Sales Design

GERRY SANTOS *** Baldwin Avenue, Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey

07604

Tel/Fax: 201-***-**** Mobile: 201-***-****

***************@*****.*** www.coroflot.com/santdesign

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a challenging position in design and management with a successful

and progressive firm offering an opportunity for professional growth and

advancement.

EXPERIENCE

Art Director / Graphic Design Specialist, April 2006 - Present

Timbar Packaging & Display, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410

Create, develop visual and structural ideas, initiate concepts to product

completion, production art, collaborate with marketing and sales to achieve

strategic goals, deliver efficient design to achieve effective results,

prioritizing multiple simultaneous projects to attain deadlines in a timely

manner, establish client base relationships, supervising and leads graphic

design staff in a productive and positive environment, managing outside

resources with freelancers and vendors, utilizing broad resource and

knowledge in manufacturing process, materials, printing and computer

software skills, executing presentation drawings for Brand ID, Promotional

Materials, 2D/3D Graphics, Product Packaging, P.O.P. Corrugated and Semi-

Permanent Displays.

Art Director / Senior Design Specialist, December 2003 - April 2006

The Display Connection Inc, Moonachie, NJ 07074

Created, developed visual and structural ideas, initiated concepts to

product completion, collaborated with marketing and sales to achieve

strategic goals, delivered efficient design to achieve effective results,

prioritized multiple projects to attain deadlines in a timely manner,

supervised and led graphic design staff in a productive environment,

managed outside resources with freelancers and vendors, utilized of broad

resource knowledge in manufacturing process, materials, printing and

computer software skills, executed presentation drawings for Brand ID,

Promotional / Marketing Materials, 2D/3D Graphics, Specialty Packaging,

Specialty Signage, P.O.P. Corrugated and Permanent displays.

Art Director / Senior Designer, August 2001 - December 2003

Cummings Partners LLC, Jersey City NJ 07306

Created, developed visual and structural ideas, collaborated with marketing

and sales, directed promotional graphics, generated 3D modeling and

rendering, production art preparation, managed multiple projects with

clients and vendors, supervised and led design staff, executed presentation

drawings for Brand ID, Promotional Materials, Packaging, P.O.P. Displays &

Retail In-Store Planning.

Graphic / Industrial Designer, October 1999 - August 2001

Consumer Promotions International, Inc, Mount Vernon, NY 10550

Created, developed visual and structural concepts, collaborated with

sales/engineers, generated sketches and digital graphics, produced

packaging layouts and prototype samples, constructed 3D modeling and

rendering, executed presentation drawings for Permanent Displays, Store

Fixtures and Retail In-Store Planning.

Graphic / Industrial Designer, October 1997 - October 1999

Markson Rosenthal & Company, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632

Created and developed visual ideas, generated digital graphics, worked with

sales and engineers, produced mock-ups/prototypes,

executed presentation drawings for 2D/3D Design, Promotional Graphics,

Packaging, Corrugated and Permanent Displays.

Junior Graphic / Industrial Designer, July 1993 - October 1997

Gage In-Store Marketing / Lakeside Ltd., Minneapolis, MN 55428

Created innovative ideas, generated sketches and digital graphics,

constructed packaging layouts, developed visuals for neon/illuminated

signs, constructed promotional and marketing materials, produced mock-

ups/samples, executed working drawings and models for Product Packaging,

Specialty Signage, P.O.P. Displays and Store Fixtures.

EDUCATION

Design Point Solutions, Westfield, NJ, SolidWorks 2004

Pratt Institute, New York, NY, 3D Studio Max, Advanced Modeling &

Rendering, 2001

University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, Industrial Design Major,

Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1992

KFZ -Design, Pforzheim, Germany, Graphic Design, September - December 1989

Wilbur Wright College, Chicago, Illinois, Fine Arts & Graphic Design, 1986

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AWARDS ACHIEVEMENTS SKILLS INTEREST

IDSA, Student Merit Award, 1990 John Walley Scholarship Award, 1989 Neocon,

Student Innovation

Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite 3, 3D Studio Max 9, SolidWorks 2008,

Keynote/PowerPoint, Quark, Microsoft Office 2008, MAC/PC Platform,

Photography, Wood Working.

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