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Farmingdale, New York, United States

West Hampton

Westbury, NY

• Held responsibilities of pre-pressman and equipment operator while maintaining machines.
• Helped coordinate with fellow staffers in the completion of work orders for various departments.
• While facing many deadlines, sometimes while also facing technical malfunctions, me and my fellow co-workers were able to problem solve issues and get back to a functioning status often times by improvising printing.
• Maintained issuing materials in “Visual” and “Smartsheet”, logging the sizes of jobs, cutting instrument of a said job, logging how many labels went up on a sheet or roll, and whether a job needed a material change due.

Westbury NY

• Responsible for handling branding standards for different markets across a large variety of merchandise ranging from bottle labels for fluorescent dyes, topacking for UV lamps.
• I was put in charge to reinforce new branding with the coordination of the art director and product marketing specialist.
• Closely working with the printing department, I was regularly supervising time sensitive jobs which involved color correcting labels.
• Marketing materials such as brochures, flyers, ads, and catalogs were jobs that would regularly flow through the department.

Hicksville NY

• Became familiar with “SAi FlexiSign” in order to create designs that would be used in production.
• Some of those designs required that I had an understanding of what material was being printed, what and where was the material being installed, and how the design was to be fabricated in order that I may know how to.
• Using a folder system, I coordinated with the art director, printshop, and installers to ensure maximum quality with each job that reached my desk.

Wantagh

• While working at King Kullen, I was given various responsibilities that were refined over the course of my employment as a seafood clerk.
• My main duties as a seafood clerk were to engage customers about products sold in the department, answered questions, weighed and priced items, and ensurethat a clean department was left when my shift was over.
• Other responsibilities included but were not limited to, ordering items outlined by company marketing department, taking inventory, acting as manager when department head was absent, training new hires, and preparing.

Huntington Station, New York

Working at Painted Pieces, I was well acquainted with Adobe Illustrator for creating original content, and designing graphics to be used in production. Day to day I was in charge of reaching clients with follow up emails and phone calls that would push projects into production. Coordinating with clients and staff, it was my responsibility to design large.

East Norwich, New York

My main responsibilities at Paul Jann Advertising consisted of creating content for Facebook ad campaigns, creating proofs for client approval of said ad campaigns, and coordinating with coworkers in the management of content that was to be posted on Facebook. During my time at PJ Ads, I also taught myself to animate, and in a short time was contracted by.

Lake Grove, NY

TZDesign was my first graphic designer position. I mainly developed content that ranged from icons for small apps, to logo recreation.

Plainview

My first job. I began as a bagger which lasted about 2 years until I was offered the position of maintenance by the assistant manager of the store. My main duties included sweeping, cleaning spills, and routine garbage disposal.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa, Graphic Design

Bachelor’S Degree, Graphic Design, Gpa 3.79

Activities and Societies: Graphic Design ClubGraduated with honors Was on the Dean's list every consecutive semester while attending

Associate’S Degree, Fine And Studio Arts

Achieved my fine arts degree here.