Michelle Ward

Print Production Designer

Michelle is a Chicago native who loves dabbling in different workout classes, sushi any night of the week and, of course, rooting for the Chicago Bears. Michelle is multifaceted, working in both our large format and small format print departments. Emails come flowing in praising her work ethic and positive attitude.

Briefly describe your day to day duties.

We preflight each order to make sure everything checks out before we go to set the final job up to print. We are responsible for printing each job and bringing back to our finishing department to complete each order.

If you could sell/produce more of any service we offer, what would it be and why?

Produce more jobs with animals because I love animals!!

What’s your favorite thing to produce / or see being produced in the shop?

2nd surface mounts to acrylic. They look really good in the end!

Describe your perfect Saturday.

Grocery shopping in the morning, going for a walk in the neighborhood, eating out at a local restaurant and enjoying a movie at night

What three phrases would clients use to describe you?

Tireless, happy, customer service champ.

If your coworkers had to vote you best, most improved, or most likely to do something, what would it be?

Most Likely to be sarcastic

What is your favorite part of working at Cushing?

It’s not just a job; at Cushing you are part of a team.

If you could see any band in concert, at any point in history, who would it be?

Led Zeppelin

What is your favorite video game / board game?

Fav Video Game is Super Mario Brothers lol / Fav Board Game is Personally Incorrect lol