Manager Design

Raul E. Avina

***** ********** **.

Fontana, **336, California, US

909-***-**** (hm) 909-***-**** (cell)

E-mail: ********@*******.***

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Pre-Press Manager/Creative

July 2012 - November 2012

Bluemoon Marketing Group Corona, CA

Pre-Press Manager/Creative

Responsible for workflow in art department and/or HP digital press. My

duties included overseeing the digital quality of jobs prior to client

approval as well as coming off the digital press. I had one artist working

under me which I would supervise and instruct on design and layout via my

previous art direction skills. I was also responsible for the color

calibration of their color work-station and the two Epson (large format)

printers which were linked up to it. At Bluemoon, I got the opportunity to

work in Adobe's CS6 creative suite and brush up my skills with the latest

versions of Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, and Quark X-Press 9.0 to

name a few. My creative skills brought to Bluemoon the ever popular ad

campaign (of 3) 'Got Mooned!', which was highly praised throughout the

Inland Empire. I also had the opportunity to learn a little about Pit-Stop,

which works in conjunction with Adobe Acrobat Pro and gives the artist

imposition capabilities before the actual job gets printed. My knowledge in

CMYK along with RGB has been extensive throughout my career and I am ready

to implement it elsewhere... somewhere that would allow me to bring [to the

table] over 30 years of Pre-press and Creative skills for any, and ALL

industries.

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Art Director

June 2001 - July 2012

Benham Advertising Chino, CA

Art Director/Computer Graphics

Responsible for all jobs in art department. Utilize skills in all aspects

of job duties including production, pre-press and design. Work under tight

deadlines, including work with freelance and creative teams on taking

conceptual layouts thru tight comps and final camera and/or digital ready

art. My duties also call for press checks and working with outside vendors

including: photographers, web-masters, printers, color-houses, various

publishers in the newspaper industry, etc. This title also entails

knowledge of computers, printers and software so that I would be able to

troubleshoot certain problems within the workflow. My Experience here at

Benham Advertising has been primarily in the Healthcare/Medical industry,

however I am diverse in other industries as well. My computer skills and

talents are mostly on Mac platform using the Adobe Creative suite CS5 which

includes Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Adobe Acrobat

professional, but I also have experience working on fore-mentioned software

applications on PC platform as well as being very experienced with Quark X-

Press.

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Computer Graphic/Production Artist

September 1986 - June 2001

Marrs Printing Inc. City of Industry, CA

Computer Graphic/Production Artist

Design and produce various projects including but not limited to; annual

reports, newsletters, POP displays, brochures, magazine/newspaper ads,

stationary (i.e. Letterhead, business card, envelope), logo design, flyers,

CD cover design, video sleeves, posters, catalogs, display signage, display

boxes and corporate identity packages. I am also involved in press-proofing

any and all final printed pieces in 4-color, 2-color and black & white. My

duties include pre-flighting all jobs to make sure they are built

correctly thus avoiding any loss of productive time. I am also involved in

meeting directly with customers to review and/or discuss any ideas that

will improve upon their existing artwork or collateral.

Jr. Art Director

Supervision/Direction of seven computer artist and staff. Give direction

and/or instruction on projects entailing design or graphics as per

customer, design and create ideas or equivalent on Macintosh computer or

Windows NT. Conceptualize and produce comps using multitude of computer

applications, schedule press proofs and/or meetings with client to get

approval on projects prior to assigning particular job to production

artist. Assist in final and decisive actions to produce quick and precise

turnarounds.

Production Manager/Supervisor

Responsibilities include supervision of five artist support staff,

preparing department/employee work schedule; interview prospective

employees; supervise and support artist's to meet timely deadlines;

coordinate artist and department meetings; phone contact with clients; meet

with upper management in discussions on improving production flow and/or

turnaround times; translate from Spanish to English and vice-versa for

multi-national clients/customers; order any, and all necessary supplies

from vendor; maintain a proper work environment while keeping company

morale at it's highest possible level.

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SKILLS

Adobe Creative Suite CS6 (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat

Professional), Quark X-Press 9 and Microsoft Office 11 (Mac)

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EDUCATION

1980-1985 L.A. Trade Technical College - 4 years of commercial art and 1

year of printing.

. AA degree in arts.

1979-1980 Citrus College - Attended one year of College; Art Major

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LANGUAGES

English - Fluent Spanish - Fluent

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PORTFOLIO

http://www.krop.com/ravina/

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