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Title:

Production and Graphic Artist

Company:

ASSET INTERNATIONAL

Company Website:

http://www.plansponsor.com

Media Type:

Publishing

Home Region:

New England

I'm Looking For:

Friends, Networking, Jobs, Inspiration

Professional Background: (Resume)

COMPUTER SKILLS
(Platforms: Mac OS 9/10, Windows XP/Me/2000)
• Adobe Photoshop CS3 • Adobe In-Design CS3
• Adobe Illustrator CS3 • Adobe Acrobat Professional
• FlightCheck & PDF/X-1A • ImageReady • QuarkXPress
• Dreamweaver CS3 • Flash CS3
• Word • Excel • PowerPoint

EDUCATION
2004-2006
UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD -Hartford, CT
B.F.A. Visual Communications Design
Magna Cum Laude
GPA: 3.70

2002-2004
BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN -COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Manhattan, NY
A.A.S., Multimedia Arts and Design GPA: 3.50

EXPERIENCE
October 2006-Present // Asset International, Stamford, CT
(Publishers of PLANSPONSOR, and PLANADVISER MAGAZINE)
Production and Graphic Artist
} Develop conference materials and on-site guides, signage, and other conference attendee materials
(i.e. handouts, agendas, print ads, sell sheets, posters, banners, direct mail, plaques, labels, invitations, powerpoint presentations, name tags, websites (HTML and dreamweaver) etc.)
} Work closely with the creative director and editorial department to produce timely and appropriate magazines publications.
} Responsible for day-to-day activities associated with all electronic layouts (comps, mechanicals): replacing art and text; specifying bleeds, clear zones, pagination, and coverage; color correcting and re-sizing photographs; revising and modifying existing files and inputting corrections.
} Produce high resolution artwork and ensure the accuracy of files before going to press in a timely and cost- effective manner.
} Produce, animate and execute Internet-based projects such as web banners, landing pages, micro-sites, and email blasts to promote special events.
} Develop artwork for client presentations (internal production of graphs, charts, images, layouts, covers, and powerpoint presentationh).
} Work directly with vendors to review and approve artwork.
} Maintain electronic archive of magazine and project files.

October 2004-Oct. 2006// Hartford Steam Boiler, Hartford, CT
Marketing and Design Assistant
} Communicated corporate identity through literature design.
} Identified, proposed, and implemented creative graphic concepts.
} Designed, updated, and maintained collateral materials, presentations, e-Blasts, direct mailers , brochures, marketing and sales reports, handbooks, newsletters, media kits, flyers, postcards, newsletters, ads, catalogs, maps, invitations, and created images for web.
} Central files maintenance, document preparation, and budgetary responsibilities.
} Maintained the corporate gifts catalog, ordered and delivered marketing and promotional items.
} Performed record keeping responsibilities and prepared expense reports.

May 2004-October 2004// Kinkos, NY and Hartford, CT
Senior Customer Consultant
} Identified new customers and bid follow-up, maintained bidding and performed consultative selling at the front counter.
} Worked closely with production to ensure proper/timely order fulfillment, in cooperation
with marketing, customer mailing, and support.

January 2004-May 2004// Graphic Design Internship
Cyberworx, New York, NY
} Developed promotional displays and marketing brochures for products and services.
} Designed logos for businesses, and created visual designs for annual reports and other corporate literature.
} Designed art and copy layouts for visual presentations.

LANGUAGES
Fluent in Spanish and English/Italian

AFFILIATIONS
AIGA
(American Institute of Graphic Arts)

REFERENCES UPON REQUEST

Personal Interests

Web Design
Multimedia
E-commerce Strategies
Multicultural Marketing Strategies

Education:

University of Hartford

Relationship Status:

Single