Barbara Kenngott, Print Production Artist in New York, NY

About

Hello! I am an experienced print production artist who has worked primarily with consumer packaged goods and collateral material for over 15 years. In my full-time positions, I've had the opportunity to work in various roles, from the production and prepress side of the design process, to project management and client service. I possess excellent organizational skills, a strong eye for design and am known for being an approachable and dedicated team-player. Thanks for checking out my profile!

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts Computer Graphics

Pratt Institute

1993

graduated with Honors

Experience

Production Artist

Electro Creative Workshop, In-house agency of The Clorox Company

Jun 2015 - Present (9 years 6 months)

Create packaging mechanicals and collateral for food, homecare, lifestyle and automotive products in the domestic market and laundry products in international markets. Prepare line extensions. Create product renderings. Perform quality control on hardcopy proofs. Archive jobs into digital asset management system.
Brands include: Clorox, Brita, Glad, Fresh Step, Pine-Sol, Hidden Valley, Soy Vay, NeoCell, Renew Life, Armor All, STP.
Production Artist and Prepress Associate

Metro Packaging & Imaging

Jul 2002 - Mar 2015 (12 years 8 months)

11/14 – 3/15: Pending closure of the Oakland office, remotely trained 2 colleagues for a seamless transition of the Ghirardelli Chocolate account to our east coast team. Created packaging mechanicals. Ensured brand standards. Proofread and examined colleagues’ packaging files.
7/02 – 11/14: Created packaging mechanicals for food and homecare brands. Trained 5 production artists. Wrote procedural and brand guidelines for the production group. Opened and updated job tickets. Liaised with vendors, clients and account managers. Entered files into various digital asset systems. Created mock-ups. Trapped files. Inspected digital plates. Assembled proofs. Prepared files for digital printing. Operated and maintained digital press.
Clients: The Clorox Company, General Mills, Nestlé Dreyer’s Ice Cream, Ghirardelli Chocolate, Monster Cable Products, Netgear, Aspera, Robert Half, Goya Foods, Kaiser Permanente.
Desktop Publisher (Contract)

Pacific Shipper

Jul 2001 - Jan 2002 (6 months)

Arranged all copy and advertising into publication layout. Formatted, updated and proofread advertisers’ maritime shipping schedules. Extracted articles and edited the resulting HTML for website. Designed new page layouts and created master templates for the production group.
Production Artist (Contract)

Federated Department Stores (Macy’s) Marketing Services

Mar 1998 - Apr 2000 (2 years 1 month)

Produced presentation materials, catalogs, brochures, hang tags, signage, mood boards. Created mock-ups. Designed poster concepts. Assisted the VP of Creative Services and all private label brand teams within 6 months.
Brands included: INC International Concepts, Charter Club, Alfani, First Impressions, Tools of the Trade
Designer and Production Artist

SFT Records

Apr 1994 - Aug 1999 (5 years 4 months)

Designed and produced artwork, packaging, advertising and promotional materials for 19 independent record releases.
Production Artist

Csoka/Benato/Fleurant, Inc.

Jul 1993 - Sep 1997 (4 years 2 months)

Produced layouts, logos, artwork for various corporate communications projects.

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Barbara Kenngott

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