Sales Design

Jason Steele

Graphic Designer Packaging Specialist

818-***-**** ************@*****.***

QUAlifications profile

Accomplished highly creative graphic designer with over 10 years experience

with leading studios and major toy manufacturing companies. Multi-talented

professional, with exceptional collaborative and interpersonal skills;

dynamic team player, with well-developed written and verbal communication

abilities. Highly skilled in client and vendor relations. Inventive creator

accustomed to performing in deadline-driven environments with an emphasis

on working within budget requirements.

SkillS SUMMARY

Packaging design Book design / layout Logo design Trade show

design, setup and

hosting

Product design Photography Catalog layout Pre-press file

prep

4C print design Image correction Technical Web design

illustration

PORTFOLIO

A PDF is available upon request

EXPERIENCE

FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER Los Angeles/Irvine 4/2009-Present

. Package designing for high-end gifts and containers of gourmet cookies

and truffles.

. Designed book layout for a major historical publication; photo

retouched all images and prepared file for pre-press (Rory O'Conner)

. Logo design for corporate identity, including stationery branding and

corporate sales brochures (AirLink) (LeaseOwn Homes) (ACE Wellness

Studios), etc.

. Designed board game and packaging from inception to completion

(TransMira)

ADVERTISING MANAGER NS Wash Systems - Inglewood 2/2008-4/2009

. Responsible for reorganizing the Advertising Department, creating new

series of product sales and marketing materials

. Responsible for staging major car wash equipment trade show productions

nationwide, including floor design; pre-ordered wash equipment;

arranged freight to and from venue; created eye-catching signage and

floor displays; hosted event to support sales force

. Directed construction of new web site; coordinated with free-lance web

designer, ensured production time lines were met, navigation tested,

appearance satisfied sales and marketing needs; art directed eight

product videos featuring newly installed working car washes; generated

transition titles; supervised editing of videos, including music

selection; nswash.com was launched in 2009

FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER Los Angeles 10/2005-2008

. Video game instruction book design for major corporation (Ayzenberg)

. Logo design, web support graphics for Internet publishing company

(Steelmark)

Jason Steele Graphic Designer Packaging Specialist - 818-***-****

******@*****.**.***

PACKAGE DESIGNER - TOYS Jakks Pacific - Malibu 10/2004-10/2005

. Created TV Games packaging for major client's branding standards; ex.

Marvel, Nickelodeon and Disney

. Met deadline for mocked-up placeholders for a variety of products in

preparation for Toy Fair

PRODUCTION DESIGNER Chase Design Group - Los Angeles 4/2003-10/2003

. Responsible for art and package design

. Completed concept and layout design development for a book series

. Coordinated point-of-purchase for major client, such as Disney

PACKAGE DESIGNER NYKO Technologies - Los Angeles 4/2000-10/2002

. Successfully created graphically-identifiable commercial packaging

. Designed products for multiple video game systems

. Art directed product photo shoots; image corrected, including masking

Software SUMMARY

Illustrator CS4 Microsoft Office Apple Numbers Quark 6.5

Photoshop CS4 Apple Pages Dreamweaver CS4 Flash CS4

InDesign CS4 Apple Keynote Final Cut Express

Education

. South Macomb Community, College Roseville, MI - College Prep

. Wayne State University - Detroit, MI - BFA - Art Major

REFERENCES

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