Manager Design
Resume:
Phillip Hanes
Chicago, Illinois 60630
abnit0@r.postjobfree.com
CAREER GOAL
To secure a position that will allow me to utilize my skill set and provide growth opportunities for
both the company and myself.
EXPERIENCE
June 2003 – May 2008
Hoyt Publishing Co., Skokie, IL
Responsibilities included layout and design for P-O- P Times, a monthly business to business
publication for the retail industry, processing and tracking digital artwork and advertising for final
publication. Worked on a daily basis with the publisher, editors, prepress and printer to maintain
print schedules. In the past year, I assumed the additional responsibilities of creative director and
web developer of on-line editorial newsletters. This included directing editors in producing a
weekly series of e-news communications.
February 2003 – May 2003
Columbia College, Chicago, IL, Instructor of Magazine Design,
Magazine Program, Journalism Dept.
Instructing students to an overview of magazine design, including a hands-on computer lab.
Students learned typography, composition, and page makeup; understanding color in print, how
paper affects printing, and different types of printing. Those students had the opportunity to go on
to be selected to produce a monthly magazine, Echo w hich has won numerous awards in the
past.
August 2001 – February 2003
Hanes Design, Schaumburg, IL,
Freelance Computer Art/Design
Designing and providing production files for a variety of ad agencies, design studios, packaging
firms and retail chains.
January 1999 – August 2001
Cahners Business Information, Oakbrook, IL,
Computer-to-Plate Specialist
Responsibilities included the quality control for over 20 monthly magazines by color correcting
traditional and electronic media images prior to their release to printers.
October 1990 – January 1999
Montgomery Ward, Chicago, IL, Production Manager, Design Dept.
Responsibilities included managing the production of all graphics programs. This included all
point-of-purchase and point-of-sale signage, private label packaging, seasonal and event
promotions, corporate collateral and all guidance for in- store installations.
September 1978 – September 1990
Cahners Publishing Co., Des Plaines, IL,
Assistant Manager of Graphic Production/Art Director
Responsibilities included supervising eight production artists producing over 20 magazines
monthly, providing camera ready materials to the printers. After a promotion to the art department
I directed the design of three monthly magazines.
SKILL SET
• Highly organized, ability to manage multiple projects
• Excellent managerial skills
• Excellent oral and written skills
• Excellent communication skills
SPECIAL SKILL SET
• Adobe Acrobat 8.1
• Adobe Creative Suite 4, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop
• Enfocus Pitstop 6.2
• Macromedia Freehand
• PitStop Professional
• Quark 7
• Artflow & Artpro computer-to-plate software
• Pageflow computer to plate software
EDUCATION
Degree in Commercial Art/Graphic Design
Ray-Vogue School of Design, Illinois Institute of Art
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