Manager Sales
Resume:
Lisa Berko
** ******* ***** *****, ***** Hook, CT 06482 e: ******@***********************.***
Web: www.starlightdesigngraphics.com
Summary/Objective: Expert level Illustrator, PhotoShop, Quark and InDesign. Skilled in Acrobat and MS Word and Excel.
Expertise includes: catalogues, branding, displays, packaging, logos, direct mail. Experience working on
multiple projects under tight deadlines.
Highly creative, entrepreneurial professional with extensive experience in graphic design, marketing
and support of business development objectives. Strong background formulating ideas from concept
through production.
Work Experience: Starlight Design, Sandy Hook, CT
3/07 - present Principal
Specializing in the field of corporate communications
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Offering consulting design and development services geared towards setting you apart
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from your competition by creating ideas that make designs distinctive
• Clients get the personal service they deserve
• Extensive experience in the fields of graphic design, marketing and advertising
• Commitment to reliability, credibility and accuracy
• Current client base includes The New York Times, Pepperidge Farm, Consumer Reports and Unilever
2001 - 3/07 Timex Corporation, Middlebury, CT
Senior Graphic Designer
Responsible for the design and production of all Fashion and Youth brand graphics
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Worked with brand managers to assess marketing priorities and translate the appropriate information
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into successful product launches
• Worked with global partners to ensure design consistency on various projects under my direction
• Responsible for creating the Timex 150 Year Anniversary identity that was used worldwide
• Worked in collaboration with global marketing and sales to develop graphics for packaging, merchandising
POS materials, collateral pieces, catalogs and large format graphics for trade shows
• Supervised and art direct photo shoots as well as purchase stock photography
• Linked graphic design and creative strategies to target audiences and maximize consumer appeal
• Managed outside freelancers
• Worked in partnership with outside vendors on all phases of projects
• Worked with Merchandising Manager to establish branding strategies for a uniform global consistency
1990-2001 Playtex Corporation, Stamford, CT
Graphic Designer
Assistant to the Creative Manager
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• Responsible for the design and production of packaging, merchandising POP, sales promotional
materials and marketing communications
• Created tight promotional and packaging comprehensives
• Interacted with sales and marketing departments as well as outside vendors
Awards: Connecticut Art Directors Club, 2005 Award of Excellence for packaging
American Graphic Design Awards, 2008 Established in 1851 Logo, Holiday Catalog
and Design with History promotional piece for The New York Times
Education: University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design
References and portfolio available upon request.
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