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Graphic Artist - Art Dept. and Photoshop
613 Originals
Mahwah, NJ
Dec 2018 - Sep 2020 (1 year 9 months)
Created custom designs and re-created art for customers and 613 Originals line in Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Designs ranged from sports, beachwear, logos, mountain resort, type and custom artwork.
• Prepared artwork for printing and production using spot color separations and 4 color process.
• Set up layout sheets in Illustrator.
Collaborated with customers and colleague's on making new art.
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Graphic Artist - Art Dept
Artline Heat Transfers
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Sep 2015 - Nov 2018 (3 years 2 months)
* Created custom designs and re-created art for customers and Artline hats, shorts, sweat pants etc. * Designs ranged from sports, beachwear, logos, mountain resort, type and custom artwork. * Worked and communicated closely with customers on the phone and in person. * Prepared artwork for printing and production using spot color separations and 4 color process. Set up layout sheets in Illustrator. Sent spot color separations to film.
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Production Artist - Advertising Dept
A&P Headquarters and Ivie Inc.
Montvale, NJ
Jan 2004 - Nov 2015 (11 years 10 months)
* Responsible for Pathmark and Food Emporium Circular from cover to cover. Art, type, layout and versioning.
* Promoted store sales by building weekly circulars for all Food Emporium, Pathmark and A&P Supermarkets using InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.
* Created and designed various templates, brought in photos, added and arranged type and added creative elements for different seasonal and Holiday themes.
* Work in consultation with management to balance workload across team (s). * Managed production page builders to make necessary corrections/edits and changes. *
Designed weekly newspaper ads for the New York Times and other newspapers. * Created various digital signs for A&P stores.
* Created mailers and coupon books and other various print projects.
* Understand pre-press issues, worked in Excel to make printer run list and recap documents. * Identify issues in existing workflow or processes and propose solutions to promote greater efficiency.
* Collaborated with creative team to build circular ads and newspaper ads. * Proofread all materials on a daily basis to ensure everything is correct and meets expected levels of excellence.
* Field questions and offers advice to team members for creative problem solving.
* Used Vertis Communications Software.
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Graphic Artist
F&M Expressions
Mahwah, NJ
Jan 2001 - Jan 2004 (3 years)
Heat Transfer Design Co. * Created new designs for customers using Illustrator and Photoshop. * Designs ranged from Resort, Sportswear, Children's apparel, Logos, Commercial and International to special custom designs. * Prepared artwork for printing and production using spot color separations and 4 color process. * Set up layout sheets in Illustrator. * Ripped layouts to film. * Worked quickly and efficiently to meet tight deadlines.