Eva Belmonte

-Create ads (print & web), booklets, brochures, posters, booth banner stands and graphics, large format graphics, complete tradeshow booth design

- Layout and assemble monthly publication entitled Construction Equipment Distribution.
- Design/layout/create manuals, ads, postcards, media kits, publication and booklet covers, and directories.
- 2015 Complete Magazine Redesign including all templates

- Listen to the needs of the client (whether that be an agency, individual or company), bear in mind their objectives and deliver a final product.
- Meet extreme deadlines, work well under pressure.
- Design/layout/create magazines, brochures, booth graphics, logos, business cards, postcards and newsletters.

- Manage, motivate and lead a staff of three.
- Streamline processes and revise workflows with editorial and marketing departments to improve efficiency and minimize down time.
- Build and maintain a “digital bridge" for company departments to work simultaneously with each other over a network.
- Implement an "all digital" PDF workflow as well as computer-to-plate and soft proofing. Saving time, paper and added expenses in excess of over $60K in the first year.
- Layout, create and revamp editorial for extended partners including: GE, Siemens, Philips, and Sony. This includes reprints, gatefolds, wall charts, bellybands, cover tips and laminates. Generating $40K quarterly.
- Cross-functional design with marketing to produce in-house print and digital/online campaigns from conceptual stage through completion.
- Budget department funds, schedule all printing/mailing dates as well as oversee all departmental scheduling and deadlines.
- Successfully produce trade show booths, media kits and supplements.
- Establish partnerships with freelance talent and printers as needed.

- Size artwork, check digital photos, create and revise templates, and layout and design four publications incorporating articles, product releases, news, statistical or comparative data/charts, special features, stories and advertisements.
- Preflight/prepare/design ads and set up color proofs.
- Review, log and process insertion orders. Check reports against production logs. Create issue masters, print orders and impositions.
- Communicate efficiently with advertisers/agencies when ad material problems are encountered and/or when technical assistance is needed.

- Design/layout/create logos, postcards, newsletters and brochures.
- Preflight jobs and set up and assemble for press; schedule and perform client press checks.
- Perform color correction and photo retouching.
- Typesetting, bindery and clerical tasks.
- Collaborate with various clients including: Kraft Foods, Northwestern University, LaSalle Bank, Kahn Reality and United Airlines.
- Customized the design and illustration of a children's book.