Resume

Summary

A creative person with advertising training. Work under multi-tasking environment effectively and efficiently. Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines. A strong work ethic combined with a commitment to excellence in all projects undertaken. A team player, working effectively with creative directors, art directors, copywriters, account planners and management teams in accomplishing objectives.

Hardware/Software

Adobe Indesign, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Illustrator, QuarkXPress, WAM!NET, Mass Transit, Marketers Studio, Dalim Asset Management System, Keynote, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Html/css on the Macintosh computer.

Professional Experience

Full Beauty Brands • New York, New York

Assistant Art Director   WomanWithin Division

  • Responsible for graphic design/production for 58 catalogs per year.
  • Designed covers, bind-in order forms, wraps and devices.
  • Handled all comp review and type corrections.
  • Team leader to implement Dalim, an asset management system into the departments work flow.
  • Worked with all freelancers on department procedures and the use of Dalim.
  • Released final approved PDFs to printer.
  • Photo shoot experience.

Assistant Art Director   Jessica London Division

  • Responsible for layout design and graphic design/production.
  • Designed covers, bind-in order forms, wraps and devices.
  • Handled all comp review and type corrections.
  • Released final approved PDFs to printer.

Senior Graphic Designer   BCO/CCO Division

  • Responsible for layout design and graphic design/production.
  • Designed covers, bind-in order forms, wraps and devices.
  • Handled all comp review and type corrections.
  • Managed co-worker and freelancers
  • Released final approved PDFs to printer.

Graphic Designer   Lane Bryant/Roaman's Divisions

  • Responsible for layout design and graphic design/production.
  • Handled all comp review and type corrections.
  • Released final approved PDFs to printer.

Huffman Koos • River Edge, New Jersey

Senior Graphic Artist

  • Designed newspaper and magazine advertisements.
  • Responsible for purchasing all art, film and chemistry supplies for department.
  • Consignment work consisted of working with photographers, printers and outside advertising companies.

Venet Advertising • Cranford, New Jersey

Senior Graphic Artist

  • Designed newspaper advertisements for the New Jersey Lottery, Pathmark food stores, R & S Strauss, Brick Church appliances and Drakes cakes.
  • Layout design and type corrections.
  • Release of advertisements to newspapers/printers.

Melard Corporation • Passaic, New Jersey

Senior Graphic Artist

  • Layout and design for company catalog, bags, boxes and all type corrections and release of all artwork to printers.
  • 4-color bag and box comprehensives.
  • Miscellaneous show signs and displays.

Education

CODEcademy. New York, New York

Newark School of Fine & Industrial Arts. Newark, New Jersey

Freelance Experience

• RR Percussion. Passaic, New Jersey: Website, Business card, T-shirt and Poster designs.
• AA Entertainment. Saddle Brook, New Jersey: Website and Business card designs.
• Comunicando Productions. Nutley, New Jersey: Music CD designs, Letterhead, Business card designs for business and band.
• Destiny Records. Paterson, New Jersey: Album covers and Logo designs for various artists.
• Popular Club Plan. Garfield, New Jersey: Catalog design.
• Atlantic Records. Hialeah, Florida: Logo design for singer Sandee.
• Don Halbsgut Studios. Westfield, New Jersey: Newspaper advertisement designs.
• Porta-Display. Clifton, New Jersey: Artwork and Show displays.
• The New Man. Clifton, New Jersey: Bag and T-shirt designs, Newspaper advertisements, Logo and 12-page booklet and photography.
• Our Lady of Fatima Church. Passaic, New Jersey: Fatima Youth Club logo design.
• Tootsie's Cycle. Elmwood Park, New Jersey: Designed logo, Business cards and Invoice forms.
• Xavier Rodriguez Law Firm. Clifton, New Jersey: Business card, Letterhead and Envelope design.
• Blessings Christian Academy. Clifton, New Jersey: Logo design.
• Da Convicts (music group). Hackensack, New Jersey: Logo design.
• Jay Dee Records. Paterson, New Jersey: Logo design.
• Olympic Sporting Goods. Elmwood Park, New Jersey: Logo design.
• Nardi's Evil Ways (music group). Saddle Brook, New Jersey: Logo design, Flyers, Posters and Website.
• La Clave Productions. Passaic, New Jersey: Salsa Thursdays, La Caribena, Bata Records and La Clave Productions Logo designs.
• Vibe 5 (music group). Newark, New Jersey: Logo design.
• Rosania's Music. Passaic, New Jersey: Business card design.
• Semel's Embroidery. Clifton, New Jersey: T-shirt and Embroidery designs.