Design Assistant
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Advanced production and graphic design abilities in the Adobe Creative Suite applications,
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Ossining, New York 10562
• Proven ability to follow art direction and work within style guidelines as well as demonstrated
ability to work independently and to contribute significantly to the creative process in deadline
driven environments
InDesign
• Excellent communication and organizational skills developed through on-the-job experience
Photoshop working with clients, art directors, and other graphics professionals, experience translating
creative direction into graphic images and design solutions
Illustrator
QuarkXPress • Next objective: To work in a job with increased responsibility for production and design and a
greater involvement with the related areas of creative direction and marketing
Acrobat
PowerPoint
Production and GraPhic desiGn skills
Word
Advanced skills in the Adobe CS4 applications: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, • Intermediate
skill level: QuarkXPress, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, and Adobe Acrobat • Beginning skill level:
Dreamweaver • Macintosh and Windows operating systems
Production Page design and long document layout • Pre-flight check for producing print
ready files, and producing graphics correctly for print and web output • Understanding of 4 color
and spot color printing • Working with master pages and style sheets • Adjusting text leading,
tracking, and kerning • Working with different file formats for optimal output
G raPhic d esiGn Design and formatting of information for different outputs and collateral
materials • Student work in logo design, print design, use of typography in visual identity and
branding, sourcing stock photography, working experience of the fundamentals of design,
typography, and color theory
d iGital PhotoGraPhy E xtensive e xperience with product photography, studio lighting
and set design • Acquired ability to direct still life / product photo shoots, product and set
styling • Color correction in Photoshop, basic image retouching, image silhouetting
relevant Work exPerience
Graphic DesiGn intern (summer 2009)
LifeTime Media Inc., New York, NY
Graphic design and book layout using InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator • Designing master
pages and style sheets (InDesign), text layout, selecting typography, acquiring stock images,
tracking multiple edit changes in a manuscript and entering the changes into InDesign, pre-flight
checks and saving as pdf’s to send to printer
DiGital photoGrapher / stylist (2007-2008 freelance, 2002-2005 staff)
Amscan Inc., Elmsford, New York
Photographer at a party supply and gift manufacturer • Styled and photographed company gift
product lines for sales department catalogs • Designed and photographed imagery for design
department (party division) • Designed and photographed merchandising shots (photos showing
an entire product line) for gift department to be used in gift catalogs
proofreaDer (2001-2002)
The PennySaver (now called Chase Media Group), Elmsford, New York
Proofreader at direct mail publisher, proofing copy and graphics for accuracy
GRAPHIC
DESIGN
DiGital photoGrapher anD photo assistant (1995-1999)
Ambrosi & Associates Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Initially hired as a photo assistant at Ambrosi, a full service advertising agency • As a junior
photographer I worked on the Sears and Boise Cascade accounts photographing off-figure
fashion, home products, and office supplies for catalog advertising
other freelance photoGraphey anD photo assistant Work (1995 - 2001)
• Goldmark Group, Clifton NJ
• Sacco Productions, Chicago IL
• Ambrosi & Associates Inc., Chicago IL
• Burke Wedding Photography, Lake Zurich IL
education
sessions online school of DesiGn, www.sessions.edu (2008 to present)
Currently completing the Masters Certificate Graphic Design program • Emphasis upon developing
advanced proficiency with the Adobe Creative Suite applications and working knowledge of the
fundamentals of design for print and web • Completed classes in print production, page layout and
design, and typography • Current classes in basic web design techniques (Adobe Dreamweaver)
Brooks institute of photoGraphy, Santa Barbara, CA (1989-1991)
Completed classes in view camera technique • B+W photography, darkroom developing and
printing • Studio lighting and composition • Color transparency photography
university of MichiGan, Ann Arbor, MI
B.A. degree in history (1985)
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