Steve (Stephan) Chobanian Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Responsible for taking concept designs and breaking them down into various sizes to function as online photography-driven merchandise (prints, books, cards, and gifts to canvas prints, wall décor, mugs, etc.). * Versioning designs in other languages for a global market.* Collaborate with designers, front-end developers, and IT engineers to ensure that the designs appear and function as intended online. Work on bugs/debugging in rotation with counterparts.

Cary, Illinois, United States

Supported two lead creative designers in a massive undertaking of updating hundreds of highly technical marketing data sheets featuring magnetic components for inductors and transformers.* Updated charts and curves on data sheets using InDesign * Conducted an audit of over 3,000 web pages using Excel to compare and identify missing products * Made marking and logos changes to older, existing product photography using Photoshop instead of incurring the cost and time for new photoshoots

Hoffman Estates, Il

Graphic Designer, In-Store Flyers and ROPs (July 2018–Oct 2020)* Design in-store flyers and ROPs using InDesign, Photoshop, and LAGO per Sears and Kmart style guides. - Used a variety of approved templates to develop the layout, design, and final art delivery of all in-store and online retail flyers - Complete flyers while tracking offer changes from legal and merchants - Revise artwork based on feedback from creative directors, marketing team, and account team - Versioned flyers to Spanish language and local marketsSr. Production Artist, Sears Digital Weekly Ad (May 2017–June 2018)*Build ad pages in LAGO and Photoshop with special attention to typography and image editing, built-in CQ5 (ASAP) then displayed on the Sears.com website as a dynamic shopping experience. *Trained new team members on the use of LAGO, selected to attend the Weekly Ad Meetings to work directly with the business planners and merchants. - Took the layout design pages to develop 12 pages a week for the weekly digital and circular print ads using InDesign through Lago - Mentored and trained new team members on Lago - Made up to 2 rounds of divisions using annotations from merchants and ad managers - Selected among peers to represent production artists with business representatives during weekly ad reviewProduction Artist, Sears Circular (Nov. 2015–May 2017)* Built ad pages in InDesign and Lago with a strong focus on typography and page layout. * Developed new design solutions for problem pages and earned approval from senior creative leaders. * Worked with high volume and fielded complex changes.

Cary, Il

Established a small-scale, efficient, private design business which offered digital web graphics, book covers and book typesetting, brochure and tradeshow designs, photographic services including product, industrial and facilities photography and image retouching, illustrations for presentations and proposals including technical and medical drawings, and print project management. Client portfolio included L-3 Communications - Cincinnati Electronics, United Technologies (formerly Goodrich), NovaSol, Cary-Grove Area Chamber of Commerce, Orthodox Christian Network (myocn.net), Philip Reinisch Company, L.Harris Partners, and Damos Aviation.

Barrington, Illinois, United States

Provided all design, graphic and illustration services including design and production of trade show graphics, brochures, proposals, technical manuals, briefings and presentations. Coordinated all show graphics production and printed material. Provided all photographic services, both in-house and on location, including products, facilities, installations, portraits and company functions.

Photography

Cad Certificate

Technical Illustration, Commercial Art