Nestor Fernandez
** **** ******, ******* ***** New Jersey, 07920
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Education:
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Certificate in web/multimedia design
The School of Visual Arts, New York City, New York, BFA, Graphic Arts
Kean College of New Jersey, Graphic Arts, transferred
Employment History:
April 2005 to November 2006
Walden Farms, Linden, New Jersey, Graphic Artist
In charge of creating all their promotional, print advertising and
packaging material. Proposed illustration sketches and any other material
to lead personnel in the company for approval of all of the many different
projects. Discussed illustration of designs at various stages of
completion, making changes as necessary. Created labels designs and Point
of Purchase corrugated display advertising material. Photographed digital
images of products for display in web site and advertising. Kept inventory
of printed material specifically all labels and material for production.
Documented all records of all of the different print jobs, including blue
prints and proofs of work from the printers. I was lead contact with
vendors and printers of all scheduled print jobs and marketing material.
March 1997 to August 2004
(AP) Associated Press Technical Center, Cranbury, New Jersey
Cartoonsend - Graphic Artist- I provided creation of syndicated cartoons
pages for newspapers nationally.
Adsend - Technical Software Specialist
Provide support to both Macs and PC's. Support AP/NT/2000 Servers, Support
members with connection problems to Network by TCP/IP, Novel, Apple Talk,
OS/2. Support ISDN, BBS, Web and Satellite communications to member sites.
Support all of AP web sites. Support newspapers and advertisers using web
technology with technical issues using web software such as Internet
Explorer and Netscape to transmit and receive material. Assist members and
customers creating PDF files with color and font issues using Acrobat
Exchange and Distiller. Support color creation and technical issues in the
composition of ads, printing, color separation, sending and downloading of
PDF files. Support VPN; Token Ring, and other AP internal communication
software. Provide support internationally to Web, BBS and satellite
communications. Provided support to AP technicians with the set up of AP
equipment nationally at customer sites and at bureaus for testing through
the United States.
Sept 1989 to June 1992
JLJ Communications, Teaneck, New Jersey, Graphic Designer
Assist Art Director and Assistant Art Director with design process from
concept to execution, including layout, font, clip art libraries, photo
libraries, illustrations and key in CMYK and Pantone color selection for
print. Including executing mechanicals of pages for magazine publication.
Freelance Work- June 1992 to March 1997
WAKEFERN FOODS, Inc., Elizabeth, NJ Desktop artists, composition newspaper
advertising on Mac.
M.F.SMITH & ASSOCIATES, Inc., Morristown, NJ Graphic
artist designed brochures on PC.
ELDIB Engineering & Research, Inc. Berkeley Heights, NJ Graphic artist for
presentations.
COMPUTERS BY THE HOUR, Cedar Knolls, NJ
Computer lab tech support Mac's and PC's.
TOPS APPLIANCES, EDISON, NJ Desktop artist for retail newspaper ads of elect
ronic merchandise.
STAR LEDGER NEWSPAPER, Newark, NJ Layout artist for advertising and
marketing department.
Experience with:
MAC, PC and Windows NT networks, AppleTalk, Novell, and TCP/ IP. Satellite
Transmission, PDF files, BBS, ISDN, Web browser support, technical support
experience. Programs, QuarkXPress, MultiAd, Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash,
Dreamweaver, Corel Draw, Acrobat Exchange and Distiller, MS Word, Excell,
Power Point.