Manager Design

Location:

Posted:

July 19, 2010

AARON NORHANIAN

**-** **** **. # ** Jackson Heights, NY 11372

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

347-***-**** Cell

Employment Experience

Packaging Designer & Graphics Manager / Raymond Waites Design 2006 - present

Create product packaging and inserts, advertisments, and display items for new products at this home fashionsdesign studio.

Responsibilities include creating brand logos and identities, approving artwork samples, communicating with overseas vendors,

coordinating photo shoots, packaging and brand-related artwork andmechanicals, generating advertising and other print material,

shooting and re-touching digital photos ofproducts, creating mock-ups and retail displays, sourcing printers and other vendors, and

providing solutions for all graphics related issues.

Graphics and Packaging Designer / ESI Cases & Accessories 2005 - 06

Created product packaging, advertisments, and display items for new products at this company thatmanufactures accessories for

cellular phones and mp3 players. Responsibilities include creating packaging and brand-related artwork and mechanicals, generating

advertising and other print material, shooting and retouching digital photos of products, creating mock-ups and retail displays,

interacting with printers and othervendors, and providing solutions for all graphics related issues.

Creative Director, D61 / Savannah College of Art & Design 2002 - 04

Responsibilities included overseeing projects from concept to completion. Wrote and produced video and filmmaterial for the

Communications Department as well as select outside clients. Tasks included storyboardingvideos for clients, working with

videographers and editors, and designing motion graphics.

Effects Designer, Spectra FX / Auriga Entertainment 2000 - 02

This is a company that designs and builds theme park attractions. Created presentation videos, storyboards, illustrations and

mockups, as well as other special AV needs. Responsibilities included creating and digitizing storyboards and creating animatics.

Freelance 2004 – present

Luluʼs Sweets- Designed custom logo and packaging for this boutique bakery. April North – Designed book jacket for forthcoming

publication, COLLEGE IS FOR SUCKERS.Northern Star Magazine – Created custom artwork for cover of this horse racing magazine

Grandview Island -Assisted design team in creating Photoshop graphics for video use. Speak To The Stars – Created illustrations for

use in promotional presentations.Hegstrom Advertising – Produced animation for a 30 second Enmark Gasoline commercial.

Software Skills

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe inDesign

Flash MX

Final Cut Pro

Dreamweaver

Microsoft Office

Education

B.F.A., School of Visual Arts, New York