Sales Manager
Resume:
To whom it may concern,
I am responding to your posting as my skill sets and work experience seem
ideal for this position. My strengths are my range of design, my
production expertise and my ability to go quickly from concept to
completion within either the print or web realms. I'm a veteran of
advertising design and well schooled in editorial design. For the past year
I have been the Art Director for a men's luxury publication.
Some previous design positions include working in fast-paced, deadline
intensive environments (Cond Nast Publications, Hearst Publications),
wearing many hats and working both independently or in team settings. Well
versed in the inner workings of the web/publishing/advertising/marketing
industries, in both print and interactive capacities and comfortable
working with sales staff and managers. As viewed on my web site--
www.gloffke.com --my design versatility ranges from ads to Flash, from
logos to websites, from edit to eBlasts and much more.
You will find that I am a positive addition to your company because of my
self-motivation, reliability, passion for design and my cheerful good
nature.
My assets are as follows:
. Expert in print design and pre-press
. Exceptional strength in Adobe CS4 & Quark Xpress
. Advanced web skills (CSS, html and a bit of MySql/phpMyAdmin...can
tweak/add some Javascript)
. Good coding, but prefer to manipulate CSS in WYSIWYG environment
. Excellent strength in Dreamweaver
. Solid strength in Flash
. CMS fluent
. In-depth color correcting/silhouetting capabilities
. Adequate strength in PC systems
. Strong written and verbal skills
. Project coordination acumen
. Some management experience
. School of Visual Arts trained in print/color/design
. Easy going, hard to rattle
. Passions: design, telemark skiing, rock climbing, canoeing, biking,
music, cooking, reading
Sample clients:
. Architectural Digest Magazine
. Cond Nast Publications
. Meredith Corporation
. Hearst Publications
. Samad Carpets
. Sky Advertising
Web portfolio:
. www.gloffke.com
My preferred hourly rate is $25-$35/hour. I thank you for your time and
look forward to the opportunity of meeting with you.
Sincerely,
Barry Gloffke
Barry Gloffke
72-07 Kessel Street Forest Hills, NY 11375 718-***-****
*****@*******.*** www.gloffke.com
www.gloffke.com
Education
School of Visual Arts 1985 -1989
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Advertising
Employment
Epic One Media 2010 Editorial Art Director/Advertising Designer
. Art Director and lead designer for Affluent Page Luxury Index magazine, a
monthly men's publication geared towards ultra wealthy men and Affluent Art
Collector magazine, a quarterly publication focused on art collecting.
Responsibilities include implementation of all all editorial design, all in-
house advertising design, production of entirety of both magazines,
coordination of all aspects of printing, and design of all in-house
promotion related materials.
Gloffke Design 1999-2010 Freelance Graphic/Advertising/Web Designer
. Independent work for a rotating client base: Cond Nast Publications,
Hearst Publications, Meredith Corporation, Sky Advertising, assorted mom n'
pops, etc.
. Advertising: concept to print, press runs to color and flight checks
. Graphic: ads, advertorials, books, catalogs, cc/silhouetting, ID, logos,
packaging, rate cards, sell sheets, slide shows, stationary, trade shows,
truck signage, etc.
. Promotion: mailers, brochures, packaging, custom printed RSVP
invitations, die-cut sales kits, etc.
. Web: table-less CSS and database driven sites as well as conventional
HTML sites. Banners, eBlasts, eMarketing, Flash animation, landing pages,
etc.
. CMS trained
Architectural Digest Magazine 1989-1999 Cond Nast Publications & Knapp
Communications
. Associate Promotion Art Director
. Coordinated all aspects of promotion design
. Responsible for printing and pre-press of related promotion material
. Work closely with sales team to tailor promotions
. Hire and oversee vendor contacts
. On press color and flight checks, photo shoots
Bon App tit Magazine Magazine 1990 Knapp Communications
. Temporary Art Director
. Coordinating all aspects of design
. Responsible for printing and pre-press of related promotion material
. Work closely with sales team to tailor promotions
Lauden, Kaplan and Elegant 1989
. Paste-up and mechanical work
. CMYK on acetate overlays w/registration marks
. Type size and layout via traditional type spec discipline
Sam Flax Art Supply Store 1986-1989
. Paper department manager
. Responsible for sales and stock of all sheet, paper and board related
products
. Accounts manager for all corporate clients
References
Malcolm Samad, President, Samad Brothers, Inc., 201-***-****
Jeffrey Soleimani, Manager, Renaissance Carpets & Tapestries, Inc.,
Brett Cohen, Art Director, ForMedia Corp., 212-***-****
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