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Freelance Graphic Designer / Illustrator
The Creative Group
Feb 2011 - Present (13 years 9 months)
Freelance Graphic Design and Illustration with The Creative Group for various clients: General Electric, Southern Graphics Systems, 4Walls, Proforma, Linear Design, Darice, HMT Associates, Doner Advertising, Faber-Castell and others in and around Cleveland, Ohio.
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Freelance Designer & Artist
Gingerblah
Dec 2010 - Present (13 years 11 months)
Freelance Graphic Design & Illustration
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Graphic Design
Ai Design Group
Nov 2011 - Jan 2012 (2 months)
-Layout, design and formatting of product catalogs.
-Layout and design of email advertisements.
-Logo illustration and design work.
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Freelance/Package Design
The Creative Group
Nov 2008 - Apr 2009 (5 months)
· Illustration and Design of Make Your Own Art Kits.
· Conceptualizing and planning of entire package design.
· Design of Design Guide and Instruction booklets for each art kit.
· Redesign of Eco-Pencil logo for Faber-Castell.
· Research of Color Trends for use in the package design.
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Surface and Product Designer
American Greetings
May 2003 - Jun 2008 (5 years 1 month)
· Illustration and Design of Art for Major Retailers.
· Conceptualizing and planning of designs.
· Pattern Making and Surface Design for use in gift wrap & gift bags.
· Research of Color and Design Trends.
· Color correcting art and Proofing and comping of designs.
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Designer/Technical Writer
Kelley Services/Invacare
Oct 2002 - Apr 2003 (6 months)
· Redesign of technical manuals.
· Production of technical illustrations.
· Assisted in some technical writing.
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Digital Graphics Assembler
American Greetings
Jul 2000 - Feb 2002 (1 year 7 months)
- Responsible for all pre-press functions and proofing of greeting cards and gift bags.
- Constructed pdf files, formatted electronic files and archived jobs.
- Achieved one of the lowest error rates in the department and exceeded production goals.
- Trained other associates how to make pdf files more efficiently and how to research missing files.
- Informal leader, helped other associates problem solve.
- Completed software training in half the expected time and worked with little supervision.
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Graphic Designer
YSU Graphic Services
Apr 1995 - Apr 1998 (3 years)
· Designed logos, brochures, posters and did some illusrtation work.
Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe InDesign, Adobe GoLive, Corel Draw, Macromedia Freehand, Quark Express, Ableton Live, Soundedit 16