CREATIVE DIRECTION & PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Resume BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS - Hire IT People

SOFTWARE SKILLS: Quark, Adobe CS3 Suite InDesign CS3, Photoshop CS3, Dreamweaver CS3, Lightroom2, Illustrator CS3, Microsoft Office.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Confidential, BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS CREATIVE DIRECTION & PRODUCTION DIRECTOR (April 1,2005 to October 21, 2008)

Responsible for day to day production and management of 4 weekly newspapers including future creative for future editions.
In-house design of advertising for clients, traffic point and liaison between Advertising Reps, Outside Advertisers,
Responsible for all Legal Advertising for all editions including networking with area governmental bodies.
Supervision of production staff of 3.
Responsible for meeting all production deadlines.

Confidential, BERWYN, ILLINOIS (Ongoing) PRINCIPAL GRAPHIC DESIGNER:

Design, photography, and implementation of creative design projects for a variety of companies including Amoco Marketing Institute, National Cycle, and American Ozone.
Responsible for all business functions, interaction with sales, advertising executives public relations coordinators, and corporate executives, as well as marketing staff in all phases of a project.
Plan, create, execute and deliver various advertising and design projects and ancillary materials.
Mac knowledgeable in Quark 6.5, InDesign, Photoshop CS, GoLive, Dreamweaver, Freeway Pro, Illustrator, Fontographer, Freehand and various other software packages.

Confidential, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS PRODUCTION MANAGER:

Supervised production staff and was responsible for creative direction of advertising, promotional support material and photography for the corporation and its galleries.
Responsible for meeting show schedules, corporate deadlines, and quality control of printing production.
Controlled budget, cash and barter, and interacted with vendors, gallery directors, and corporate staff.

Confidential, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ART DIRECTOR:

Total responsibility for development, design and production of advertising and promotional material for clients like River City and Graue Mill real estate developments.
Direct photography assignments and location shooting. Control printing efforts, and obtain bids on clients behalf.

Confidential, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ART DIRECTOR:

Total responsibility for development, design, and production of pamphlets, brochures, flyers, promotional art, logo design, audio-presentations, posters, signage, corporate and building newsletters, ads, and all sales support materials.
Photographic assignments included visuals of model apartment interiors, building exteriors, executive portraits, location shooting, studio shots. Directed all printing efforts, obtained bids, and conducted business on a management executive level. The position was a supervisory position including two full time staff members.

Confidential, OAK BROOK, ILLINOIS GRAPHIC DESIGNER:

Directed complete design of various projects for Official Airline Guide.
Developed graphic design of brochures and signage; and was responsible for key line paste-up, negative corrections and camera work including stats and negatives.

Confidential, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS GRAPHIC DESIGNER:

Established graphics department for their Corporate Data Center which included supervision of four. Responsible for production of printed materials and forms. Developed offset on site facility for cost effective production of printed materials.

EDUCATION: B.A. Graphic Design/Photography

MEMBER: ASMP Chicago/Midwest