Print production artist for retail point of sale environments.

Print and digital graphic design and production for agencies like BBH, thelab, Pernod Ricard, Johannes Leonardo, Wieden + Kennedy, 140 Verizon, Skout Cybersecurity, Yard

Strategic problem solving using design. Some of what I did:Identity development • positioned brands dynamically to create maximum contrast in category • designed logos, support visuals, color and type palettes as the core of cohesive design languages • authored brand guideline documents defining packaging, advertising and digital applications • consulted with app developers on best implementation of brand guidelines • created collateral materials for brandsPackaging development and design • consulted with clients on best functioning of packaging prototypes • designed to guide the user experience and prompt proper use of product • communicated brand identity in packaging design as it relates to accompanying digital materials • consult edwith production facility on refining dielines; create mechanicals; color proofProduct innovation • presented clients with concepts that transform an ineffective category • incorporated feedback on concepts from a panel of category professionals • refined concepts, advise on final product design, consult with industrial designers and productionVisual development of proprietary appsDesigned for eCRM account

Including Google Creative Lab, BBH New York, MKTG, Droga5, JWalk, MTV Scratch.Design print layouts, produce mechanicals, client presentations, pitch presentations, retouching, comping, information graphics, and schematic drawings for photo shoots.

mechanicals, pitch presentations, client presentations, social media graphics

composed and recorded soundtrack for an independent short film.

develop, debug, and implement workflow procedures for improved studio performance; participate in daily status meeting to plan release schedule; receive layouts from art directors and specifications from graphic service coordinators; create clean mechanical file from layout, indicating size, colors, and vendor notations; maintain order on server; route until clean; receive final marketing approval; collect and disk job, print from disk, provide hard copy for vendors; archive job for reference

receive job orders, specifications, comps and manuscripts; receive die lines from vendors; create mechanical art and edit according to team and client input until clean; indicate the need for final art and art revisions for imaging artists; fulfill and bill for job requests; flight check document; construct comps for brochures and ads; edit and paste up presentation story boards; maintain logo library; inform coordinator of potential problems or workflow issues

construct mechanicals according to art director’s layout, ensuring all art meets production specifications; edit mechanicals according to client, art director, and proofreader markings; build and maintain layered Photoshop files; provide color proofs; preflight and collect job for output; create alternates for missing typefaces when necessary(This company has changed ownership and its name a number of times. At the time of my employ, it was a division of Bates Worldwide named 141 Communicator.)

attend morning news meeting to assess graphic needs of the day’s news; retrieve online data relevant to day’s news stories; produce charts, tables, maps and other information graphics for daily newspaper with international distribution; submit proofs via pdf to reporters, copy desk and editorial staff; edit evaluated document; attend afternoon news meeting to determine which art will run; adapt art as news stories develop; provide final art to compositor by daily deadline; design templates for periodic features

flight check files for approval for release to print; distill and edit pdf files; compose charts, tables and graphs with Illustrator; scan camera-ready copy on Xerox DocuImage flatbed scanner; edit Quark, Illustrator and Photoshop files for customer service, typesetting and prepress departments; print composite proofs and separations; submit to customer service representatives for client comments