Experience

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  Kendo Brands, Inc.

  • San Francisco, California, United States

  • Production Designer

    • Feb 2020 - Present
    • San Francisco, California, United States

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  Confidential

  • Senior Production Artist + Technical Designer

    • Apr 2019 - Feb 2020

    Utilize broad range of production skills to execute food & beauty packaging mechanicals, product renderings, product & lifestyle retouching, & instructional illustrations.

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  Schawk!

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Senior Production Artist + Technical Designer

    • Dec 2016 - Apr 2019
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    Execute food packaging & floor display mechanical art for Plum Organics baby food account. Execute & assist in design development, product rendering, lifestyle & product retouching, line extensions, & development of high resolution digital artwork. Utilize hands-on design, layout, typesetting, & illustration skills to execute a variety of in-box support publications for multinational technology company.

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  Anthem Worldwide

  • Senior Production Artist

    • Nov 2015 - Dec 2016

    Utilize broad range of hands on production skills for multiple consumer food packaging accounts, including Hormel, Safeway, and Lidl.

  • Lead Production Artist

    • Jun 2009 - Nov 2015

    Utilize broad range of hands on production skills for multiple consumer food packaging accounts, including Kraft and sub-brands; oversee and execute all aspects of packaging and in-store display production for Revlon and sub-brands, including Almay, Mitchum, and ColorSilk.

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  Spring Design Partners

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Production Manager

    • 2005 - 2009
    • Greater New York City Area

    Manage and execute all aspects of packaging print production for Planters and Kraft sub-brands.

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  FutureBrand

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Production Manager

    • 2002 - 2005
    • Greater New York City Area

    Manage and execute all aspects of packaging print production for Verizon Wireless products.

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  Savannah College of Art and Design

  • Atlanta, GA

  • Adjunct Professor

    • 2000 - 2002
    • Atlanta, GA

    Adjunct Professor for two undergraduate project based courses utilizing Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, & QuarkXpress with an emphasis on print production.

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  Self Employed

  • New York City / Atlanta

  • Illustrator

    • 1994 - 2002
    • New York City / Atlanta

    Editorial & Technical Illustrator working for magazines, advertising agencies, & book publishers.