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Freelance Graphic Designer - Creative
TNG Creative Group (Production and printing company)
2006 - Present (18 years)
:: Developed a fun fishing theme for Boy Scouts of America's summer time sign-up brochure. Designed and produced visuals for a brochure and mailer, using both stock and client supplied photos, in Indesign. Photo compilations created in Photoshop.
:: Conceived headlines, designed layouts and produced several comps for a themed brochure for St. Joe's hospital craniofacial department.
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Freelance Graphic Designer - Onsite
Mercurio Associates (Design and video company)
Apr 1999 - Present (25 years 4 months)
:: Transformed a print annual report for a non-profit, into an interactive pdf. Marketing Director needed interactive pdf to send to current and potential clients. PDF contained links to websites, roll overs and anchors along with bookmarks for easy navigation.
:: Heavy retouching in Photoshop for a pharmaceutical manufacture. Removed straw, open wounds, dirt, lightened shadows, silhouetted animal, changed backgrounds, created missing parts on various farm animals.
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On-Site Graphic Designer
Novartis
(Corporate in-house for Pharma marketing dept.) On-Site Graphic Designer :: Utilized brand guides and creativity to create a two-fold brochure for employee communications on medical insurance. Photo researched images for use in he brochure. Used Illustrator with "approved" icons to create an infographic as well as to create a 3-D chart. :: Created web banners using CreativeCloud to display on vendor and Novartis websites. Banners were also used on in- house LCD screens to keep employees apprised of current events.
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Freelance Graphic Designer - Offsite
ThinkBrand (Boutique Branding Agency)
Sep 2019 - Dec 2019 (3 months)
:: Work with account rep to create print-ready digital mechanical files for POP displays for top HABA brands. Mechanicals based on Art Directors Photoshop file comps. Heavily detailed work using client style guides and ThinkBrand mechanical protocols.
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Graphic Design Consultant
Fahoury Ink (Business communication and marketing agency)
2006 - 2017 (11 years)
:: Created a logo as the starting point for the visual branding that extended onto collateral materials for a startup accounting firm. Extended the branding into social media by creating components for each platform and an e-newsletter masthead to reach clients old and new.
:: Created memorable curbside brand for local women's retail store. Used Illustrator to create whimsical themed custom illustration.
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On-site Freelance Graphic Designer
SS&B (Pharma ad agency)
Mount Olive Township, NJ
Dec 2013 - Feb 2015 (1 year 2 months)
:: Updated current 60+ page product catalog, with new product listings, for Dr. Reddys generic products. Silhouetted and retouched new products images. Translated old Quark files to InDesign and updated colors and fonts to match Dr. Reddy's new corporate guidelines.
:: Designed and created PowerPoint for a relaunch of a acne cream