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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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.
• 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.