Image Craft Welcomes Jon Heiskell

March 30, 2016

Author: Eric Rutin

Image Craft is excited to welcome John Heiskell to our sales team.  Jon brings a tremendous background and experience in the large format industry. He began his career in the back of the shop  learning the trade in production and prepress.  In fact, Jon started his career in graphic communications at the tender age of 16.  Jon gained valuable knowledge and understanding of the entire printing  process that solidified his expertise in color management and ability to provide efficient and creative solutions to his clients when he transitioned to sales.

While Jon enjoys working with a variety of clients in various verticals, his passion lies with projects that are multilayered requiring him to develop a graphic solution that uses all of his knowledge. The more complex  and the more substrates involved, the better as far as he is concerned. Jon knows how to consult with his clients to choose the right material, printed with the correct printer, with the appropriate attention to color that maximizes clients’ budgets large and small.

Jon made the decision to join our team when he toured our facility and saw the breadth of our capabilities. On his first day at Image Craft he said he was most excited about the ability to now confidently tell clients “Yes, we can do that!”.

While Jon tends to be a gearhead hanging out with the print operators talking specs, when he is away from the office he enjoys exploring Arizona. He is a born and bred Arizonan and takes tremendous pride in the state.

We are excited for Jon to represent Image Craft and know his clients. If you think Jon would be a good fit for your projects or you just want to wish him well, he can be reached at jheiskell@imcraft.com.

 

Image Craft’s New Logo Revealed!

We’ve posted hints and sneak peeks at our new logo and changes to come with an all new web site (coming soon!), but one might wonder why all the changes and efforts at recrafting our image.  Simple, really – we’ve evolved.

Over its 33 year history, Image Craft has evolved from a company that provided photo laboratory services into a full service graphic solutions provider.  Established in Doug Olson’s garage in 1979, Image Craft now offers a full range of large format printing, themed environments, and fine art/photographic reproduction services housed in a 60,000 square foot state of the art facility headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, with a second location in Denver, CO. As the premier graphics printer in the Southwest, our nationwide client base includes restaurants and retailers, museums and galleries, arenas and major league sports franchises, plus everything in between. No project is too big or too small; hence, our company slogan, “Any image. Any size. Anywhere.”

PRESS RELEASE: Image Craft Transforms Pepsi Center for NCAA Women’s Finals

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March 27, 2012

IMAGE CRAFT SELECTED FOR MAJOR INSTALLATION OF BRANDING FOR NCAA WOMEN’S FINALS AT DENVER’S PEPSI CENTER

DENVER, COLO. – Image Craft (which recently acquired Qube Visual, the official signage provider for Pepsi Center), a graphic printing, fine art reproduction and themed-environment company, will be transforming the interior and exterior of Pepsi Center, the Colorado Convention Center and the five host hotels for the NCAA^® Women’s Final Four^®, with the installation of large-scale graphics and production of team-specific signage.

The installation will begin Sunday morning and continue for an estimated five days in order to be finished before the semifinals April 1. The interior of Pepsi Center will be completely transformed to reflect the event’s and teams’ branding.

Image Craft was selected by Sport Graphics of Indianapolis, the design agency of record for the NCAA that oversees the décor project management, production and installation for all of the organization’s 89 championships, to do the team-specific graphics and the complete installation. Preparations and coordination have been going on for the past month and the company plans to have the interior work on the arena finished by Wednesday.

“We are excited to partner with the NCAA, Sport Graphics and Pepsi Center to execute this installation for the Women’s Final Four,” says Krik Krikorian, account executive for Qube Visual and now Image Craft. “Based on our capabilities and experience working with Pepsi Center, this is a natural fit for us.”

Aaron Wright, installations manager for Image Craft, says, “Given the sheer size of the project and short amount of time allowed for set-up, we have a crew of 10 in addition to myself with lots of aerial equipment scheduled to work 10 hours a day. Weather permitting, we are anticipating a smooth installation; this is what we do.”

Image Craft is a full-service, leading-edge visual communications company that provides consulting, concept, design, production, delivery and installation for solutions in printing, fine art reproduction and themed environments. Headquartered in Phoenix, Ariz., since 1979, Image Craft serves a wide range of clients nationwide. For more information, visit www.imcraft.com.

PRESS RELEASE: Image Craft Announces Acquisition of Qube Visual (Denver)

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March 14, 2012

IMAGE CRAFT ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF QUBE VISUAL, LAUNCHING EXPANDED GRAPHIC AND FABRICATION SOLUTIONS TO DENVER BUSINESSES

DENVER, COLO. – Image Craft, a graphic printing, fine art reproduction and themed-environment company, announced today the acquisition of Qube Visual, a Denver-based signage and graphics company in business since 1982.

 The acquisition will allow Image Craft, with a sales office in Denver since 2005, an opportunity to leverage Qube Visual’s extensive client base, including the Pepsi Center, providing more solutions than Qube Visual was able to do alone, while allowing Image Craft to have a production facility to more directly serve Denver clients.

“We’re excited about expanding in Denver,” says Doug Olson, President of Image Craft. “We’re seeing increased activity in their marketing and professional sector, indicating the area’s confidence in the economy. When the opportunity to merge our extensive capabilities and relationships with Qube’s reputation and client base, we knew there was a strong opportunity for growth.”

Image Craft has been planning to expand in Denver prior to talks about acquiring Qube Visual. Based in Phoenix, AZ., Image Craft plans to keep the Denver sales team as well as the majority of Qube Visual employees on staff.