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Greater Chicago Area

Full range of web design, branding and graphic design work for multiple companies: • Web Design: Concept, Imagery, Development, CSS, PHP, Templates Customization, Multimedia, Mobile, Catalog Database.• Branding: Logo, Identity Package Design, Conceptual Design, Art Direction.• Print: Catalogs, Posters, Brochures, Booklets, Presentation Folders, Calendars, Collateral.• Illustration: Technical Illustrations, Murals, Graphic Portraits, Book Illustrations. • Photography: Photo Shoots, Photo-Retouching, Image Formatting.• Multimedia: Animation, Web Intro Animation, Banners, Interactive Flash Animation• Management: Team Training, Implementation Control for Printing Process.

Greater Chicago Area

• Reported to the vise president and manage in-house creative art studio of 4 people and multiple freelancers• Was responsible for Creative Direction, Design and Production of Marketing Literature, Catalogs, P.O.P. Packaging, Brochures, Booklets, Posters, Interactive CD, Website Design and Development, Photography, Photo-Retouching & Images Formatting.• Redesigned Corporate Website and organized transition to in-house web hosting. Manage on-going redesign and updates internally, resulting in an annual savings of $80,000 and elevated the quality control in content and deliverables. Design and develop international websites, micro websites, promotion websites, racing and aviation websites.• Design and execute all support materials for product launches, including a product line that brought in $1 million in new sales.• Designed product catalogs, managed production, updates and implemented printing process.• Designed and managed online product catalogs, including design templates, web development and updates.• Developed and implemented new work flow organization for graphic projects better utilizing department resources resulting in economies of $100,000 savings and a 300% increase in productivity.• Design and develop specifications for corporate identity, branding and digital assets.• Developed and implemented new file control procedures for scheduling and printing resulting in an annual savings of $145,000 in outsourcing and printing costs.• Organized in-house photo studio.

Schaumburg, Il

Image Manipulation, Web Design, Professional Practices Instructor

Ukraine

Full range of graphic design work for such companies including: Panasonic, Nokia, Sony, Motorola, Stanley.• Identity Packages, Logos, Branding, Conceptual Design.• Posters, Brochures, Booklets, Presentation Folders, Calendars, Collateral.• Illustrations, Murals, Graphic Portraits, Book Illustrations, Technical Illustrations. • Photography and Photo-Retouching, Image Formatting.• Web Design and Development Management, Multimedia.• Print Production Management, Pre-press, Implementation Control for Printing Process.

Kharkov, Ukraine

Managed creative design group of State TV Art Department; provided design direction and executed:• Branding , logo, identity package design.• Commercials (2D and 3D computer animation, hand-illustrated characters) from scenario to editing.• Hand-drawn animation.

Master, Design, Commercial Art

With Honor

Bachelor'S Degree, Theater Decoration And Fine Arts, With Honor