A division of 1-800 Flowers, DesignPac Gifts designs and manufactures custom gourmet food gifts for wholesale and retail sales, with revenue of $50-$100 million per year.• Created print-ready production files for food packaging, reusable containers, ceramics, labels, and hangtags for many national retailers, including Costco, Target, Macy's, Wal-Mart and Sam's Club.• Using brand style guides, created and adapted packaging designs for brands including Starbucks, Corona, and Nando's.• Added all nutritional and regulatory information to packaging, hangtags and info sheets.• Performed QC reviews of printer proofs to ensure error-free work and color accuracy.

Purohit Navigation is a health care-focused advertising and communications agency, working with international clients including Gilead Sciences, BD, Pfizer, and Octapharma.• Managed daily workflow by delegating and prioritizing tasks for production team.• Project management and production of all print materials for internal and external client meetings, advisory boards, and company events.• Performed QC reviews to ensure error-free work and alignment with brand standards.• Responsible for file management, organization and archiving for the creative department.• Formatted and designed PowerPoint slides for external client meetings and internal presentations.

Production and design for health care and pharmaceutical marketing materials: books, brochures, folders, info packets, signage, booth display, emails, websites, and other sales and educational materials.

Production and design work for national and international clients including Sears, Sears Optical, Office Max, Kmart, Amway, True Value, and many others. Projects covered a broad range of work, including retail ad pages, signage, direct mail, ROP, web banner ads and presentation work. • Responsible for creating and releasing an average of 250+ signs on a weekly basis for Office Max stores in the US and offshore markets.• Created and adapted quarterly promotional in-store signage instruction booklets for 800+ Sears Optical stores in the US and Canada.• Wrote and implemented a detailed SOP for production of promotional in-store signage instruction booklets for Sears Optical stores in the US and Canada.• Adapted English-language designs for Amway catalogs to accommodate translated copy in multiple languages.

Created logo and collateral items for hair salon, working with owner to establish a format for business cards, signage, gift certificates and direct mail.

Participated in developing in-house digital department from the ground up, establishing systems, procedures and workflow. Responsible for delegation and tracking of daily assignments, ensuring tight deadlines were met. Daily production work included color-correcting, retouching and outlining of high-resolution images; creation of new logos. Worked closely with in-house creative and photography departments and outside service bureaus to coordinate fast turnaround of images. Collected final release pages prior to sending to separators. Assisted in final approval of proofs from separator before going on press. Processed and sent ROP ads to newspapers nationwide.

Responsible for entire design, layout and production of this quarterly small-press magazine. Developed a format, designed logos, commissioned artwork and worked with printers on specifications. Assisted with editing and proofreading.

Designed artwork for compact discs, albums, and collateral materials such as mail-order catalogs and a monthly newsletter. Developed formats and a distinctive look for the label’s products.

Coordinated and directed fashion photography shoots for on-figure and tabletop merchandise. Assisted in layout and design of ROP and direct mail advertising and collateral pieces. Made film picks. Marked up photos for retouching and color correction. Marked up finished artwork for printers. Produced in-store signage on letterpress and arranged for signage distribution to all stores. Assisted in color correction of 4-color process jobs.

Produced keyline/paste-up for all ROP, direct mail advertising and collateral pieces. Trained freelancers and delegated assignments.