 Profile
Senior Designer with 10+ years of diversified experience, expertise in layout, design, production, color and pre-press. Experience with e-mail marketing and web site design. Managed design teams, coordinating all aspects from conception to completion, successfully meeting clients’ needs under tight deadlines.
□ 10+ years experience in art direction, creative campaigns and design
□ Managed work flow of creative teams, oversaw work for continuity and quality control
□ Interviewed, presented creative and collaborated directly with clients
□ Organized and directed photo shoots for best creative use
□ Redesigned and implemented a project development / creative brief process for two employers to minimize miscommunication of creative concepts and improve client expectations
□ Experience with:
• Brochures, ads, catalogs, posters, outdoor, packaging, stationary, direct mail, web and more
• Headline, tagline, copy writing and logo development.
• Tourism destinations, real estate developers, malls and retail stores, manufacturers, wholesalers
• B2B and B2C advertising on both local, national and multi-national brands
□ 3+ years pre-press, image editing, color work and press proofing for high profile tourism accounts
□ 6+ years managing small tour operator office including tour booking, tour packaging, supplier contracting, tour quality control as well as hands on tour guide
□ Attended seminars to stay current on software use and self-education on various video and web programs
CORE SKILLS
Creative, Art Direction & Design
Creative Team Management
Copy Writing & Concepting
Image Editing & Prepress
Photography & Photo Shoots
Website Front End Design
Contract Sources & Services
Image Archive Maintenance
PROFICIENCIES
Quark Xpress, InDesign CS4, Illustrator CS4, Photoshop CS4, Acrobat, Powerpoint, Word, Excel (data entry), Mac & PC Platforms
Worked with Dreamweaver, Flash, Final Cut Express, Quicktime Pro
EDUCATION
International Fine Arts College, Miami - Associate of Advertising Design - Valedictorian
University of Maine - Continued Studies in Computer Science
University of Maryland - Associate of Arts, General
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