Experience |
| 2004-present | Freelance |
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Stamp the Band, Inc. – Designer/Art Director/Production |
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- Concepting, design, production and development of posters, email blasts, club cards,
bumper stickers and web assets
- Brainstormed with CEO to develop blast with a 24% opened and 21% click through rate
- Researched printers and negotiated more economical printing solutions
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CELADONgroup – Designer/Copy Editor/Production |
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- Design and layout of all types of collateral material including a look book which is being
used as the promotional piece at an outlet for the interior design industry in Copenhagen
- Writer/editor for descriptive copy for catalogue
- Worked with printer to formulate a more user friendly production template
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Bed Bath and Beyond/The Christmas Tree Shops – Packaging Designer/Production |
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- Designed packaging and artwork for a variety of consumer packaged goods from concept
to printer release
- Created spec sheets and design templates that were distributed internationally
- Designed planograms and display mock-ups for buyer’s presentations to company execs
- Review, give direction and approval
to vendor supplied artwork
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Myron Manufacturing – Web Production Artist |
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- Created and revised assets in Photoshop for website and print catalogue
- Created templates for engravings
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GE/NBC Universal/Petside.com – Web Production Assistant
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- Web maintenance and optimization
- Formatted and added text and graphics
- Added hyperlinks and alt tags
- Revisions to support design standards
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Prudential, Advertising Department – Designer/Production Manager |
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- Concept, design and production of a wide variety of print collateral material including large
format sales incentive pieces, posters, magazine ads, booklets, pamphlets and a lapel pin
- Excelled at using branding creatively while adhering to guidelines
- Worked with IT to format assets for company web site and intranet
- Interfaced with proofreaders, art directors, account executives and IT Department
- Created and prepared print ad mechanicals for PDF release to publications
- Assisted with organizing and maintaining file archives
- Layout and design of the company magazine—Prudential Leader
- Covered the maternity leave of the production manager for two issues
- Photo research, hired photographers and gave art direction to photo shoots
- Interfaced with writers, editors and account executives
- Ensured hi-res files were within specifications and ready for print
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| 2010-2011 |
Armand Resource Group – Designer/Production Manager/Art Director |
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- Designed and created project (sell) sheets, interactive and print newsletter, interactive forms,
email blasts and proposals
- Created PowerPoint presentations that the CEO and upper management used for a training
course at an industry conferance
- Coached fellow team members, trained temp employees and saw to it that the standards for
tracking results of several phone recruitment campaigns were maintained |
| 2009 |
Evergreen Information Services, Inc. – Designer/Project Manager/Art Director |
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- Create graphs for Standard & Poor’s weekly publication Outlook
- Interior design, style sheet and template creation of AICPA’s Practice Forward Series of books
- Press prep, late client revisions and final release to printer of PDF files for annual PriceWaterhouseCoopers reference book series utilizing Pitstop
- Within a tight deadline, designed a new template and headed the team which reformatted over
200 PowerPoint presentations for a healthcare company so the entire library was within newly
established brand guidelines
- Created website look and feel
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2008-2009 | OSG Billing Services, Marketing Department – Graphic Designer/Production |
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- Designed materials for trade shows and user groups
- Design of bills and inserts/buck slips for companies such as Virgin Mobile and Cellular One
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| 2004-2006 | TimBar Packaging and Display Company – Graphic Designer |
| - Designed graphics and mock ups for corrugate displays
- Created line art for retail instruction sheets
- Digital photography of displays for assembly instructions
- Layout and captioning of assembly instructions
- Interfaced with salespeople and clients
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Education | Bergen Community College
Web Design Certification - February 2011
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
BFA, Film and TV
City University of New York (NYCCT)
AAS, Art and Advertising Design
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