Design Manager

Katherine Flaquer

**-** ***** ******, ****** Hills, NY . P: 718-***-**** .

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QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE

Highly creative and multitalented Graphic Designer with extensive

experience in multimedia, marketing and print design. Exceptional

collaborative and interpersonal skills; dynamic team player with well-

developed written and verbal communication abilities. Highly skilled in

client and vendor relations and negotiations; talented at building and

maintaining "win-win" partnerships. Passionate and inventive creator of

innovative marketing strategies and campaigns; accustomed to performing in

deadline-driven environments with an emphasis on working within budget

requirements.

Creative experience in the following:

PRINT

PHOTOGRAPHY . Black & White Photography . Retouching . Photograph

Restoration

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Leviton Manufacturing, Melville, New York, 2007-Present

Senior Graphic Designer

Web Site Design, Flash Montages, Video Photomontages, CD Cover Design,

Brochures, Stationery, Newsletters, Logos, Business Cards Posters & Post

Cards.

Successfully manage and coordinate graphic design projects from concept

through completion.

Collaborate with clients to create vision, conceive designs, and

consistently meet deadlines and requirements.

Effectively build, motivate, and direct design and production projects.

Coordinate freelance designers, consultants and vendors to meet all project

requirements.

Create and conduct highly persuasive sales and marketing presentations.

Key Achievements:

Successfully completed client projects worth up to $100,000.

Provided proposal layout and design for million-dollar corporate contracts

under extremely tight deadlines.

Established trusting relationships with designers, vendors, and key

clients. Consistently recognized for fresh and innovative ideas and

applications.

Developed new art-proofing system that increased overall quality of

production and improved customer satisfaction.

E&P Printing, Miami, Florida, September 2006- August 2007

Graphic Designer

Developed the overall layout and production design of business cards,

brochures, corporate reports and other publications.

Produced promotional displays, packaging and marketing brochures for

products and services.

Designed distinctive logos for client's product and business.

Assisted the printers by selecting the type of paper, size and ink for the

publication and reviewed the mock-up design for errors before final

publication.

Assisted Production Manager in pre press production.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts, Major in Graphic Design, 2006 BARRY

UNIVERSITY, Maimi, Florida

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY

Platforms: Mac OS 9/10, Windows Vista

Applications:

Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator; Macromedia Flash, Fireworks, and

Dreamweaver; QuarkXPress; and Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access,

PowerPoint, Outlook).

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