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Union City, New Jersey, United States

Overview: Working directly with Creative Director to layout Holiday/Special Occasion greeting cards by integrating type, imagery, and art to convey a specified message. Production: Layout art assets to various card and packaging templates. • Supply final files for digital printers. Create alternate versions for Retail, Amazon and Canada. • Was responsible for all conversions to other occasions as well as setting up all packs and sets.

Pico Rivera, California, United States

Overview: Responsibilities included POP and POS display production for various brandsincluding: WalMart, Costco, Sam's Club, Target and Disney.Production: Transfer client supplied assets onto structurally engineered Bay Cities dielines.• Prepare files accordingly based on the printing method selected. (Litho, Flexo, Digital)• Ensure diecut integrity by generating 3D proofs utilizing Esko plug-ins.• Generated color proofs for review using Epson Stylus Pro 9800.

Bratenahl, Ohio, United States

Overview: Working directly with Creative Director to enhance and embellishoriginal Ann Scott illustrations to project the specified occasion.Samples can be viewed at https://annscottdesign.com/shop-products/

New York, New York, United States

Management: Supervise Digital Pre-Press Department with a staff of six; direct collaboration with Art, Design, Merchandising and Marketing Departments to plan and meet project deadlines.Production: Supply final print-ready files for 6-800-page (Simplicity), and 3-300-page (Newlook) catalogs per year, as well as all company marketing and advertising items;responsible for delivering all product website content.Overview: High percentage of product is fashion/craft/home-dec therefore focus is onskin tone consistency and fabric color matching that must be within certain tolerance levels.• Color matching fabric to actual LAB coordinates supplied by clients.• High-end silhouetting and compositing of models onto specified layouts.• Custom actions/scripts and keyboard shortcuts developed to streamline production time.• LAB, RGB, and CMYK utilized for creating alpha channels for color correction and silhouetting.• Catalog covers print 4/c plus Pantone (logo, text) which require creating spot channels in PS and supplying DCS files to printer, ensuring fine detail in hair/silhouettes. • Color Managed workflow using supplied printer specifications to ensure color accuracy from proof to print.

Maspeth, New York, United States

Design: Logos, graphics, layouts for cosmetic packaging, sports trading cards,and company promotional material; produced comps: rough pencil sketches, tight marker, full color computer generated, and 3-D package comps.Production: Produced files for film output to include:• Setting up necessary traps and bleeds.• Create stamping, embossing and die-cut art.• Cleaning, color-correcting and cloning of hi-res scans.• Film output: CMYK, spot colors, stamping negatives, embossing positives, UV lacquer and silk screen positives.Proofs: Produced client analog contract proofs from final films: matchprints, blueprints, color keys.