Construction Design

T r o y C . F r a n t z

http://troycfrantz.carbonmade.com/

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GRAPHIC ARTIST • PHOTO RETOUCHING • PACKAGING/PRODUCTION

S K I L L S :

Adobe CS (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat;) Quark Xpress, Power Point, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Pagemaker, Director, Premiere, Word, Excel

COMPUTER HARDWARE:

MAC and PC, Large format HP & Epson Printers, Fuji 2750 Film/Transparency Scanner, ABDick PlateMaker

PRODUCTION:

Print production, photo retouching, product packaging, color matching, image scanning, typesetting, assembling PDF documents for presentations, photo retouching for print and web, uploading and creating photos and content for the web. Manual pagination of books. Prototype packaging construction, Hand Comping, X-acto knives.

EXPERIENCE:

Freelance Graphic Designer & Art Handler, New York, June 2012- Present

Graphic artist, photo retouching, packaging production, prototype construction. Clients include: AMG Global, Housing Works, MZB, Andrew Edlin Gallery, Williamsburg Art & Historic Center, McCollumn Interiors, New York Sign Art, ProPaint Squad

Sotheby’s, New York, August 2011 - June 2012

Art handler, inventory of property, central receiving, photographer assistant, exhibition security. Before lay-offs was promoted to Old Master’s Department where I handled 500+ year old paintings. I also received art handler training at Crozier Fine Arts.

Freelance Graphic Designer & Art Handler, New York, May 2009-August 2011

Graphic artist, photo retouching, packaging production, prototype construction, trade show presentations, sculpture construction, and packaging. Clients include DMC Enterprises, Travis Mong Studio.

Soho Reprographics, New York: December 2007 - May 2009

Graphic artist, photo retouching, packaging & print production, photo/slide/chrome scanning, prepress, typesetting, preflight, client portfolio printing, schematics, architectural presentations, fashion displays, fashion inspiration boards, retail displays, large format fine art printing.

RLSoundLabs, New York: November 2005 - November 2007

Graphic artist, production, photo retouching, CD packaging, working within entertainment industry.

Freelance Graphic Designer & Art Handler, New York: January 2004 - November 2005

Graphic artist, photo retouching, packaging & print production. Clients include: Guy Conti, Izquerdo Studios, Financial Times, McGraw Hill/Sweets Publishing, Forest Labs, Hanft Raboy, Cushman and Wakefield, Oxygen Design, Barnes and Noble, Euro RSCG, United Way, The Ad Store, and Donneger Group.

EPIX Photo Digital, New York: June 2002 - January 2004

Graphic artist, photo retouching, image scanning, color correction, retail.

*Previous work experience has included Graphic Design & Typesetting in print shops, freelance Graphic Design work, freelance art handling and college computer lab tutor.

EDUCATION:

SUNY-FIT New York, New York, Bachelors Fine Art, Illustration

Grand Rapids Community College, MI, Associate of Applied Science in Graphic Design

PORTFOLIO:

http://troycfrantz.carbonmade.com/

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