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Beane Signs
Beane Signs Celebrating 50 years
William Beane opened the doors of Beane Signs in 1971. His meticulous attention to detail on hand painted signs grew the business’ reputation as a quality shop. Randy Beane, who joined the company in 1985, took over managing in 2013 when his dad retired and continues the tradition of high-quality signs but in the modern high-tech age. The business has come a long way since 1971, and Randy looks back on the proud past of the company, while also keeping his eyes firmly ahead on a bright future.
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Beane Signs is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment that can produce just about anything you can dream up, but Randy credits his team of designers and installers as one of the reasons the business is so successful.
Bryan Frazier is a Graphic Design graduate from Randolph Community College. He has 21 years of design and sign creation experience. He joined Beane Signs in April 2013. His eye for detail and hunger for quality production make him an outstanding designer. His love of art started at an early age. He attended ERHS and took art classes with Mr. Collins. He took every art course that was offered at the school, and when there were no more options, Mr. Collins created an honors art course for his best students. Without the encouragement of his high school art teacher, Bryan could not imagine where he would be today or what he would have chosen for a career.
Bryan really enjoys working on signs from concept to finished product. Dimensional signs are his favorite to work on, rendering the drawings in 3D for the fabricator to create and seeing the vision come to life is always a pleasure.
Bryan collects and restores old British cars in his spare time, specifically MGs and MGBs. He often buys old cars and “flips” them for fun. He also has a passion for vintage advertising and automotive signs and has collected an impressive number of them over the years.
Doyle Hinkle has worked at Beane Signs for five years. He loves working for Randy and has learned a lot from him in that time. He finds Randy easy to work for because he is just “one of the guys” instead of a boss, pitching in where needed and creating a fun and creative atmosphere that makes coming to work in the morning a pleasure.
He went to Randolph Community College for Graphic Design. He interned at a local business in 2011 and putting his talents to use and was quickly hired full-time before even finishing the program. As a designer, his main motive for what he does is to help his customer stand out with whatever he is designing for them. He goes above and beyond to create an identity for each business that walks through the door. One example of this is the newest business in town, Leo’s Whiskey Bar. They walked in and really did not know what they were looking for, so Doyle came up with a logo and the whiskey barrel design for their sign that resembles a whiskey barrel with an actual tap coming out of the sign.– it just speaks to you when you see it lit up on North Street.
Doyle likes learning and staying up on the current trends in the business – whether it is this year’s pantone colors or new fonts that are hot and trending. He is also known as the go to person if you are going for a retro look. Randy says he’s a throwback to the 70’s.
The newest designer on staff, Lindsay Castlebury, is a recent RCC graduate who worked for them as an intern before COVID hit and has returned to full-time this past year. She is a fearless young lady and willing to take on any creative challenge. She is a bit of a jack of all trades at the shop, from design to installation.
With seven trucks on the road installing signs, including a bucket truck, Beane Signs can handle jobs large and small. Just as important to the business as the design crew are the people that make their visions happen on site for the customer.
Randy’s brother Bill has worked for the company for several years and is considered their Mad Scientist. If they break it, he can fix it! He is a master with a spray gun, any painting needs, a fantastic installer and welder. According to Randy, every shop needs a Bill Beane to turn to when the need arises.
Jamie Paugh is the digger truck specialist. He takes care of putting up the large real estate signs all over Randolph County. The guys joke that he keeps a fishing pole in his truck looking for potential new spots to drop a line while roaming the county putting up for sale signs for several of the local real estate experts.
Patrick Yountz is a vinyl wrapping specialist. He puts his 12 years of experience to good use, making your vehicle stand out while driving down the road. He aslo has a mechanical gift helping with any tricky install. Pat is a huge asset to the Beane Team!!
If you are looking for new signage, need to design an identify package for your new business, or just want a sign for the bathroom door, these guys take care of all of that and much more. When clients come into the shop, there are often items waiting for customers to pick up and they hear all the time, “I didn’t know you guys could do that.” Give them a call to find out exactly how they can help you increase the visibility of your business.
Call Doyle & Bryan in the office and they will get you noticed! Beane Signs is located at 218 Vista Parkway in Asheboro. Call the office at 336.629.6748 for ideas and a quote today.
