David Alvarez Email & Phone Number

I'm currently employed as a production art director at Pulse-Creative with a multitude of responsibilities spanning creative and production tasks.Over the years, design projects I've participated in have won awards, and I've been fortunate to be part of amazing teams to help clients achieve their visual goals. My speciality is having an eye for detail, and perfecting any creative project I am part, ensuring it's quality is optimal for sending out - whether to the client or for production like to print.Select clients I worked with: Apl.De.Ap (of The Black Eyed Peas), Persistent Systems, Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), Pinoy Relief, OsteoStrong, Belvedere, PowerPlay NYC.I hold a Bachelors in Technology in Graphic Arts Production Management & have a background ranging from collaborative in-studio work to independent freelance jobs. Experiences include, but are not limited to: art direction print production, print design, interactive design (web, apps, etc), branding/identity design, apparel design & screen printing, photo retouching, presentation design, storyboarding, filming, creative writing, content creation/ideation, mockup/mechanical creation, templating creative work for teams to use.Programs & applications: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, XD, Lightroom, Acrobat, Word, PowerPoint, Keynote,

Listed skills include Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Graphic Design, and 31 others.

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  Production Art Director

  Pulse-Creative

  Sep 2011 - Present

  – Designs & creates for various projects/clients ranging from branding/identity, print, social media, video/motion graphics.– Production roles include preflighting print collateral, photo retouching, setting up design templates, creating print-ready files, visualizing mockups/mechanicals, etc.– Manages & sets processes, files & protocols in various creative workflows.– Trains most creative hires and interns.– Content creator for multiple social media platforms for organization & clients.– Oversees quality control of many projects.