Resume

Profile

Graph­ic Design­er and Pro­duc­tion Artist/Manager, spe­cial­iz­ing in com­put­er-gen­er­at­ed design projects.
Knowl­edge of all aspects of print pro­duc­tion, includ­ing desk­top pub­lish­ing, pre­sen­ta­tions. Expe­ri­ence with
web­site devel­op­ment, image pro­cess­ing, HTML cod­ing, hav­ing worked in a vari­ety of indus­try envi­ron­ments,
includ­ing adver­tis­ing, pub­lish­ing, print­ing, mar­ket­ing, and cor­po­rate iden­ti­ty.

Software Skills

Design appli­ca­tions: Quark XPress; Adobe Cre­ative Suite: InDe­sign, Illus­tra­tor, Pho­to­shop and Acro­bat;
Microsoft Office Suite; Pow­er­Point, Word, Excel, Out­look, and Entourage;
Web appli­ca­tions: Adobe Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fire­works, Word­Press, and HTML cod­ing
Plat­forms: Mac OSX, and Win­dows

Design and Production Skills

Graphic Design

  • Respon­si­ble for design solu­tions for a mid-sized cor­po­rate account­ing firm, where I cre­at­ed pro­pos­al cov­ers,
    mar­ket­ing mate­ri­als, posters, ads, and cor­po­rate col­lat­er­al. I also devel­oped artis­tic assets and tem­plates for the company’s tran­si­tion to a new brand iden­ti­ty pro­gram.
  • Pho­to researched in-house and inde­pen­dent sources for qual­i­ty images to sup­port design ideas.
  • Designed forms for dis­tri­b­u­tion through print, e-mail and web pages.
  • Designed and for­mat­ted Pow­er­Point pre­sen­ta­tions for cor­po­rate bank­ing and account­ing firms.
  • Assem­bled com­pre­hen­sive pre­sen­ta­tions for sales meet­ings and client review.
  • Designed cov­ers and inte­ri­or pages for trade books, and edu­ca­tion­al mate­ri­als for book devel­op­er.
  • Col­lab­o­rat­ed with var­i­ous art direc­tors, edi­tors, and account exec­u­tives to pro­duce
    final art for print and web.
  • Project man­age­ment for sev­er­al pub­li­ca­tions, super­vised oth­er free­lancers.
  • Pho­to retouch­ing, col­or cor­rec­tion and com­posit­ing images for pho­tog­ra­phy used in designs.
  • Cre­at­ed tem­plates for trade books, pub­li­ca­tions, and cor­po­rate col­lat­er­al mate­ri­als.
  • Qual­i­ty con­trol for out­put; proof­read­ing edit­ed copy.
  • Devel­oped inde­pen­dent web­site that includes an inter­ac­tive form.
  • Opti­miz­ing graph­ics for qual­i­ty; size to be used on the web.
  • Assessed and prob­lem-solved client files for pro­duc­tion on dig­i­tal press oper­a­tions to insure that
    final prod­uct matched client spec­i­fi­ca­tions.
  • Devel­oped list of best prac­tices that improved pro­duc­tion meth­ods. Cre­at­ed accu­rate design
    tem­plate for cov­ers for research pub­li­ca­tions.

Print Production

  • Col­lab­o­rat­ed with var­i­ous art direc­tors, edi­tors, and account exec­u­tives to pro­duce final art for print and web.
  • Project man­age­ment for sev­er­al pub­li­ca­tions, super­vised oth­er free­lancers.
  • Pho­to retouch­ing, col­or cor­rec­tion and com­posit­ing images for pho­tog­ra­phy used in designs.
  • Cre­at­ed tem­plates for trade books, pub­li­ca­tions, and cor­po­rate col­lat­er­al mate­ri­als.
  • Qual­i­ty con­trol for out­put; proof­read­ing edit­ed copy.

Web Development

  • Devel­oped inde­pen­dent web­site that includes an inter­ac­tive form.
  • Opti­miz­ing graph­ics for qual­i­ty; size to be used on the web.

Prepress

  • Assessed and prob­lem-solved client files for pro­duc­tion on dig­i­tal press oper­a­tions to insure that
    final prod­uct matched client spec­i­fi­ca­tions.
  • Devel­oped list of best prac­tices that improved pro­duc­tion meth­ods. Cre­at­ed accu­rate design tem­plate
    for cov­ers for research pub­li­ca­tions.

Work Experience:

2010–2012    MITCHELL & TITUS, LLP, NEW YORK, NY — Graph­ic Design­er

2008–2010   FREELANCE DESIGNER — Print And Web Design­er

2006–2008   CITIGROUP, NEW YORK, NY — Pre-Press Coor­di­na­tor

1994–2006   FREELANCE STUDIO ARTIST — Print, Pub­lish­ing and Adver­tis­ing Design­er

Representative Clients:

  • Grey Health­care
  • The Wall Street Jour­nal
  • Ziff Davis Pub­lish­ing, Co.
  • Stan­dard & Poor’s
  • Groli­er Pub­lish­ing Co.
  • Klemt­ner Adver­tis­ing

Education:

PRATT INSTITUTE, Brook­lyn, NY BFA/Fine Arts
SCHOOL OF THE VISUAL ARTS, New York, NY Graph­ic Design Stud­ies
NOBLE DESKTOP, New York, NY Cer­tifi­cate in Web Design