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Schaumburg, Illinois

Provide design concepts for main collateral pieces of the organization for major meetings, including posters, flyers, signage and advertising. Collaborate on brand creation and development for various ad hoc projects including extending the brand into various marketing collateral and media. Design promotional marketing material, including brochures, onsite programs, onsite signage columns wraps, and other design elements as needed.Produce and integrate brand specifications in all marketing and other creative pieces to ensure consistent identity.Design and layout copy for 16 newsletters, important member communications for various sections of actuarial practice. Negotiate printing schedules and related production printing costs.Collaborate in the creation of apps for different meetings.Work on digital files such as e-newsletters, web bannersConceptualize and designed trade show collateral that reinforced the brand image.Manage all associated printing needs, including research of printing facilities, and negotiation of pricing and fulfillment procedures.Color correct, retouch and repurpose images for print and Web.

Schaumburg, Illinois

Executed projects from conceptualization to preflighting for press and in-store marketing environment. Worked closely with art director to develop design graphic concepts for direct mail packages.Conceptualized, designed and produced graphic pieces such as direct mail, brochures, inserts, envelopes, letters and forms.Packaging creation from conceptual to finalCollaborated on internal corporate identity collateral materials;Responsible for preflight files process to get files ready for press.Major accounts included Bank of America, Capital One, Blockbuster, AOL, VISA Aspire and Target.

Greater Chicago Area

Primary responsibility was retail signage installation.Drew up new customer files and kept older files current.As in-house designer, my functions included: assistant to the owner/president, customer assistance and sales, creation of signs from customer concepts to press, conversion of customer artwork to signage ready, supervision of sign installation to verify design integrity and compliance with local regulations and well as Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations and follow-up calls with customer to measure overall satisfaction.

Lima- Peru

Designed billboards, advertisements for magazines, newspapers, displays, and signs for public transportation, such as bus stops. Worked on various projects ranging from print advertising, commercials and logo design. My assigned accounts included Compaq, Columbia Pictures, Banco Continental, Kraft and Panasonic.

Lima- Peru

Created annual reports from creative concepts to press. Also responsible for working on brand image and corporate identity for large companies including insurance companies, banks, restaurants, law firms, and retail stores. Also designed promotional items such as brochures, displays, exterior design elements, newsletters, and postcards.