mac studio from my home base in Auckland.

I have a G5 Tower, MacPro 2 xDual Core Xeon Tower, MacBookPro 17” and a mobile studio setup.I have the gear and can come to you in my Stealth Bomber Jeep Cherokee. One legal copy of CS4 and two legal copies of Adobe CS5 Premium Design.Locked, loaded and ready.

Key skills

- 15 years of experience working with Adobe
- Fast and deadly accurate
- A keen eye for fonts and typography

Software I know well

- Illustrator +++++

- Photoshop +++++
- Indesign +++++

3 recent places I’ve worked

- New Zealand INVESTOR magazine (monthly)

- bnz (Partners division internal and external)
- JMI Aersopace (rebranding and front end software design – ACTIS II)

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