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Associate Editor
Monrovia, CA
Jan 2018 - Jan 2024 (6 years)
Design pages and health section for printing and digital output using Adobe Suit; translate newspaper articles to Spanish; update webpage content using xhtml/Wordpress, create ads for web, optimize and edit video / photos for web; organized files in server, retouch photos (Photoshop), handle social media sites for newspaper; perform copy editing duties.
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Graphic Designer/Translator
Torrance, CA
Oct 2006 - Mar 2018 (11 years 5 months)
Design pages for newspaper and collateral material (media kits, flyers, ads, email blasts, etc.) for printing and digital output, designed templates for newspaper pages; design and translate commercial ads / translate newspaper articles to Spanish; created image for newspaper sections / special publications, update webpage content using xhtml/inter-phase, create ads for web, optimize video / photos for web, provide and retouch photos, manage social media sites for newspaper
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Graphic Editorial Designer
Monrovia, CA
May 2015 - Mar 2018 (2 years 10 months)
Design editorial pages for newspapers as the Daily Breeze, Daily News, Press-Telegram under daily deadlines; collaborate with a team of designers laying out pages for Inland Empire and San Gabriel area local newspapers; created new look for Spanish weekly newspaper Excelsior; update social media sites and web page for Impacto.
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Lead Graphic Designer for Excelsior
Monrovia, CA
Mar 2015 - Jan 2018 (2 years 10 months)
Design A1 pages for Spanish weekly newspaper Excelsior; update social media sites and web page for Impacto. Create infographics as content for newspaper. Perform copy editing duties.
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Production Artist
LA, CA
Apr 2006 - Nov 2006 (7 months)
Designed ads, checked ads using Pitstop and Preflight, corrected color in scans, edited and formatted text for magazine in QuarkXpress and InDesign, recreated and corrected art using Illustrator and Photoshop, corrected color from photos using Photoshop
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Production Artist/Translator
Long Beach, CA
Oct 2003 - Apr 2006 (2 years 6 months)
Worked as a backup Supervisor; designed and edited newspaper ads using QuarkXpress, InDesign, Photoshop & Illustrator; communicated with representatives for clarifications concerning ads; translated ads for Spanish publication Impacto USA; set up the obituaries page; and special publications as TV Book, Impacto USA, Beachweek and Healthbeat
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Graphic Designer, Intern
Harvest Press
Wilmington, CA
Dec 2002 - Feb 2003 (2 months)
Designed flyers, business cards, logos, envelopes using CorelDraw and performed clerical duties