Experience

Helen of Troy

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graphic Designer

  • Dec 2013 - Present



Sage Communications

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Studio Artist

  • 2010 - Dec 2013

  • Work with designers and print vendors preparing files for a diverse range of materials — direct mail, direct response, brochures, flyers, catalogs and web communications. • Re-design and update existing print and web materials. • Retouch and color correct images and illustrations. • Collaborate with existing creative and production teams to develop and refine workflow procedures. • Work with designers and print vendors preparing files for a diverse range of materials — direct mail, direct response, brochures, flyers, catalogs and web communications. • Re-design and update existing print and web materials. • Retouch and color correct images and illustrations. • Collaborate with existing creative and production teams to develop and refine workflow procedures.



Bose Corporation

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Production Artist & Production Art Supervisor

  • Aug 2000 - Nov 2009

  • Experienced in a diverse range of advertising pieces including retail, branding, display, packaging, direct mail, inserts, point of purchase, trade show booths, store windows and graphics, billboards and newspaper/magazine ads.• Advanced/expert photo retouching, image composition, color correction and layout skills• Provided full, in-house imaging services to creative teams and business partners• Provided Studio services to support creative teams by serving as an additional design resource• Installed and administered a Unix based (SGI) Xinet production/digital asset management server• Organized and maintained Bose digital advertising assets• Reviewed all incoming digital images for color accuracy, consistency and overall quality• Technical Team advisor to guide hardware and software purchases and upgrades• Received 16 Performance Recognition AwardsProduction Art Supervisor • As working supervisor, performed Senior Production Artist functions• Managed three to four direct reporting production artists• Met with each report on a weekly or bi-weekly basis and wrote annual reviews• Scheduled and prioritized incoming work• Coordinated work with external vendor resources• Worked directly with other supervisors and managers to improve processes and workflows Show less

• Production Artist

  • Jul 1997 - Aug 2000

  Production Artist • Created RIP ready digital files from Art director layouts, designs and/or concepts• Developed production art processes, procedures and techniques• Implemented full digital workflow• Provided Macintosh IS/IT service and support for Corporate CommunicationsProduction Artist for Dotcom web group• Created final web-ready HTML pages and images from Art director designs• Organized and input data for transition to database driven websiteScheduler• Scheduled and managed all print jobs for Corporate Communications• Work with all groups within Corporate Communications to balance and prioritize work• Created a web-based database of jobs and related information• Published a web-based calendar of jobs and ads for department wide visibility of all projects Show less



Pure Imaging Inc.

• Prepress/Desktop Publishing Technician

  • Oct 1993 - Jul 1997

  Macintosh based Service Bureau/Prepress company involved in desktop publishing, scanning, and book work. Skills and Responsibilities include: • Responsible for downloading files to various imagesetters and color printers • Downloading a wide variety of postscript and text files for large book jobs • Competency in a wide range of graphics and desktop publishing software including; Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Streamline, Freehand, Quark Express, Pagemaker, TrapWise, and Retrospect. • 4-color and spot separations • Color and grayscale proofing • Flatbed scanning and retouching (color, grayscale, and b/w) • Maintenance and knowledge of imagesetters, film processors, RIPs, color proofers, scanners, color output devices and printers • De-archiving of clients files from DAT or DLT storage • Macintosh system maintenance. Tasks include hardware and software upgrades and repair on all series Macintosh computers and Macintosh clones Show less



Benjamin Franklin Smith Printers Inc.

• Prepress/Desktop Publishing Technician

  • Nov 1995 - May 1996

  • Film output (1 to 4 color) • Color separations • Electronic stripping • Color and grayscale scanning and correction/retouching • Typesetting and file manipulation • Equipment and systems maintenance • Film output (1 to 4 color) • Color separations • Electronic stripping • Color and grayscale scanning and correction/retouching • Typesetting and file manipulation • Equipment and systems maintenance