Joan Escover, founder and owner of JP Graphics was recently featured as part of a month-long campaign from the Silicon Valley Organization #SVOWomen campaign. Check it out and read about some of the amazing business women that happen to also be SVO members and staff. Recently, local small business owner Joan Escover was featured. She is an amazing business woman, runs JP Graphics and is highly involved with The Silicon Valley Organization. Read excerpts from the article:
Name: Joan Escover
Company: JP Graphics, Inc.
Profession: Printer/Communications Professional
How long has your business been a part of TheSVO?:
10 years
Why is it important to your business to be a part of The SVO?
I enjoy the networking AND more importantly the education – especially the Monthly Breakfasts … really helps in your ability to know what is going on in Silicon Valley.
What was your first job like?
I got my first job at Wendy’s on my 16th Birthday. I have never worked that hard again. But you do appreciate working with the public and what its like to clean up after someone who doesn’t care … So I teach my children to CARE and be respectful of everyone’s things.
Describe your current job.
I run a large printing company that covers the whole realm of print – from digital to offset to specialty finishing like foils and letterpress. We have 45 employees that are true craftsmen, and I am proud to be a woman-owned business in a male-dominated industry.
What has been a career high point for you thus far?
Surviving the Dot.com Bust. A LOT of printers didn’t. I used every bit of my education and resources to stay alive and it has paid off .
What words of advice can you share for other professional women working in the Silicon Valley
Support one another. From a Yelp review, to a referral, to just be listening support. We make the best sales team because we are fair and have great follow-through.
On August 26, 2017, Women’s Equality Day is celebrated across the nation.
Why Is Letterpress Making a Huge Comeback?
Holding a letterpress print is a completely different experience than holding a digital or offset print. Run your finger over the surface and you can see and feel the embossment of the letters; feel the substantial weight and rich surface of the paper and experience quality that speaks of high craftsmanship, of elegance and the revival of a lost art.
There are reasons that, 30 years ago, letterpress almost disappeared. This kind of printing is fussy. To print books and small matter, you arrange blocks of metal type in a press to spell out words; headlines or posters often use large type cut from wood. A letterpress then pushes paper down onto the blocks, which have been covered with a thin layer of ink. You wind up with inky fingers and aching muscles. And it’s impossible to achieve completely consistent results.
But for every degree of difficulty, there’s an equal measure of aesthetic appeal. Martha Stewart was among the first to highlight this as letterpress faded, and clamored for its revival. In the 1990s, her lifestyle empire extolled the handcrafted look and feel of letterpress work, especially for wedding invitations. Stewart’s outlets tended to feature prints with a deep relief, known as debossing, which photographs well at an angle in a shallow depth of field. You can feel the impression with your eyes. (Embossing raises paper towards the reader, pressing up from underneath.) Photo credit: Adrian Harrison.
Have a project you’d like to share with us? Get a quote from JP for your letterpress artisanal print project. You will be pleasantly surprised!
Do you know of a small business that can benefit from this unique, free business training opportunity slated to begin this summer? The nominations deadline is June 30, 2017, so please take a minute to see how you can help support small business and the vitality of our inner cities. JP Graphics is a proud alumni of the ICCC Program.
ICCC is a national program that helps small businesses in low-income areas – or with a majority of employees who live in low income areas — build capacity for sustainable growth. The program provides:
-12 hours of training in strategy, sales & marketing, talent management and small business finance
– virtual training sessions over a several month period
– one-on-one coaching with experts in small business finance and operations
– direct access to providers of capital
Along with Janet Liang, President, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, and the Oakland Thrives Leadership Council, I invite you to nominate businesses that you think might benefit from the program. Please find more details about this free training on the ICCC Oakland website.
To nominate a small business (or self-nominate), email the nominating form directly to Hyacinth Vassell or nominate online at http://icic.org/inner-city-capital-connections/nominate-apply/ ICCC will follow up with every business that is nominated to be sure the program is a good fit for them and answer all their questions. All we need are nominations!
Feel free to share this information with others who may have ideas about businesses that could benefit.
We’re proud to announce our latest Employee of the Month, Claudia Rubio in Bindery!
Claudia was selected because she is the definition of an outstanding employee and a perfect fit for our team.
Claudia is:
Reliable – and always there, and will stay until the job is done
Talented – she knows all the machinery and print bindery processes
Quality Oriented – she always checks and double checks her work
Claudia is known for going above and beyond, and is very fast and efficient! You can tell from her smile that she loves what she does, and her strong work ethic shows she takes pride in her job and with JP Graphics!
Thank you Claudia, for a job well done, we’re lucky to have you as a part of the JP Graphics team!
JP Graphics is a proud sponsor of the The San Francisco Travel 2017 Marketing Conference along with Audi, the Ritz-Carlton and others. The conference promotes San Francisco as a global travel brand, showcases new research about tourism in San Francisco and provides an update on major events coming in the next year, all at the 2017 SF Travel Marketing Conference.
Happy Employee Appreciation Day!
Meet our first recipient of JP Graphic’s Employee of the Month award, Bindery Manager, Norberto (Norbi) Gonzales.
Norbi has worked for JP Graphics since Feb 12, 2002, and was selected unanimously due to his dedication and commitment to his work.
Congratulations Norbi, and thanks to all of the JP Graphics team for the work you do today and everyday!
Save precious energy, time, and money by having your conference materials waiting for you when you arrive.
JP Graphics acquires a true ‘Game Changer’….the Bay Area’s first HP Indigo 10000 in a commercial print environment!
•Matches or even exceeds offset
•The largest digital sheetfed press – B2 size
•7 colors – white included
•Compatible with more than 2800 certified substrates – from 45 lb text to 150 lb cover
3-18 pt. in thickness – coated, undercoated, and SBS board for folding cartons
•175-line screen
•Perfecting
Ask how JP Graphics can change the game for you! Contact us.
Join JP Graphics in Supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month by donning pink lanyards!
These cute lanyards are being shipped with our October orders,
But you don’t have to place an order to get in on the fun!
Just enter our giveaway here and have one shipped to you!
Once you receive a lanyard, take a picture with it, upload it to our Facebook page, and tag #JPGraphicsisPink
Is our Earth suffering because of print? The answer is no. Despite the common misconception, print is a sustainable and environmentally responsible communications medium.
In the new booklet, The Value of Print, you can explore the many ways in which print is green:
- responsible products used
- renewable energy sources such as our solar installation
- increased recycling rates
- improved design and delivery methods
Print media is the environmentally sound choice for communicating your brand message with the audiences you want to reach.
Proud to be mentioned by Printing Impressions for our new MGI Meteor DP8700XL. The output is so crisp it truly equals offset printing. Here’s the article in Printing Impressions World http://bit.ly/1hYt0BV
We love colors! Let us print yours. JP Graphics is your full-service printing partner.
