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Graphic Designer
Newark, DE
Mar 2016 - Present (8 years 7 months)
In a fast paced environment I am responsible for overseeing the production of our Student Planners that are distributed to 15-20 Colleges / Universities across the US. Responsibilities are designing yellow page advertisements, covers, planner calendar and information pages within the planner. Researching school information to be placed in the planner such as sports schedules, academic schedules, etc. Pagination of school planners, finalizing files, saving press ready PDF files for the printer. Uploading files via FTP to our print vendors. Reviewing and approving PDF proofs from our print vendors. Hiring and Overseeing Graphic Design Interns. Helping out when needed with our sister company bloom daily planners with cover designs, interior calendar page layouts, social media images, in house materials, etc.
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Production Manager / Graphic Designer
Local Pages Publishing, LLC
Eagleville, PA
Nov 2012 - Present (11 years 11 months)
Responsible for the design of yellow page advertising, mobile websites and apps, pagination of directories and planners, updating companies social media sites, traffic flow of ads through department. Oversee the production department.
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Project/Traffic Manager & Graphic Designer
The Marketing Department Worldwide
May 2011 - Nov 2012 (1 year 6 months)
In a fast growing advertising and marketing firm, I guide projects (digital/web, and print) from beginning to end, (and in between), in a collaborative environment with designers, programmers, clients and account managers.
Account management & client relations, designing of logos and various other print and marketing materials for clients and in house projects as needed.
- Direct and manage web/digital/print projects from beginning to end
- Direct and manage creative team
- Daily interaction with clients
- Work in a fast changing environment
- Ensure at any cost that projects are a success
- Communicate with vendors as needed
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Office Assistant
Targetmaster
Dec 2009 - May 2011 (1 year 5 months)
I was responsible for logging all paperwork for purchased firearms from customers. Called in background checks and worked up at the front counter as needed in the store.
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Freelance Graphic Designer
Lucidcircus
Jan 2008 - May 2011 (3 years 4 months)
Freelance design work on various projects as needed. Mainly brochure design for a company called Otte Gear in NYC.
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Graphic Designer
Great Valley Publishing
Oct 2008 - Jan 2009 (3 months)
Creation of Magazine layouts. Pagination of magazines, preflighting files for printer. Assisting with recruitment section of magazines, creating small space ads and filler ads as needed.
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Freelance Graphic Designer
CMAccess
Jul 2007 - Oct 2008 (1 year 3 months)
Companies I have freelenced at through them are:
Synthes, Inc. and Lincoln Financial Group
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Freelance Graphic Designer
Blue Plate Minds, Inc.
May 2006 - Jan 2008 (1 year 8 months)
Places I have worked with so far through them are:
Smells Like Green - Media, PA
Depersico Creative Group - Havertown, PA
Aetna - Blue Bell, PA
Depersico Creative Group - Havertown, PA
Connors Advertising - Havertown, PA
Holston, Sentivan & Gury - Ambler, PA
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Freelance Graphic Designer
DePersico Creative Group
Jan 2007 - May 2007 (4 months)
This was a temp freelance position. I was responsible for the production work done on packaging, specifically for Nutrisystem.
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Graphic Designer
Student Media Group
Apr 2006 - Jul 2006 (3 months)
I worked here part time designing yellow page ads for handbook planners for colleges/universities in the US.
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Sr. Graphic Designer
College Directory Publishing, Inc./Big Book Directories
May 1997 - Mar 2006 (8 years 10 months)
I was a graphic designer for this company for 9 years.
The company produced telephone directories for colleges/universities throughout the US. They also produced a telephone directory called the Big Book Directory within Pennsylvania. I helped with designing the yellow page ads, pagination of the books, cover designs, in-house pieces for the company, helped supervise the artists, trafficed the flow of work coming in and out of the production department, communicated with printers and outside vendors and preflighting materials before they went to print.