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Cathedral City, Ca, Us

Rancho Mirage, California

Palm Springs

Part of the Client Strategy team, in charge of designing advertising campaigns for B2B and B2C in both, print and digital media for The Desert Sun Media Group.Work closely with the advertising department, to produce marketing campaigns, ads, and presentationsManage and oversee design projects from concept through completion special sections and custom publications, such as the Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce City Guide, BNP Paribas Tennis Tournament daily draw-sheets and official program, Humana Challenge daily pairings, Palm Springs International Film Festival Official Program, Palm Springs Short Fest Official Program and Date Festival Program.Creative design and production of Desert Magazine, monthly lifestyle publication of The Desert SunPrioritize and balance multiple priorities simultaneously, establish timelines and do whatever is necessary to meet deadlines.Produce, professional, digital and print deliverables aligned with business needs.

Palm Springs, California

n charge of layout creation, redesign and overseeing the production of various publications including: The Desert Guide, Houston Visitors Guide, Houston Meeting Planner, Newport Beach Visitors Guide, Pebble Beach the Magazine, El Paseo Catalogue, Weddings, Dining Guide, Medical Guide, Guestlife ElPaso, Guestlife Monterey Bay, Guestlife New Mexico and Guestlife Houston.Maintained close relationship with Ad Sales Representatives to fulfill their clients requests, as well asoccasionally helping in ad creationProduction Manager for two years prior to transfer to Editorial DepartmentIn charge of developing and Animateimplementing procedures to mainstream the production and pre-press process of up to 26 publications a yearPreflight all files before sending files to the printer to ensure printed qualityResponsible for coordination of all files to the printer and required to travel occasionally for press-check to ensure color consistency throughout press runs and that publications met the company's high quality standards.

Perris, California

In charge of supervising 14 employees in the Art Department.Duties included overseeing the production process of 5 different direct mail catalogs from layouts to final printed pieces including developing and implementing new procedures to mainstream the design and pre press process.Coordinate the different stages that designed pieces went through to make sure tight deadlines were met throughout the department.Worked closely with photographers to make sure that the products were portrayed as closely to the layouts as possible and ensure that consistency was maintained between the different brands that the company produced.