Robert Apolinar Email & Phone Number

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

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

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

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.

• 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

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.

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