Colin B. Finn

* Create award winning Marketing and internal communications pieces, making sure both corporate and brand identities are met. * Run Long data-merged files using collaborative functions in InDesign and excel.

* Design promotional advertising campaigns, sales collateral and other projected pieces to support corporate initiatives, major accounts and unit sales. * Working with print vendors for lowest rates and highest quality.

* As the sole Pre-press operator, prepared all client files for printing, conforming all specs to our standards. These specs included traps, bleeds, registration, color issues, font issues, resolution, etc. * Acted as customer liaison with our vendors, answering and solving all art related questions and concerns. * Extensive retooling, rebuilding and resizing of client jobs.

Advertising Agency * Worked one-on-one with art directors to execute their creative concepts, designs and campaigns for presentation. * Hand assembled detailed comps including mounting, building 3D objects, and multi-page bound items such as brochures * Brought approved concepts to mechanical production with tasks including scanning, image manipulation and resizing.

* Conceptualized, designed and produced direct mail, advertising, marketing, DVD/CD/VHS packaging. * Reviewed print bids, assigned jobs, maintained progress, and approved of 4/C and 2/C printed jobs.