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Graphic Designer
Poway, CA
Jun 2016 - Apr 2023 (6 years 10 months)
Specialized in packaging design for both national and international retail, including bagged costumes, toy weapons, wigs, masks and accessories. Creating and manipulating licensed costume art, web and social media graphics, tradeshow graphics, catalogs, concepting and creating ads for trade publications. Photo retouched costume art. Leveraged feedback and input from all team members: creative department, designers, licensors, coordinators and marketing department. Handled sensitive embargoed assets and branding guides on tight deadlines for Disney, Pixar, Hasbro, LEGO, Nintendo, NBC Universal, Pokemon, Warner Bros and SONY. Conceptualized new and innovative designs to be pitched to the licensors to ensure renewal of contracts. Booth set up at NOLA Trade Show.
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Jacqueline Strouse Schible Designs
Freelance Designer
San Diego, CA
Sep 2007 - Aug 2022 (14 years 11 months)
Logo and brand distinction, created layout designs, reformatting, file preparation, collaboration with printers, client meetings and postcards, edited layout and copy for fliers, image manipulation, banner designs, presented concepts, defined deadlines and schedule, photography, social media posts and fine art pieces.
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Graphic Designer
Poway, CA
Aug 2009 - Jun 2016 (6 years 10 months)
Concepted and designed high profile covers and layouts. Trained multiple temps at one time on company standards and basic procedures while working on a team to build over 2200 pages for annual catalog using InDesign and B.Media. Designed while adhering to templates along with company styles and standards for logo placement, usage, text flow and layouts. Extensive use of both tables and grids. Acting as liason for merchants and creative department. Edited, proofed and corrected everyday changes and new projects. Completed prepress checkoffs and preparations to finish main catalog and applied the same knowledge for similar tasks for mini catalogs, tabloids, brochures, fliers, ads and tradeshow graphics. Upload completed graphics using Insite and Fetch. Approved files and worked closely with distribution. Completed web training utilizing HTML and CSS. Worked with the social media team on complete campaigns.
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Graphic Designer
San Diego, CA
May 2010 - Sep 2010 (4 months)
Created, proofed, edited and printed graphics in a wide variety for the Miramar Marine Corps Base. Projects included fliers, brochures, business cards, banners, menus, postcards, posters and logos. Image manipulation, concepting, working with tight deadlines, photography and illustration utilizing Adobe CS, Microsoft Office and the knowledge of the printing process and machines.