Gabriel Garcia

Phone # 201-***-****. E-mail: acgt5f@r.postjobfree.com

Portfolio: http://www.coroflot.com/theartist1

EXPERIENCE

**** – (Present) Topcon Medical Systems

Art Director / Senior Designer

• Art Direction, Design & Production of Web and Print collateral materials for Topcon Medical

Systems, products including eBlast, magazine ads, sell sheets, catalogs, etc.

2007- 2011 Vision Creative Group

Creative Director

• Design & Production of Print and Web collateral materials for Casio products

including magazine ads, sell sheets, web banners, packaging, instructional

manuals and photography for print and web.

• Involved in the design of layout/concept of ads, brochures, banners, catalogs,

labels and all printed and web materials.

• Set-up and maintained marketing archive and photo library with photo manipulations where

necessary. Also set new templates for all printed materials to adhere to approved branding

guidelines while maintaining a high level of compositional integrity.

2006 - 2007 Hero Media Group formerly known as Concrete Media LLC

Art Director / Senior Designer

• Ability to manage an art department, manage job flow and follow client specifications

• Organize complex source materials into simpler, integrated, coherent printed pieces. Pieces such

as brochures, catalogs, media kits, magazines, promotional display and in & outdoor signage

(banners, billboards), corporate presentation materials, print ads (b/w, spot color, full color),

posters, web banners & windows, logo identity, and other marketing and promotional collateral.

• Ability to relate design work to client’s goals & business.

• Understand that different trends and looks in design can alter style for different contexts.

• Hiring of freelance artist, brokering print accounts

2004 - 2006 Brook Litho/Contemporary Publishing Services

Project Manager

• Established record of successfully completing projects ahead of schedule and under budget.

• Worked directly with clients to coordinate marketing materials and graphics content.

• Developed /designed present homepage (www.contemporaryps.com) and sister

company (www.brooklitho.com – has been modified).

• Troubleshooting of customer digital files

• Computer system maintenance

• Oversee freelance designers projects

• Customer consultation, scheduling, design and assigning of incoming projects

2003 - 2004 Megatech

Print / Web Designer

• Design of all print collateral, company brochures, catalogs, sell sheets, ads, etc

• Web and e- mail promotion design

• Monthly update of website

• In-house Photographer

2000 - 2003 Eastern Distributing

Marketing Assistant / Graphic Designer

• Produce quarterly wholesale catalogs for both office and security products.

• Manage all advertising and marketing for wholesale office products and security divisions.

• Designed and implemented web pages.

1999 - 2012 Freelance

• Efashion Solutions (email campaigns). Car Tech (stationery). Montecarlo Landscaping

(Invoices, business cards, etc). Microwize (Banners, Sell Sheets, Website Maintenance).

Graphics & Printing Galore (Wed Design, Development & Maintenance) Naturex (Employee

Handbook, Brochures). Boletreet.com (identity logo).

EDUCATION

2003-2004 Bergen Community College

Web Masters Certification

1998-2000 Montclair State University

BFA with a major in Graphic Design.

1996-1998 Bergen Community College

Completed 60 credits towards Liberal Arts.

1993 Hackensack High School

H.S. Diploma.

SOFTWARE

Adobe Creative Suite, (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks & InDesign) HTML,

HTML5, CSS, QuarkXPress, Microsoft Word, Excel, & PowerPoint, Vertical Response & Constant

Contact email marketing, Google analytics, Adwords & adwords Express. Macintosh and Windows

Platforms.

SKILLS

Bilingual Spanish/English, Basic hardware & software troubleshooting, 40 WPM, Internet Skills.

References Available Upon Request

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