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OBJECTIVE | EXPERIENCE | EDUCATION

    Visual communications manager or art director, where my skills and experience can be effectively utilized for increased productivity and unique creativity. In a position that requires to seek creative solutions and unique problem solving.

   I'd constantly strive for both professional and personal development, while encompassing various fields that require full implementation of information in visual communications areas, and have shown, effective problem solving ideas, as well as, adaptive solutions and techniques while at my previous positions and have adapted swiftly and successfully to any market and/or industries.

Graphic Designer

SuperMedia (formerly Idearc)

1997 to 2010

Responsible for developing advertising from concept to print for the Yellow Pages directories, with functions which included assessment and implementation of customer's marketing needs, in addition to photo sessions, illustration assignments, copy writing development, and problem solving implementation, while meeting rigorous deadlines while acting as a liaison between sales executives and customers requirements.

 

DTP - Electronic Prepress Technician

Winthrop Printing

1996 - 1997

Responsible for deploying customer's projects and preparing them to be printer ready. I'd worked with customer's supplied digital files, taking them from preflight, preparation, trapping, imposition thru film developing. I used Macintosh OS and relevant applications, utilizing SUN-UNIX and Windows NT for OPI and file server.

 

DTP - Electronic Prepress Technician

Summit Press

1995 - 1996

Responsible for deploying customer's projects and preparing them to be printer ready. I would work with customer's supplied digital files, taking them from preflight, preparation, trapping, imposition thru film developing. I used OS Macintosh and relevant applications, I also used UNIX (helios) servers for OPI and files.

 

DTP - Electronic Prepress Technician

Laser graphics, Inc.

1993 - 1995

Responsible for preparing customer's projects and preparing them to be printer ready. I would work with customer's supplied digital files, taking them from preflight, preparation, trapping, imposition thru film developing. I used OS Macintosh and relevant applications, as well as, Scitex (Vista) stations.
 

Graphic Designer/ Desktop Publisher

Tangram Group and Alden & Clark

1991 - 1993

Graphic designer responsible for advertising and marketing development, which included implementation of customers marketing needs, including advertisements, promotional materials and annual reports -from concept to print-, performing photo sessions, illustration assignments, copy writing including problem solving and budgeting, while meeting pressing deadlines and serving as a liaison between sales personnel and customers requirements.

Digital Typographic Designer

AGFA (formerly CompuGrapic)

1987 - 1991

As type designer, I'd designed and produced typographic fonts, using demanding highly skilled proprietary
software (IntelliFont) and unix hardware. The final product was to be later implemented to be used for all operating systems and with all Hewlett Packard printers.

 

Advertising Director

HBM Creamer Advertising

1986- 1987

Responsible for developing advertising campaigns implementing customers marketing needs, including ads, promotional materials, annual reports performing photo sessions, illustration, copy writing, and problem solving, while meeting pressing deadlines, and served as a liaison between sales personnel and clients. Some of the accounts included Bank of Boston, Mortgage First and Molson Beer.

• Clark University Web Design and Multimedia Certificate Web Master Certificate • University of Massachusetts Multimedia Certificate • MinuteMan Tech Desktop Publishing -Macintosh- Certificate • Northeastern University BS - Visual Communications Graphic Design Certificate