Experience

The McCarthy Companies

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Designer

  • Jan 2023 - Present



Production Forsell LLC

• Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

• Graphic Production Artist

  • Jan 2006 - Present

  Design and produce print and digital ready artwork utilizing pre-existing templates and original art. Ensure consistency of clients identity. Good eye for detail, overall composition, color and typography. Strong time management skills and fast turn-around times, while staying calm. Create mechanicals, resize files and make applicable for various formats, create charts, maps, tables, and PDFs for digital printing; file conversion, resolutions and relative sizes, masking, scanning, archiving and cataloging project files and documents; packaging, and powerpoint presentations; Mac and PC. Contract, freelance; on-site, hybrid & remote.



St. Mark's School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Graphic Production Artist

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  Graphic, production and prepress for a yearly, 70-page book, Mini Marque. Organize and clean up files; add folios and TOC, verify colors used and file resolutions, adjust art to meet print requirements, check job to ensure accuracy of copy and content, and ensure accuracy of final deliverable to printer and client including PDF, INDD, EPS. Instruct students how to build files correctly. Graphic, production and prepress for a yearly, 70-page book, Mini Marque. Organize and clean up files; add folios and TOC, verify colors used and file resolutions, adjust art to meet print requirements, check job to ensure accuracy of copy and content, and ensure accuracy of final deliverable to printer and client including PDF, INDD, EPS. Instruct students how to build files correctly.



Lee Financial

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Production Artist

  • Aug 2021 - Jan 2023

  Rework designs and print business cards, pocket folder and a video display advertisement. Rework designs and print business cards, pocket folder and a video display advertisement.



Dallas Independent School District

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Substitute Teacher

  • Jan 2022 - Nov 2022



Dallas Bible Church

• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Production Artist

  • May 2021 - Dec 2021

  Resize each Events’ supplied art file for various formats - Instagram, Facebook, YouVersion, Slide, Poster, and Email Headers Resize each Events’ supplied art file for various formats - Instagram, Facebook, YouVersion, Slide, Poster, and Email Headers



THE METHODIST HOSPITAL SYSTEM

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Production Artist

  • Jun 2010 - Jul 2021

  Designed and produced an eight-page, bi-monthly newsletter, Methodist Health System Medical Staff News, the quarterly bi-fold, Alumni Connections Newsletter, for the graduates of Methodist’s residency and fellowship programs, and the once a year Methodist Richardson Cancer Center tri-fold. Designed and produced an eight-page, bi-monthly newsletter, Methodist Health System Medical Staff News, the quarterly bi-fold, Alumni Connections Newsletter, for the graduates of Methodist’s residency and fellowship programs, and the once a year Methodist Richardson Cancer Center tri-fold.



TMA (The Marketing Arm)

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Mechanical Artist

  • Aug 2018 - Nov 2020

  Production and prepress for clients Frito-Lay, Quaker, Tostitos, and Ruffles. Ensure job instructions are aligned to artwork, manipulate files to match customer and art director specs for clean output, assign color swatches to art elements, ensure accuracy of final data deliverable such as, PDF, AI, EPS, PSD, TIF, PNG, and GIF. Production and prepress for clients Frito-Lay, Quaker, Tostitos, and Ruffles. Ensure job instructions are aligned to artwork, manipulate files to match customer and art director specs for clean output, assign color swatches to art elements, ensure accuracy of final data deliverable such as, PDF, AI, EPS, PSD, TIF, PNG, and GIF.



U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census

• Enumerator

  • Jun 2020 - Oct 2020



GroupBaronet

• Production Artist / IT Manager

  • Sep 2002 - Jan 2006

  Produced & implemented all agency sales materials, including capabilities books, presentations, web site, proposals, etc. to AD's specifications and advised best way(s) to achieve approved concept(s) Managed I.T. issues: provided maintenance for all printers, servers, & individual computers, maintained email, ftp site, font library, & all archiving/retrieval of files, standardized file naming of folders/files, maintained production/pre-press related computer software/equipment, including scanning, cd/dvd burners, illustration/photo manipulation & all related computer hardware



Brown+Partners

• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Artist/Project Manager

  • Jun 1998 - Sep 2002

  Managed and produced Brown's syndicated annual catalog through high-resolution CD output, and implemented a traffic system for the catalog workflow all while assisting in the coordination and execution of mass mailings to a 240+ client base. Streamlined files, transparencies and procedures for all projects, archived files for 300+ jobs annually, assisted in producing web sites for 100+ clients, and served as production artist on catalogs, POP, and direct-mail for Zales and Bailey Banks and Biddle.



LTC Group / Laser Tech Color

• Commercial Production Artist

  • 1997 - 1998