Dara Denysyk ** **th Ave, Apt *
www.daradenysyk.com Venice, CA 90291
******@*****.*** / 973-***-****
Pre-Press & Production Artist
C2 Imaging, LLC April 2012 – September 2013
● Visual solutions and concepts for retail displays and presentations.
● Digital printing techniques on rigid and flexible substrates.
● Execute seasonal marketing campaigns working with Art Director and design team.
● Maintain and develop brand essence and apply style guidelines across multiple platforms.
● Pre-flight formatting, preparing and troubleshooting files, photo retouching, color theory and correcting.
● Design and create company and office décor.
Intern
Snowboard Colorado Magazine February 2012 – September 2013
● Start-up environment.
● Distribution, promotions, events and guerilla marketing.
● Web posts, Website optimization and production archiving.
Gap Year April 2011 – February 2012 : October 2007 – December 2009
● Freelance graphic design.
● Developed budgeting and planning skills while traveling across North and Central America.
● Learned how to adapt to unanticipated situations.
● Developed negotiation skills and cultivated language and communication skills.
● Used verbal and non-verbal communication to overcome barriers.
● Developed self-reliance, independence and confidence.
Pre-Press & Production Artist
Omni Promotional, LLC December 2009 – April 2011
● Visual concepts for event and tradeshow displays and presentations.
● Screen-print and digital print techniques on rigid and flexible substrates; Product development.
● Pre-flight formatting, preparing and troubleshooting files.
● Maintained and developed brand essence.
● Customer service - developed and preserved customer relations.
● Directed printing schedules.
● Department organization.
Design, Pre-Press & Production Artist
The Ukrainian Weekly May 2007 – October 2007
● Produced and designed entire newspaper, up to 32 pages, on a weekly basis.
● Took direction from and collaborated with editors and contributors.
● Created advertisements published in each issue.
● Co-created and designed new section of the newspaper called “Generation Uke.”
● Initiated transition of the newspaper template from QuarkXPress to InDesign CS3.
● Trained full-time successor.
LANGUAGES
Ukrainian; Bilingual proficiency : Spanish; Elementary proficiency
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SKILLS & EXPERTISE
● Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver CS 2 – 6
● Screen-print and digital printing techniques
● Corel Draw, Quark, 3D Modeling/Lightwave 3D and Flash Animation
● Web Design / HTML / XHTML / CSS / Javascript coding
EDUCATION
Centenary College of NJ; 2008; B.F.A, Graphic Design & Multi-Media Arts; Magna Cum Laude Honors