Robert Apolinar Email & Phone Number

Lombard, Il, Us

Lombard, Il, Us

Culver City, California, Us

• Creative brainstorming and idea generation.• Creating artwork for client presentations• Maintain and archive all creative assets• Interface with others on the product development and sales teams to ensure that all products can be manufactured safely, at the target price, and meet customer requirements.• Assign and supervise work of freelancers as needed.• Interact, communicate and occasionally visit with clients for creative presentations• Sourcing of new product ideas• Continually develop new and innovative ways to present concepts to clients

Elmhurst, Illinois, Us

Art Instructor for the Beginning Drawing and Figure Drawing programs

- Design promotional products for several different licensors- Coordinate closely with Creative Director on project- Provide sketches to Creative Director for review- Provide final artwork for Presentation

Riverwoods, Il, Us

• Overseas travel to meet with key vendors in Hong Kong and Mainland China 2-3 times a year to develop and evaluate prototypes and preproduction samples• Research and evaluate market trends to generate new innovative ideas for mass market Christmas specialty products such as animated plush and illuminated ornaments• Designed product according to branded licensing style• Coordinate sourcing and art direct concepts with the Hong Kong office• Coordinate closely with project engineers on feasibility and pricing on several different concepts• Review prototype sculpts received from our China factories• Provide feedback and direction on prototype sculpts• Prepare presentations for senior executives and potential licensors outlining ideation for new product introductions• Work closely with fellow designers to ideate and produce concepts for several different licenses

Glen Ellyn, Il, Us

• Part-time Faculty for the Advertising, Design and Illustration program

Carmel, Indiana, Us

• Coordinated and managed projects with freelancers to meet deadlines• Work closely with senior management and fellow team members in a team oriented environment • Participated in conducting focus groups• Lead and participated in brainstorms • Ideate and generate ideas for concepts• Collaborated with web developers to develop the on-line e-book• Illustrated final art for the e-books• Character design and development• Involved with overall design of website• Present concepts internally for approval• Developed a style guide for the company• Provide final art for characters• Assemble deck for Investor presentations• Created and designed various Marketing materials• Created and designed graphics for on-line games

Itasca, Il, Us

• Design and execute packaging for retail gift items• Design Hangtags and Box Labels• Prepared images/graphics for catalogs• Work closely with Art Director, Project Managers and other designers in a team environment.• Uploading final approved graphics to the FTP site for the vendors

Chicago, Il, Us

- Successfully lead a creative team and exceeded McDonald’s expectations with multiple programs - Coordinate and manage projects to meet deadlines- Work closely with senior management and fellow team members in a team oriented environment - Product development and product design for McDonald’s Happy Meal - Source materials relevant to project - Review materials provided by licensor - Lead and participate in brainstorms - Ideate and generate ideas for concepts - Coordinate closely with project engineer on feasibility of categories - Coordinate with client services on meeting McDonald’s/licensor expectations - Provide sketches of proposed categories for internal review and Hong Kong - Present concepts internally for senior management approval - Design product around a given stylesheet provided by the licensor - Assembling decks for McDonald’s presentations - Provide final artwork for McDonald’s/licensor presentation - Present concepts to McDonald’s and licensor - Review and provide feedback on prototypes

• Product development and product design• Developed packaging concepts for proposed product lines• Daily correspondence with our China contacts and manufacturers to ensure overall product quality• Correspondence with licensors on all licensed product (licenses include Family Guy, The Simpsons and Bozo the Clown)• Review and approve prototypes for mass production• Create graphics for all packaging• Design POS/POP displayers for various product lines• Create graphics for yearly trade shows• Design sellsheets for new product• Create illustrations for various product lines and packaging• Oversee photoshoots and freelance illustrators, designers• Coordinate print runs of our catalogs and supplements with the printers

Us

· Create graphics for yearly tradeshows · Design monthly sellsheets containing new products · Product development and product design · Some correspondence with Korea regarding product design · Create illustrations for the yearly BBOC newsletter · Work closely with the Vice President of Creative, Creative Director and fellow graphic designers · Create graphics for yearly trade shows · Design POS/POP displays for product promotions · Create graphics for introduction and retirement of products for the website · Design marketing material for licensed product (licenses include Garfield and Spongebob Squarepants)

New Orleans, La, Us

· Create illustrations of backgrounds, objects and cartoon characters · Animating various objects and cartoon characters · Preparing graphics for use in Director and Flash · Syncing mouth animation to speech

Bachelor Of The Arts Degree, Art And Design; Illustration

Bachelor, Mathematics