Sales Management

Jeffrey Paul Kaski

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Irving TX, 75063

Cell: 920-***-****

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www.creativehotlist.com/jkaski

Savvy Senior Art Director

A career of engaging graphic designs that educate, entertain and motivate.

Developed imaginary direct marketing for retail, civic and charitable

institutions utilizing direct mail, outdoor, web, and various print

advertising. The goal may be to visit, donate or buy, but the key to all

these campaigns has always been a compelling "Call to Action." Clients

include; P&G, Gorden Foods, Kimberly Clark, Ford, PGA, March of Dimes,

Coleman and others.

Designed and Managed retail marketing programs including high profile

direct mail, web, print advertising, outdoor signage and in-store

marketing, (POP/POS) for local and national chains including; McDonalds,

LasikPlus, Sherwin Williams Paint stores, Tire Kingdom and many more big

box Retailers.

Produced and/or Coordinated over 2400 labels and packaging designs for the

Gordon Food Services (GFS) retail rollout over a 5-month time period. My 10

years of packaging experience includes work for Beatice Foods, Tootsie

Roll, Kimberly Clark, Victor Allen Coffee, P&G, Sargento, McDonalds, Burger

King, Kraft and many others.

Managed various creative/prepress teams from six to ten including out-of-

house vendors for more than ten years. Value added management and

development practices include; designed educational workshops and

curriculum for new and junior employees, developed wage scales, job

descriptions, error reduction and QA programs, digital workflows, artist

development and "Down Time" programs.

Diverse Career Experience

An insightful career of both corporate and agency experience

Elevate Group, Photography and pre-media house, Dallas Texas, 2010 to

Present

Positions Held; Freelance Graphic Design and Pre-media

Managed; Out-of-house and In-house venders

Accounts; JC Penney, Sharper Image, Brookstone and others

Duties Performed; Pre-media and production for catalog and direct

mail. Color and image retouching, copywriting and graphic design for

print advertising, direct mail, color inserts, packaging and sales and

marketing collaterals.

HVS Advertising, Advertising Agency located in Green Bay, Wisconsin, 2009

to 2010

Positions Held; Freelance Art Director/Graphic Designer

Managed; Out-of-house venders

Accounts; Wisconsin DOT, Dish Network & various local clients

Duties Performed; Copy writing and graphic design for print

advertising, web, direct mail, color inserts, packaging and sales

collaterals, catalogs and POP/POS.

R.R. Donnelley, The nation's 2nd largest printing/publishing company,

Wisconsin, 2005 to 2008

Positions Held; Senior Art Director, Lead Graphic Designer,

Photographer

Managed; Creative services staff of eight, in-house and out-of-house

venders and clients.

Accounts; Ford, Kimberly Clark, Ducks Unlimited, P&G, Guideposts

magazine, PGA, Artisans, Rockline, Lasikplus, Kaytee, Pechiney,

Bremner and ReadyPak

Duties Performed; Copywriting, graphic design and prepress for print

advertising, catalogs, direct mail and packaging. 3D Maya rendering,

digital photography, photo manipulation and color correction, digital

proofing, design, layout of sales collaterals, catalogs, POP and print

advertising.

Business Advancement Tactics, Advertising Agency located in Appleton,

Wisconsin, 2002 to 2005

Positions Held; Art Director, Lead Creative Designer, Photographer

Managed; Project and vender management, communications with

client/stake holders

Accounts; Victor Allen Coffee, Coleman, Anchor Foods and Kimberly

Clark

Duties Performed; Copywriting and graphic design for print

advertising, interactive, packaging and product branding. Illustration

for various packaging, catalogs, POP, sales catalogs, and other

print/multimedia projects, photo direction and photography.

OEC Graphics, Inc., Prepress house located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1993 to

2002

Positions Held; Creative Designer, Photographer, Lead Artist, Lead

Production Artist

Managed; Project dependent staff, 2-10 and vender management

Accounts; EAA and EAA Publications, Kraft, Tootsie Roll, Beatrice,

Richardson Brands, Kimberly Clark, C.R. Meyer, Oshkosh Truck, Sargento

and McDonald's

Duties Performed; Prepress including trapping, stepping, color

separation, image manipulation and color management. Design, for

packaging, sales collateral, POP, print advertising, corporate

marketing, trade show graphics and environments. Web design,

development and management of pages and multimedia projects. Photo and

video productions. Packaging design, production, line-extension,

preflighting and QA.

United States Navy, California, Louisiana, Virginia & Connecticut, 1986 to

1992

Positions Held; Electronics Technician; Navigation and Ocean

Cartography

Commands; USS Ulysses S. Grant SSBN631, USNS Maury - Oceanographic

Unit 1

Duties Performed; Operation, maintenance and repair of navigation

equipment on board a nuclear ballistic submarine. Operation,

maintenance and repair of various electronic equipment and production

of bottom contour maps on board an oceanographic survey ship.

Management of various groups of up to sixty.

Clearance Held; Top Secrete

Decorations; Veteran of a Foreign War, Navy Dolphins (SWS), 5 Patrol

Pins.

Formal Education

Master of Arts Degree, Graphics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Bachelor of Science Degree, Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Skills Overview

Computer Skills, MacIntosh and PC, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign,

QuarkXpress, ArtPro, Maya, Freehand, PageMaker, Dimensions, Director,

FileMaker, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HTML, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, Acrobat,

Flash, Java Scripting, Peak (sound editing), and iMovie.

Photographic Skills, Expert Digital photography and photo manipulation.

Conventional black and white photography, color photography and alternative

photographic methods including; platinum prints, cyanotypes, Vandyck

prints, gum bichromates, and gel transfers.

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