Ron Pickett

Maplewood, New Jersey *****-**** acrxs9@r.postjobfree.com

Home 973-***-**** Cell 973-***-**** linkedin.com/pub/ron-pickett/5/b6/763 Graphic Artist for over twenty years of experience in catalog design, page layout, ads, and typography for print; slide presentations, and some web. Well organized and detail-oriented individual with excellent work ethic plus strong time management and interpersonal skills. Ability to create sample layouts based on knowledge of layout principles and visual design concepts, with knowledge of design techniques and tools. Skills

• Adobe Creative Suite • Acrobat • Proofreading

• QuarkXpress • Word • Keynote

• PowerPoint • Outlook • Preflight

• Logo Design/Packaging • Excel • Troubleshooting

• Knowledge of Dreamweaver, HTML and CSS Coding, Typefaces, Mac OSX and Windows New York University, New York 2014–2015

Freelance Production Artist

• Work as production artist for the NYU School of Professional Studies Bulletin, a 200-page printed book that lists descriptions for courses, certificates, and degrees and provides registration information for prospective students.

• Act as liaison with the Bulletin Editor to ensure all content, including text and images, is included and properly laid out and designed.

• Other responsibilities included design and production of print materials such as brochures, posters, postcards, invites, using Adobe Creative Suite software and resizing images for the web.

• Maintained consistent use of graphic imagery in materials and other marketing outreach. American Management Association, New York 2004-2014 Graphic Production Artist

• Creating near error-free, quality documents (notebooks, leader guide, handouts, overheads charts, etc.) using QuarkXpress, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, and Adobe Acrobat programs.

• Layout and design consistency throughout documents, perform pre-press functions such as .pdfs, watermarking, designing Powerpoint presentations, Acrobat Portfolio booklets and Live Online Webinars.

• Work directly with project managers, production managers, and art directors to meet deadlines.

• Posting jobs to server, image file management, provide input to design, concepts and feedback, and inputing projects and status into FileMaker database.

• Generated computer graphics and page-layout software, graphic elements and photography.

• Edited existing PowerPoint slides to enhance the corporate message.

• Updated computer graphic files using graphics software programs. The James Group, New York 2004

Freelance Production Artist

• Working on-site and off doing print, which consists of 30 to 60 ads of various sizes

• Updated computer graphic files using graphics software programs.

• Exporting InDesign files as eps files then importing into Photoshop and creating layered psd files.

• Collecting for output, burning cd’s and when needed, creating mockups for packaging designs. Hartz Mountain Corporation, New Jersey 2003

Freelance Production Designer

• Redesigning and transferring package labels from old template to new template.

• Creating page layouts using Illustrator 10 and Photoshop 7, some photo retouching, creating pdf's, sell sheets, trimming, mounting, and all production work which includes preparing disk for print using Flightcheck software.

Benartex Inc., New York 2002

Freelance Graphic Artist

• Designing pamphlets, flyers and other printed material.

• Cutting and scanning pieces of fabric and making color corrections inorder to place on website and into printed pieces.

• Creating easel posters for displays, cutting and mounting boards.

• Also updated company website.

American Management Association, New York 1994–2001 Senior Graphic Artist

• Producing the company's two major catalogs, 144 page Catalog of Seminars and the 178 page Training Resources.

• Also, brochures, newsletters, forms, notebooks, charts, ads, stationary, creating and retouching images, color corrections, producing image file formats and a variety of print projects such as, 2/color and 4/color print ads, making type size adjustments, copy editing, preparing disk to be shipped to printer and creating PowerPoint slides for presentations.

• Updated and maintained graphics library records.

• Developed a library to include specific user interface elements.

• Carefully proofread labels and sales materials prior to printing. LandlordsNY, New York

Freelance Graphic Artist

Creating a 4/color 28 page magazine which consist of full page, quarter page and half page ads. Also created new company logo.

McCann-Erickson, New York

Senior Graphic Artist

Creating mechanicals, layouts, brochures, quarterly reports, newsletters, forms, annual reports, charts, time sheets, etc.

Macys, Newark, New Jersey

Graphic Artist

Creating Direct mail pieces, brochures and ads.

Education and Training

William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey

Communications Major, B.A. Degree

Noble Desktop, New York, New York

Web Development/Creating Ebooks

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