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Covina, Ca, Us

Santa Ana, California, United States

• Serve as a manager and continue to lead and mentor other team members within the Color + Creative team.• Produce technically accurate working mechanical files for packaging, collateral, point-of-purchase displays (POP), web assets and sales materials for print and other media.• Manage partnerships with print vendors and artwork stakeholders.• Keep current on all the latest design trends and printing process innovations. • Serve as a strategist to refine processes and… Show more • Serve as a manager and continue to lead and mentor other team members within the Color + Creative team.• Produce technically accurate working mechanical files for packaging, collateral, point-of-purchase displays (POP), web assets and sales materials for print and other media.• Manage partnerships with print vendors and artwork stakeholders.• Keep current on all the latest design trends and printing process innovations. • Serve as a strategist to refine processes and procedures, ensuring continuous improvement throughout the department.• Review and approve artwork proofs from vendors, including all communication of product specs, and revisions to ensure they meet requirements. Show less

Santa Ana, Ca

• Served as a leader and mentor to other team members within the Color + Creative team.• Produced technically accurate working mechanical files for packaging, collateral, point-of-purchase displays (POP), web assets and sales materials for print and other media.• Managed partnerships with print vendors and artwork stakeholders.• Kept current on all the latest design trends and printing process innovations. • Served as a strategist to refine processes and procedures… Show more • Served as a leader and mentor to other team members within the Color + Creative team.• Produced technically accurate working mechanical files for packaging, collateral, point-of-purchase displays (POP), web assets and sales materials for print and other media.• Managed partnerships with print vendors and artwork stakeholders.• Kept current on all the latest design trends and printing process innovations. • Served as a strategist to refine processes and procedures, ensuring continuous improvement throughout the department.• Reviewed and approved artwork proofs from vendors, including all communication of product specs, and revisions to ensure they meet requirements. Show less

Pasadena, Ca

• Designed and produced packaging, retail POP displays, and retail marketing materials. • Created physical mock-ups and digital renderings.• Produced technically accurate and successful working mechanical files for print vendors and internal clients.• Reviewed and approved proofs received from vendors. Responsible for accuracy of all revisions, provided final approvals.

Pasadena, Ca

• Designed and produced packaging, retail POP displays, and retail marketing materials. • Created physical mock-ups and digital renderings.• Produced technically accurate and successful working mechanical files for print vendors and internal clients.• Reviewed and approved proofs received from vendors. Responsible for accuracy of all revisions, provided final approvals.

Westlake Village, California

• Managed and distributed artwork to agency partners, printers, and other vendors.• Collaborated with brand teams to develop creative briefs, establish strategy and objectives, and implement guidelines.• Spearheaded internal artwork proofing process.• Managed of budgets and time lines for packaging projects.• Directed new product photo shoots.• Maintained digital asset database.

Ventura, California

• Responsible for print production, three-dimensional renderings, technical design of packaging, and layout of client presentations.• Produced artwork for Dole Packaged Foods, ConAgra Foods, Lance Crackers, WD-40, Heinz, Farmer John, Orkney Foods, Jennie-O Turkey, and Barilla Pasta.

New York, New York

• Designed and produced retail marketing materials and packaging.• Structural and technical design for packaging, POP displays, and large capacity carton displays (PDQs).• Created in-house packaging mock-ups and digital three-dimensional renderings.• Lead designer of packaging and POP displays for Walmart, Disney, Kmart, Costco, KitchenAid, Farberware and Paula Deen accounts.• Created and maintained company website.• Maintained digital asset library and file storage… Show more • Designed and produced retail marketing materials and packaging.• Structural and technical design for packaging, POP displays, and large capacity carton displays (PDQs).• Created in-house packaging mock-ups and digital three-dimensional renderings.• Lead designer of packaging and POP displays for Walmart, Disney, Kmart, Costco, KitchenAid, Farberware and Paula Deen accounts.• Created and maintained company website.• Maintained digital asset library and file storage system. Show less

Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Created and maintained a series of Flash based ads for Sky and Telescope magazine. • Ads were responsible for increasing web-initiated subscriptions by over 100%.

Ventura, California

• Responsible for all aspects of the company’s visual representation, including a complete rebranding.• Created of visual media for client presentations; documented to have increased enrollmenby more than 150 percent within the first enrollment cycle.• Created informational websites for individual clients.• Created and maintained marketing materials and informational newsletters.• Worked directly with print vendors.

El Segundo, California

• Created set and three-dimensional elements extrapolated from existing Mattel packaging for use in the annual Toy Fair. • Created the process for three-dimensional rendering. • Design lead of the Girls Showroom and Barbie Showroom teams. • Large format printing.

Los Angeles, California

• Created invitations, brochures, floral designs, set pieces and backdrops for use in special events, event facilitation.

Children's theater, Performance, General Maintenance of Performance area, Performed as Merlin the Wizard.

Bachelors, Graphic Design

Activities and Societies: AIGA

Industrial And Product Design

Through the Art Center At Night program, I have taken a class in Product Design with instructor Stan Kong.

Diploma