Senior Graphic Designer

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Objective:

A good mix of traditional drawing/painting/photography background with the latest graphics software and familiarity with the demands of marketing and business

Relevant skills:

Photo manipulation and retouching
Photography / digital photography / stock photography / photo art direction
Illustration: drawing and painting in various media including digital
Production coordination with printing companies, including getting quotes, choosing the most appropriate/cost effective, solving production issues and doing press checks
Outputting files to film / trapping colors
Troubleshooting Mac systems / Macintosh networking
Interviewing and training other designers
Improving graphics workflow / organizing digital files

Software skills:

Adobe Illustrator CS2 - Adobe Photoshop CS2
Quark X-Press 6.5 - Adobe InDesign CS2
Adobe Acrobat 7 - Fetch 4
HTML - Microsoft Office- Canto Cumulus and Extensis Portfolio - Mac OSX and 9
Windows operating system - Color Management, email (Notes, Outlook, Mail) - Camera Raw

Employment history:

Graphic Designer
Mohini Wax Professional, May 2003 to present
Primary responsibilities package labeling design and production, various marketing support
Design and production of packaging for an exclusive line of products for Lowes stores, Aided in landing the account by providing graphics for presentations to Lowes
Aiding in setting standards for the JohnsonDiversey corporate identity applied to packaging helped to transition graphics creation from contracted team to new Marketing
Communications department, including interviewing and training new designers
Design and production of packaging for innovative RTD line of products

Senior Graphic Designer
ABC Inc September 1997 to December 2003
Primary responsibilities handling major design projects, working with printing vendors, Training graphic designers and maintaining/upgrading Mac desktop systems
Organized all graphics files and created database to speed the search for existing assets
Helped the department grow from handling the needs of only one brand to handling multiple brands


Freelance work:
American College of Healthcare Professionals, January 2005 to December 2005
Design of marketing collateral, photography

All Electronics Hardware, May 2000 to December 2005, Identity design, catalog, web site, trade show graphics and advertising

Choral Arts Society (Racine Symphonic Chorus), November 1994 to present various promotional materials including posters, advertising and billboards

Education:

BFA program, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, September 1989 to May 1993