Luke Messner

About Luke Messner

TKM is a commercial wide-format digital print shop with an exclusive focus on producing instore retail graphics. If you\'ve shopped in a Walmart, Best Buy, or other major retailer recently, you\'ve probably seen our printed products.We\'re located in Uniontown, Ohio.Our company was founded in 2008. We\'re family-owned with more than 25 fulltime workers.Here are a few features about our company that you might interested in learning more about:We offer a monthly profit-sharing cash bonus program that is split equally among all fulltime employees. Our company is growing. We\'re hoping to double in size before the end of the decade. Company management shares key financial information with all staff on a weekly basis.Every person in our company is assigned to a designated team for the purpose of setting quarterly goals and solving issues.Our company is the kind of place where your voice will be heard, your contribution will be appreciated, and people are nice to each other. This is not a big corporation where people become anonymous cogs in a machine.Our team-based culture is focused on five core values:(1) Push hard every day(2) On it. Own it.(3) Figure it out.(4) Be a great teammate.(5) Keep improving.The purpose of our company is to make life better.

Experience

1. President

   Tkm Print Solutions

   Jan 2016 — Present · Akron, OH, US

   TKM is a rapid, one-stop digital wide-format print and fabrication shop proudly serving customers throughout the Nation from our home here in Akron, Ohio. Our offerings include high-end, color-managed printing and custom acrylic fabrication. We handle full production runs as well as one-offs, prototypes, mock-ups, and custom runs.

Education

• University of Mount Union

  Political Science and Philosophy

  2005 — 2009

Skills

• Business Development
• Wide Format Printing
• Email Marketing
• Brand Development
• Sales
• Advertising
• Organizational Leadership
• Customer Service
• Marketing
• Packaging
• Marketing Strategy
• Offset Printing
• Color Management
• Variable Data Printing
• Budgets
• Direct Mail
• Sales Process
• Business-to-Business (B2b)
• Graphic Design
• Account Management
• Marketing Communications
• Direct Sales
• B2b
• Direct Marketing
• Team Building
• Print Management
• Packaging Design
• Strategic Planning
• Bindery
• Pre-Press
• Volunteering
• Trade Shows
• Competitive Analysis
• Customer Satisfaction
• Sales Management
• New Business Development
• Digital Printing