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• Design and production of direct mail campaigns
• Clients include: Office Depot, ABC Supply, Illinois State Treasurer, Firestone, American Medicial Association, WW (WeightWatchers)

Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL

• Responsible for keylining and image compositions for multiple collateral pieces including: standees, table tents, coasters, shelf shades, tear pads, and pole toppers.
• Clients include: Jim Beam Global Wine & Spirits, Waste Management, Kraft foods, Procter & Gamble.

Chicago, IL

• Layout of student instructional books for multiple languages
• Extensive use of style sheets and tables
• Preflight and product delivery

Chicago, IL

• Layout of student and teacher edition text books for multiple grade levels
• Developed scripts for automating some production processes to increase speed and accuracy
• Extensive use of style sheets, tables and inline graphics
• Image retouching and color correction of photos and graphics
• Project management

Chicago, IL

• Responsible for document conversions of recent acquisitions of SPSS, InfoSphere Guardium and OpenPages
• Executed document layouts consistent with IBM design standards of white papers, customer stories, data sheets, solution briefs, executive summaries and brochures
• Developed scripts for consistent and accurate file delivery and naming

Chicago, IL

• Layout and conversions of DVD covers from existing Quark™ documents to InDesign®
• Preflight and delivery of files to printer

Chicago, IL

• Responsible for keylining and print production for packaging, magazine advertisements, POP, brochures, and other various promotional materials including car graphics and cooler displays
• Delivered final product via collection of files, PDF/X-1a or tif files to disk or client FTP site per clients request
• Clients include: Coca-Cola, Miller Brewing Company, American Family Insurance

Chicago, IL

• Digital production/pre-press work on a wide variety of products including advertisements, standees, banners, static stickers
• Prepared mechanical keylines for release to print vendors using Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop
• Retouch, color correct and/or composite photographs to art director specifications
• Clients include: MillerCoors Brewing Company, Disney Vacation Club, Procter & Gamble, Aircell

• Digital keylining of multinational/multilingual packaging meeting FDA requirements when necessary
• Heavy use of custom spot colors specifically using multi-channeled photoshop files
• Clients include: Wrigley Chewing Gum, Radio Flyer

Eaton, IN

• Managed prepress department responsible for proofing, imposition, trapping of client files for sheet fed offset presses
• Operation, calibration and maintenance of output devices including Sherpa 42 and Agfa 1200 Imagesetter
• Design and production for brochures, die cut pocket folders, packaging labels, business cards, letterheads
• Provided customer support and education for technical printing issues and file preparations
• Mac systems maintenance, FTP management, Purchasing of software, supplies
• Implemented a PDF/X-1a workflow to improve file integrity and increased production efficiency

Chicago, IL

• Worked directly with Creative and Art Directors to produce various promotional materials including package designs, brochures, catalogs, newsletters, clamshells, hang tags, channel cards, plan-o-grams, trade show.
• Additional responsibilities include product illustrations, logo designs
• Awarded runner-up honors for packaging design in trade show competition
• Increased production efficiency by introducing tracking software for file management
• Clients include: Chamberlain, Craftsman, A.O. Smith, The Home Depot, Skil, Bosch, True Value, Elkay, In-Sink Erator

Chicago, IL

• Responsible for prepress of client files for various output devices including: Lambda Continuous tone, Duratrans,Cactus Electrostatic, Novajet Ink Jet prints, Fiery RIP, Linotronic 330 Imagesetters, and Solitaire film.
• High resolution scanning, retouching and color correcting of photographic transparencies
• Developed knowledge of various prepress solutions and techniques
• Increased knowledge of multiple output devices and photographic processes
• Clients Include: Nike Town, Playboy, Ambercrombie & Fitch

Indianapolis, IN

• Worked with multiple computer platforms, including UNIX, to create product catalogs and books
• Primary duties included layout, creating illustrations, scanning and photo retouching of images
• Developed retouching and image outlining techniques
• Utilized non-standard software for creating illustrations
• Clients include: Grainger, HP Products, Indiana Supply Corp

Indianapolis, IN

• Created illustrations and designs for wide range of screen printed textile and specialty advertising products
• Developed manual stripping and separation techniques using photo mechanical techniques and hand cutting of rubyliths
• Increased knowledge of trapping and stat camera usage
• Clients include: WFBQ/Q95, The Bob & Tom Show, Finish Line, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Carrier