Pamela Brinkman Email & Phone Number

1314 West Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 190, Irving Tx 75038

Packaging Production Artwork for Church & Dwight Co, Pinnacle Foods, Welch's, Abbott, Tyson Foods & Trinity.

Borden Dairy Corporate Office - Park And Central Expressway

Project Management over Packaging Artwork: Traffic artwork, manage artwork with agencies, production artists, prepress and printing suppliers.

The Colony, Tx 7505

• Print design and production: Quarterly Reports, Sell Sheets, Magazine Spreads, Brochures, Posters, Postcards, Placemats and Billboards • Photo editing

Responsible for package design and production expertise in the CPG industry with a portfolio of over 50 brands including Dr Pepper, Snapple, 7UP, A&W, Canada Dry, Clamato, Crush, Hawaiian Punch, Mott’s, Mr & Mrs T mixers, Penafiel, Roses”s Schweppes, Squirt and Sunkist sodaGraphic Art Skills• Set standards for brand redesigns including creating logo masters, primary and secondary package layouts and determining colors usage on each brand flavor• Create primary and secondary stock and promotional packaging for local and national distribution• Provide layout, design and production art under extremely tight deadlines.• Attention to quality in design and Client satisfaction• 99% accuracy rate in package layout, copy requirements, color usage, UPC and FDA details• Competent in FDA packaging rules and regulations• Responsible for template / die line management and production set up• Clear understanding of internal and external clients & prepress needs• Adapted designs & copy for Bilingual packaging• Create mechanical art for print production• Reduce expenses by preparing redesign artwork to be accurateManagement Skills• Manage and coordinate stock packaging, brand redesigns and promotional packaging projects from concept through completion. Collaborate with client and consistently met deadlines and requirements. Approve prepress proofs and/or pdf’s for color and final art for plates.• Trained staff for packaging artwork production, packaging data bases and template preparation• Strong supplier relationships• Clear understanding of brand strategies, business objectives and key design initiatives Awards• Beverage World – October 1999 Bronze Award – 7UP Underground Network promotion• 10th Annual Beverage Packaging – Global Design Awards – 2003 Bronze Award for Creative Excellence – Dr Pepper X-Men 2 PackagingSoftware• Adobe Creative Suite CS 6 - InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Lotus Notes, Entourage, Microsoft Office

Dallas, Tx

Contract Position which was changed to Employee in January 1993Developing the electronic packaging artwork for Dr Pepper 7UP brands.Current Software Used: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Lotus Notes, Entourage, Microsoft Office

Bfa, Graphic And Fine Arts, Gpa 3.413

Activities and Societies: Deans ListMinor in Journalism

Fine Arts, Drawing And Painting

Fine Arts, Drawing And Painting