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Objective: Graphic Designer
To secure a position where my fifteen plus years experience as a Graphic Designer will assist
your company to reach its sales targets along with hard work, dedication and the ability
to acquire new skills will advantage any company I work for.
Profile
Strong understanding of design including traditional prepress. Dedicated worker with the highest standards of performance and integrity; reliable, hard worker that takes problem solving in stride. Motivated and energetic with in-depth expertise in the advertising/printing industry.
Exceptional at managing creative projects from inception to completion.
Work History
Confidential,
Franklin Lakes, NJ 2007 – 2009
Graphic Designer
• Responsible for implementation of graphic and copy changes for retail packaging, inserts, advertising trade and promotional
materials, reviewing proofs from print suppliers.
• Conceptualizes, designs and produces marketing material to meet business objectives
• Interfaces with members of marketing team to obtain requirements, definition and project approval
• Implement, plans, analyze, and create visual solutions for marketing department
• Created mock-ups and layout presentations for marketing department
• Compose elements for packaging, sell sheets, trade posters, and banners, large format printing (Epson Stylus Pro ColorBurst
7880), uploading to FTP sites (using Transmit)
Confidential,
Secaucus, NJ 1999 – 2006
Graphic Production Artist
• Communicated with Art Director and was responsible for managing creative projects from inception to completion
•Verify dimensions and compose elements for packaging, sell sheets, Trade posters and banners
• Identify errors and inconsistencies in mechanicals and consult with art director to implementcorrections
• Interact and contributed ideas in a group and individual setting
• Produced and edited four Video’s for internal company projects. Produced and edited one Video which
aired on a Japanese station (equivalent to QVC) using Final Cut Pro to edit. Saving the companyminimum $20,000.00
• Improved speed and accuracy of tracking completed jobs through creation of a job filing system
Confidential,
Fairfield, NJ 1998 – 1999
Formerly known as the Kingsland/Tradeprint Group
Account Executive
• Prioritized and maintained customer database with over 50 accounts
• Established and developed business relationships with over 200 customer prospects
• Engaged in regular telephone contact and face-to-face contact as needed
• Tracked all in-coming jobs with production and responded to customers on status
• Created a marketing package for potential customers
• Produced and maintained a tracking tool toanalyze buying patterns for 50 existing customers:
this included analysis of sales made and lost
• Developed “quote of the day” on my voice mail as a marketing tool that has elicited positive customer comments
• Analyzed sales data and determined sales trends
• Solicited bids from competitors to analyze company’s position relative to price
Confidential,
Carlstadt, NJ 1990 – 1998
Macintosh Operator
• Responsible for ensuring that all customer files had the necessary components to open and output film
• Generate page layout projects and output film from imagesetter.
• Swapped FPO images for high resolution images
• Troubleshooting applications for possible problems
• Trapped files using PS/2 Scitex Full Auto Frame

Education

Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ 2006 – 2007
Major: Graphic Arts, GPA 3.71
Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Photoshop CS3

Certifications

School of Visual Arts, NYC, NY 2004
Digital Editing Final Cut Pro, Advanced
New York University, NYC, NY 2004
Digital Editing Final Cut Pro
Digital Video New York, (DVNY), NYC, NY 2001
Fundamentals of Digital Video
Milo School of Graphics, NJ 1995
Advanced Computer Graphics: Desktop Publishing-Quark Xpress, Photoshop,
Illustrator, Freehand and PageMaker Achieved 98 average grade
Design on Disk, Paramus, NJ 1991
QuarkXpress 3.0, Adobe Illustrator 3.0, Aldus Freehand, MacDraw II,
Cricket Graph, Excel-Intro, PageMaker 4.0 CEU 7.5

Pan American Art School, NYC, NY
School of Visual Arts, NYC, NY
Graphic Design

Professional Affiliations
u NJ Macintosh Users Group (NJMUG)
u National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP)
u NJFCP User Group (New Jersey Final Cut Pro User Group)
u North Jersey Club of Printing House Craftsmen
u Bergen County Human Services Advisory Council

Honors & Awards
Certificate of CommendationBergen County Human Services Advisory Council
Certificate of CommendationBoard of Chosen Freeholders
Certificate of Achievement Bergen Workforce Center
North Jersey Club of Printing House Craftsmen Silver Award

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