David DeMeo
North Billerica, Massachusetts
By signcraft
Posted on Monday, July 2nd, 2018
Shop name:
Sign Effects
Shop size: 5000 sq. ft.
Staff: 3 full-time and 2 part-time
Age: 47
Graphics equipment:
Roland 545 printer/cutter
Roland 640 printer/cutter
Gerber Sabre 408 router
Gerber Edge printer
Online:
www.signeffects.com
Dave DeMeo got an early start in the sign business, attending Butera School of Art for sign painting at 18 and doing signs in the basement of his parents’ home. Trucks were lettered in the driveway, weather permitting. He worked in a few area sign shops for five or six years, then went full time into his own sign business.
Twenty-three years later, Sign Effects is a busy full-service sign shop serving Billerica, Massachusetts, and the surrounding communities, which lie just outside of Boston. SignCraft talked with David on a busy afternoon—in the midst of getting a few jobs out the door on time: