Julie Kulaga Email & Phone Number

Sanford, FL

The Villages, Florida, United States

Altamonte Springs, FL

Leesburg, FL

• Created a wide variety of electronic and printed materials including brochures, tickets, event programs, logos, invitations, flyers, posters, vehicle wraps, web graphics, newspaper and magazine advertisements.
• Performed color corrections and re-touched photography.
• Proofread copy for spelling and grammar accuracy.
• Operated and performed troubleshooting on the high-speed color digital press (Konica Minolta bizhub, series C8000).
• Impositioned layouts and created process and spot color plates for the 500, Ryobi, Heidelberg 52, and Miehle printing presses.
• Worked directly with a variety of local businesses throughout Central Florida in accordance to their project objectives, budget, timetable and target audience(s).

Brandon, Florida

• Worked closely with HomeStore owners and managers from several locations throughout the country to create custom local online and print advertisements.
• Fulfilled requests for Point of Purchase display projects such as in-store signage and tags.
• Adhered to corporate standards and legal regulations by following the creative direction established for national promotions and ensuring accuracy of disclaimers for financing offers.
• Met deadlines for newspaper ads and other various printing needs.

Tampa, FL

• Designed multiple projects in a fast-paced environment for a variety of media including: online promotions, sales collateral, arena signage, corporate communications and print advertisements for hockey games and.
• Submitted project proofs for approval and set up files for offset printing to vendors.
• Followed style guide requirements to maintain brand integrity with specific treatments of photography, typography, graphic elements and team/sponsor/arena logos.
• Performed Photoshop retouching of merchandise photos for launch of new Tampa Bay Sports website.
• Assisted with administrative functions such as the printing, cutting and binding of marketing and sponsorship materials.

Eatontown, NJ

• Conceptualized, designed, and prepared electronic and printed materials for a variety of publications and other media including marketing collateral such as business card, letterhead and PowerPoint layout design.
• Edited charts and spreadsheet formatting for government proposals using Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel to improve visual communication of content and meet specifications mandated, such as: font size, dimensions, color.
• Typeset and edited content for corporate publications by proofreading copy for spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors.

Lakewood, NJ

• Performed daily sales calls to engage customers within the database and increase ticket sales.
• Scheduled staffing of the ClawsCove store, supervised sales associates and cash management.
• Created purchase orders, controlled inventory and fulfilled phone and online e-commerce order requests.
• Planned and implemented new layouts and visual displays of merchandise in-store and online to improve customer experience and drive traffic.
• Expanded team presence by marketing upcoming promotions through grassroots marketing efforts within the community, on social media and in newspaper advertisements.
• Assisted with various ballpark facility operations in hosting events such as the South Atlantic League All-Star Game and Little League camps and tournaments.

Tampa, FL

• Built relationships with hotels in the Orlando and Tampa Bay markets and kept informed about updates to theme parks.
• Set up displays and distributed promotional materials at outreach events within the community.
• Researched and presented strategies to improve marketing of new theme park addition.
• Escorted media during in-park radio remotes and opening of roller coaster.

Lakeland, Florida Area

• Updated previous sales data and current vendor inventories.
• Analyzed data history and identified trends to determine new methods to increase sales.
• Revised website content to improve search engine optimization results.
• Performed marketing research for campaigns.
• Developed creative briefs, surveys and copy for advertisements.
• Conducted a branding presentation to company management.

Neptune, NJ

• Created advertisements based on size, color, copy and image specifications.
• Learned about the newspaper printing process.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Advertising

Activities and Societies: American Advertising Federation, Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honorary, Phi Sigma Tau Philosophy Honorary, Intramural.

Graphic Design

Certificate, Adobe Photoshop Cs6

Diploma, Visual Communications

Marketing