PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Dedicated production artist who bring a wealth of production experience to any corporate or agency environment.  I have worked on an impressive assortment of print collateral materials for in-store, tradeshows/events, meetings, as well as mobile applications, packaging, catalogs and other marketing collateral.  Also have managed creative projects from start to completion, specifically working with various print vendors. A strong team player and communicator, as well as a self-directed individual contributor.

 

 

SPECIALITIES

Catalogs, Newsletters, Circulars, Packaging, Die-Cuts, Tradeshow/Event Signage, Brochures, Direct Mail, Posters/Signage, Retail POS, ROP, and Manuals

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Photoshop  Dreamweaver  Powerpoint  XTML/ HTML

Illustrator  Flash    Adobe Muse  CSS Style Sheets

InDesign  Quark Xpress  Microsoft Word

 

PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT EXPERIENCE

 

ECM/Paradym Publishing, Red Circle Agency, Gabriel deGrood Bendt, ShopHQ, College of St. Scholastica, Data Recognition Corporation, Wells Fargo, RPM Connect, Arnold/Ostrom Advertising, Honeywell, IntegriPrint, Brandspring Solutions, Edge Advertising, Koch Industries, and Lee Carlson Center for Mental Illness

Production Artist

• Worked with internal creative services teams to concept and execute design & production

• Created image collages, as well as layouts of charts and other content for digital mobile applications

• Designed and produced trade show/event signage and collateral

• Created ad layouts, billboards, and other signage

• Redesigned newsletter adding content and photos

• Concepted, designed, and produced postcards and other direct mail piece

• Designed process and executed multiple product catalog designs

• Strategically designed annual report layouts for print and digital delivery

• Designed and marketed strategies for retail packaging of new products

• Collaborated with Engineering on new product labels, sell sheets, and packaging. Ensured that production files
   meet pre-press and printing specifications including page size, bleeds, color palette, font usage, link usage, file formats,  layers, and
   four-color and black plate change

• Worked with a number of internal and external clients, as well as vendors to meet aggressive project budgets and timelines while
   maintaining brand integrity

• Created budget estimates, reviewed and approved invoices, and estimated contractor hours.

• Worked with internal teams and external vendors to determine best printing materials and location

• Utilized various project management systems

• Book Layout and design. K-12 Education, Mirrors & Windows Literature Books

 

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Pearson Education      November 2008 - September 2009

Marketing Catalog Specialist

• Manage catalog content for K-12 education, design and layout processes including partnering with
  product manager and ensure consistency

• Incorporate brand strategy into catalog content and design

• Provide technical production using CS3, CS4: converting from Quark to InDesign

 

 

Star Tribune       March 2001 - August 2004

Senior Production Artist

• Layout and design of ROP retail ads, special projects, direct mail, real estate advertising using Indesign

• Managed multiple projects making daily and weekly deadlines. Design and copy edits.

• Maintain graphic project files in a clear and orderly fashion and collect and manage files, images, fonts for output

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Minneapolis Community & Technical College – Continuing Education: HTML/XHTML I & II, Cascading Style Sheet, Creating Web Graphics, Dreamweaver I, II, III, Flash I, II

 

Project Management for Everyone - Employers Association

 

Hennepin Technical College: Electronic Publishing & Graphic Arts – Certification

 

Hennepin Technical College: InDesign CS, Go Live 4.0, Advanced Photoshop – Continuing Education & Training

 

 

ACTIVITIES

 

AIGA of Minnesota: Design Camp Volunteer: AIGA One-on-one portfolio reviewer, AIGA In-house designer group, Brown College portfolio reviewer, Designer Learning Group