Michell Smith Email & Phone Number

Clifton, Nj, Us

Responsible for creating costume jewelry kits and items with Swarovski crystals and other elements. These elements include beads, metal, resins and fabrics. Use Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create images and instructions for factories in Asia. Also create directions and illustrations for customers that are applied to the packaging. Participate in creating marketing and packaging for items that are sold through major crafting retailers including Michaels. Jo-Ann and AC Moore.

Responsible for all creative aspects of jewelry design development for an international diamond sightholder. Created designs for fine gold and platinum diamond jewelry. These designs included precious and semi-precious color stones. Create full-color, technically accurate, highly detailed illustrations of gold and platinum, diamond and color stone jewelry. These illustrations are done in designer gauche, pencil and Adobe Illustrator and are used as technical guides for jewelry manufacturing. Responsible for following jewelry development from design concept to acceptance into jewelry line. Communicated daily and visited factory in India to track design concepts to conclusion. Worked with marketing team to create advertising for American market. Developed relationship with sales force and participated in sales shows.

Working with retail customers in designing personal framing options. Choosing frames, colors, mats, etc. Framing customers items; putting framed items together, cutting mats and glass, satisfying all customersrequirements.

Developed designs of jewelry for our product line, and special, unique one-of-a-kind pieces. Oversee all creative projects in one of America's most highly respected, fine jewelry manufacturers. Jabelproduces nationally marketed, high-end fine jewelry. Control and develop all national print advertising, internal and external graphic projects, full colorbrochures and catalogs. Work with design agencies, freelancers and photographers. Improved design process to increase efficient and timely development of promotional material andproduct designs through the use of computers. Initiated use of desktop publishing for all creative works.Advise and interact with customers (jewelry retailers) on jewelry designs and special orders projects. Also,create or advise on any advertising or co-op that they may need. Create full-color, technically accurate, highly detailed illustrations of gold and platinum, diamond andcolor stone jewelry. These illustrations are done in designer gauche, watercolor or pen and ink and are used astechnical guides for jewelry manufacturing and to market product to our customers. Maintain files on jewelry production, incorporating information on product designation, labor time,weights of stones and metals and product development inventory.

Bfa, Illustration And Graphic Design

Computer Graphics

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