Vicki Balfe Email & Phone Number

Monroe, Nc, Us

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

- Create and design various printed materials from business cards to media guides- Prepare customer supplied artwork for digital, offset, large format and outsource printing- Communicate with sales associates and clients in person, phone or email to design/create professional layouts for print, large format, promotional materials and other visual layouts- Create and set up die lines for pocket folders, invitations, foil and embossing- Make changes/edits to customer supplied pdf files- Create variable data files for badges and mailing pieces

Art director for Today’s Custom Home a Consumer Source, Inc. publication until it’s closure last March. Responsible for producing all editorial layout, advertisements, resource and other self displays on a bimonthly basis. Responsible for hiring and working with photographers to capture successful architectural, interior design and showroom/product photography for articles. Updated editorial and other content on our website on a bimonthly basis. Collaborated with production manager to update the magazine giving it a fresh updated look.

Lead designer with NHU Publishing on The New Home magazines for Seattle and Portland. Responsible for coordinating production from inception to pre-press which included pagination, design/redesign of advertisements and page layout of each on a bimonthly basis. I coordinated and communicated with the sales people and clients based in Portland and Seattle. Successfully worked with the Art Director to redesign the Resource section of the magazines.

As the only designer in a small agency, I was responsible for the design, layout and production of a coupon magazine called First Class Values, door hangers, post cards, all in-house materials and other various creative projects. Coordinated with the printer sending all materials in press ready.

Prodution Manager responsible for the production of the New Home Guide including pagination, design/redesign of advertisements and page layout on a weekly basis. Responsible for the supervision of supporting graphic designer.

Responsible for coordinating with supporting staff to layout, design and paste-up advertisements for 7 weekly newspapers, a weekly tab insert and monthly supplement tabs.

Program Study In Quark, Illustrator And Photoshop

Aas, Graphic Design