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Falcon Printing
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Graphic Artist / Layout Artist
Family Christian Stores
in Grand Rapids, MI Manage PDFs, incoming artwork from customers in order to create catalog * Organize information for cohesive design format * Troubleshoot and correct existing discrepancies within files and format of designs
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Art Director / Graphic Designer
QUIXTAR
in Grand Rapids, MI * Create new look for Health and Beauty products packaging and manuals * Product Branding * Help launch new manual for Beauty line * Take existing designs and work with the web team for color and content consistency * Troubleshoot and correct existing discrepancies within files and format of designs
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Graphic Designer / Layout Artist
American Graphics Company
in Clinton Township, MI Create logo designs folders, catalogs, wedding invitations, corporate identities, and redesign older designs * Help with print production, small changes to forms and pre-existing print jobs * Responsible for color separations & exporting graphics from incoming clients * Design, format, and produce other 4-color process designs * Responsible for color corrections
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Graphic Artist / Layout Artist
PrintMETRO
in Grand Rapids, MI Create logo designs folders, catalogs, wedding invitations, corporate identities, and redesign older designs * Help with print production, small changes to forms and pre-existing print jobs * Responsible for learning the Screen system of signature, imposition, and hot folder creation as well as digital prepress
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Graphic Artist / Layout Artist
Gordon Food Service
in Grand Rapids, MI * Create and maintain a variety of specialty mailers, GFS Marketplace items, posters, forms, coupons, layouts, and advertisements * Change existing concepts to be more innovative and eye-catching with color usage and background design
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Graphic Designer / Layout Artist
Ada
Falcon Printing * Designed and produced art, coloration, and content for company website (falconprintinginc.com) * Help input code for PSP/MYSQL styled site * Using Adobe Acrobat, created dynamic forms that allowed for the integration of the customer's variable information onto their order of static business materials * Responsible for color separations & exporting graphics from incoming clients * Designed, formatted, and produced other 4-color process designs
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Digital Art Director / Animation Specialist / Developer
Campbell-Ewald
Detroit, MI
in * HTML5 coding, Javascript with Adobe Edge for online advertising units * Flash development and interactive design for Navy, Chevy, Milk, Haven * Branding * Design and produce website, flash and interactive art Skills/Programs Used: Flash, Photoshop, Microsoft Office Suite, HMTL, CSS. Liaised between the project managers, designers as well as developers in time of need to explain why/why not things would work within the constraints set. Culture: Collaborative, on-site creative environment that fostered brainstorming and individuality while staying within the company confines. Tight timelines.
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Social Media Designer and Graphic Artist
Organic
in Troy, MI
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Design and produce web site art (www.xrite.com)
Responsible for color separations & exporting graphics from international clients * Design, format, and produce images utilizing CMYK and RGB * Responsible for color corrections Print Experience
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Flash Developer / Interactive Developer
MRM Worldwide
Detroit, MI
in Birmingham, MI * Flash development and interactive design for GM, Cadillac, Saturn, Hummer, Verizon, Nikon * Print design and development for internal on-boarding documents and department instructionals * Branding * Design and produce website graphics, UI/UX, and animations Skills/Programs Used: Creative Suite 6 (Flash, Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects), Eclipse, Microsoft Office Suite, GMDS, HMTL, HTML5, CSS, CSS3, Javascript, PHP, SVN. Liaised between the project managers, designers as well as developers in time of need to explain why/why not things would work within the constraints set. Culture: Collaborative, on-site creative environment that fostered brainstorming and individuality while staying within the company confines. Tight timelines, imperative directives and large projects were not uncommon. Digital Art Director / Flash Developer at The Detroit Media Partnership in
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Illustrator and
Flash
* Flash development and interactive design for a multitude of clients * Design & produce linear animations using Flash Using actionscript create online advertisements using Photoshop Skills/Programs Used: Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, XML, Microsoft Office. Served as liason between the print department and the digital department as needed. Culture: Individual work was encouraged, collaboration discouraged. Interoffice communication was low.
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Digital Art Director / Flash Developer
Campbell-Ewald
in Warren, MI * Flash development and interactive design for USPS, Alltel, Chevy, XM Radio * Print design and development for Chevy * Branding * Design and produce website art Skills/Programs Used: Flash, Photoshop, After Effects, Microsoft Office Suite, HMTL, CSS. Liaised between the project managers, designers as well as developers in time of need to explain why/why not things would work within the constraints set. Culture: Collaborative, on-site creative environment that fostered brainstorming and individuality while staying within the company confines. Tight timelines, imperative directives and large projects were not uncommon. GRAPHIC DESIGN
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Graphic Artist / Production Artist
X-Rite Corporation
in Grand Rapids, MI