Ed Seiz

Email: abpy78@r.postjobfree.com

Address: ** ***** ******

City: Glenside

State: PA

Zip: 19038

Country: USA

Phone: 267-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $72,000

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Ed Seiz26 Glenn Circle, Glenside, PA 19038 * 267-***-**** * abpy78@r.postjobfree.com

Art Director/ Senior Graphic Designer/ Coordinator

A hands-on leader and designer fusing creative, analytical, and resourceful approach to strengthen corporate/product visibility via advertising, print production and web-based efforts. Leverages skills in concept/content development, graphic design, web design, social media, copywriting, coordination of cross-functional teams and delivering quality business solutions in stride with corporate needs.

Proved vital in doubling profits in three years via cover and feature catalog promotions, expanding catalog from 56 pages to 136 pages to drive visibility of 3500+ new/existing product offerings; provides in-sourcing photography and video.

Led layout, design, and HTML coding for Merck Manual Second Edition totaling 728 pages, preparing print copy and customizing content for Internet release; interfaced with editors and copyeditors to meet design and style criteria.

Prevented costly errors with potential of up to $10K in fines, creating style sheets to establish uniformity and ensure compliance with stringent client standards for production and distribution of SEC reports.

Skills

Adobe CS5 & CS6 (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Flash), Quark Xpress, Final Cut, MS Office, MS Project

Professional Overview

Creative/Art Director, Penn State Industries (catalog and online retailer) 6/2003-Present

Designs, layouts and directs three graphic artists through catalog production for release six times per year as well as creates and oversees advertising material development, product support materials, video production and photography; controls production and advertising budgets of up to $1.2M.

Drives 3,500+ product support for company portfolio, designing packages, writing instruction manuals, and handling barcoding; administers and updates to PHP website including content, images, security, and HTML code.

Authors press releases and photos for trade and consumer publications.

2011 & 2012 Award-winning advertisement by Better Homes & Gardens.

Lead Web/Graphic Designer, Nesbitt Graphics (web and book creation) 3/2002-4/2003

Played key role in publication projects for multiple clients, steering documents, forms, web pages, mailers, photographs, and other illustrative graphics needed for production.

Designed, illustrated and art direction for the Merck Manual (728 pages) for both print and web versions of the book.

Production Traffic Manager, Educational Testing Service (higher education testing) 1/2001-3/2002

Coordinated daily workflow between production, test creation, editing, graphic design, art, and proofreading departments to ensure development and distribution of print and web-based educational testing and curriculum products within specifications as well as tight and fluctuating time constraints.

Compiled weekly and monthly reports to communicate progress of ongoing and new projects to management, production, and accounting departments.

Graphic Designer, GCOM2 Solutions (financial publisher) 4/1999-1/2001

Handled layout, formatting, typesetting, and electronic form submission for quarterly, semiannual, and annual reports and prospectuses distributed to mutual fund industry customers for the SEC.

Interfaced with client-side representatives and provided ongoing support to maintain current data as well as address and resolve any documentation issues.

Owner/Photographer, Patented Photos (design and photo studio) 2/1988-10/1998

Provided studio/location photography, press kits, and promotional materials and graphic design on domestic and international level, including Germany, France, and Japan for various performing artists/promoters in Philadelphia and South Jersey.

Sole documentation photographer for the Mellon Jazz Festival during its 13 year history which produced 2 large photography exhibits which traveled the greater Philadelphia area in many bank locations.

Education

B.A.Business Administration, LaSalle University

Microsoft Certified Systems Developer & Graphic Arts and Web Developer, Computeach

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