Graphic Designer, Photo Retoucher, Production Artist

GRAPHIC ARTIST, PHOTO RETOUCHING, PRODUCTION WORK

Dear Staff Manager:

I am a graphic designer, photo retoucher and production artist who has had several years experience in the graphic arts field. With clients in architecture, fashion, publishing, finance, education, entertainment, and medicine. I have created dynamic graphics for print ads (CMYK & Spot color separations,) layout, catalogue production, web banners, book covers,webpages, packaging and more.

My experience includes 3D Illustration and modeling, Adobe After Effects and

programming languages such as HTML and CSS. I also have manual skills in cutting and

constructing product prototypes.

I have worked on fashion lookbooks, inspiration boards and related materials, done fashion retouching, assembled product prototypes. I understand that Fashion & Architecture often utilizes a clean aesthetic that works with the photographs.

I worked in the field of commercial real estate I worked for Cushman & Wakefield and did some of there ads (one was in The New York Times!), photo retouching of agents head shots(adjusting color and contrast) and in house publishing.

I have also worked in the Entertainment & Book industry which involves a whole bunch of different aesthetics and looks. It all depends on the subject matter at hand and what is appropriate.

While designing for private clients, and assisting other talented designers, I worked on open ended projects as well as projects that required a tight turn around. Coworkers know me to be a team player and an independent worker; supervisors trust that I remain true to the project vision.

Please review my attached resume and samples. I look forward to meeting with you to

discuss my skills in more detail and how they match present and future opportunities you

may have.

Thank You

Troy C. Frantz

EXAMPLES AVAILABLE AT:

http://www.krop.com/troycfrantz/

http://www.coroflot.com/troycfrantz/Troy C Frantz Portfolio 1

PRODUCTION SKILLS:

Adobe CS; Quark Xpress, Production House, 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 Plate Maker

PRODUTION: Print production, photo retouching, color matching, image & transparency scanning, product packaging, typesetting, assembling PDF documents for presentations, uploading photos and content for the web. Manual pagination of books. Prototype packaging construction.

EXPERIENCE: June 2012- Present: Freelance Graphic Designer & Art Handler. Clients include: AMG Global, Housing Works, Andrew Edlin Gallery, Williamsburg Art & Historic Center.

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.

Freelance graphic artist, New York, 2009-present

Graphic artist, photo retouching, production, prototype construction, trade show presentations, scultpure construction, packaging, various clients including DMC Enterprises, Travis Mong Studio.

Soho Reprographics, New York: 2007 - 2009

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

RLSoundLabs, New York: 2005 - 2007

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

Freelance graphic artist, New York: 2004 - 2005

Graphic artist, photo retouching, 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: 2002 - 2004

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

Smith Printing, Kingston, New York: 2001 - 2002

Graphic artist, production, pre-press, typesetting, preflight.

Minute Man Press, Kingston, New York: 2000 - 2001

Graphic artist, production, pre-press, typesetting, preflight.

Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, Michigan: 1994 - 1998

Graphic artist, production, pre-press, typesetting, preflight, computer lab tutor.

EDUCATION:

SUNY-FIT New York, 2002-2005. Bachelors Fine Art, Illustration

Grand Rapids Community College, MI 1994-1998. Associate of Applied Science in Graphic Design

EXAMPLES http://www.krop.com/troycfrantz/

SHOWN AT: http://www.coroflot.com/troycfrantz/Troy-C-Frantz-Portfolio-1

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