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Senior Graphic Designer/Art Director
Harbor Footwear Group Ltd.
Port Washington, NY
Jan 2014 - Present (10 years 7 months)
* Graphic & Print Design for marketing and sales materials (e.g. signage, catalogs, lookbooks & sellsheets).
* Brand & Identity Design.
* Designing for multi-channel campaigns (Web, email, display ads & Social Media).
* Story telling through responsive web design.
* Production work of Product photos and Seasonal lifestyle images.
* Provide Art direction to freelance photographers & graphic designers.
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Graphic Designer
Freelance
Jan 2010 - Present (14 years 7 months)
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Senior Graphic Designer/Art Director
NV Healthcare LLC (Div. of Innovative Premiums, Inc.)
Oceanside, NY
Jan 2009 - Jan 2014 (5 years)
* Development of NüVo Condoms brand.
* Directed and directly created identity for NüVo Condoms brand: Logo, package & printed material design.
* Developed designs for product line extensions maintaining NüVo Condoms brand recognition.
* Provided art direction and created graphics for web developer for NüVo Condoms website.
* Maintain and update NüVo Condoms content management website.
* Maintain, update and create graphics for NüVo Condoms social media sites: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
* Create graphics for promotional videos, and other promotional materials: car wrap, backdrop displays for conventions
and trade shows, table banners and product line mood boards.
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Senior Graphic Designer
Innovative Premiums Inc.
Oceanside, NY
Jan 2002 - Jan 2014 (12 years)
* Art Direction: brainstorming, concept development, project management, production, presentation/client relations.
* Directing the artistic development of marketing materials and adhering to established guidelines and brand identities.
* Responsible for timeliness through the entire creative design process from concept through completion.
* Strong interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and ability to meet and work against tight deadlines.
* Studio digital photography of Products.
* Photo Editing: retouching, color correction and image manipulation.
* Branding and Mock-ups. * Design and layout of company catalogs, brochures & client sell sheets.
* Artwork pre-press (assigning spot colors, set over printing, adding bleeds, etc.).
* Maintain overall Image of company printed materials and update website.
* Engineering drawings for product development of concept promotional items.
* Direct contact with clients, Ad agencies, vendors and overseas manufacturers.
* Clients in various industries including: Wyeth, P&G, Pfizer, Lilly, Georgi Vodka & Kimberly Clark (Cottonelle, Little swimmers and Huggies).
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Graphic Designer/Print Production
B&E Graphic Network Inc.
Westbury, NY
Jan 1999 - Jan 2002 (3 years)
Graphic Design:
Responsibilities included design concept, layout, mechanical production for sell sheets, point of purchase, brochures, catalogs, store mailers, etc.
• Managed all aspects of a given project from concept through completion.
• Able to work independently or within a team.
• Maintained overall visual corporate image.
Print Production:
Responsible for and trafficking customer jobs to insure that they are delivered on time and within budget
• Bid out jobs with vendors (Printers, color separators, paper merchants)
• Prepare estimate comparisons from supplied vendor's bids.
• Worked with vendors to coordinate production and arrange pick-ups and deliveries.
• Managed Customer Service -communication with customers on work in progress.