Design Graphic Artist

EFRAÍN MONTAÑEZ HIRALDO

GRAPHIC ARTIST

PO Box ** Hanover, MD 21076

Mobile 706-***-****

E-mail: ac1bpe@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: To contribute with the best of my talent to graphic and advertising excellence, using my creative capabilities.

Education: 1989-Central School of Visual, Plastic and Graphic Arts- San Juan, P.R. 1995- Sacred Heart University- San Juan, P.R.

Employment Experience: Bayamon Municipal Government 1992- 1995 Arts Professor (Art Workshop). Duties included orienting and teaching basic and advanced elements of plastic arts to high school and post high school students. It also included basic and advanced principles of graphic designs for the media. DTOP- Government of Puerto Rico 1995-1998

Department of Transportation and Public Works.

Design for internal promotions, vehicle stickers, license plates road signs, and government labels.

Madeleine Gandía Advertising Agency 1998- 2003

Graphic design for the Media

As a designer and graphic artist my performance included creating:

• Covers for El Nuevo Día newspaper

• Advertisements for local newspapers El Nuevo Día, El Vocero, Primera Hora and The San Juan Star

• Retail/ Mix advertising

• Corporative Image (Designs for stamped paper, envelopes, Brochures, business cards and logos for companies)

• Advertising for local magazines (Vea and Teve Guía )

• Press kit designs for companies

• Banners, signs and street banner design

• Commercial Photography

GTA E-Marketing Advertising Agency 2004- 2005

Graphic Artist and Web Designer

• HTML Web page design

• Graphic Director of El Moligan Magazine

• Retail / Mix advertising

HOLA Augusta Newspaper 2005 – 2007

Graphic Artist

• Design and mount the newspaper

• Advertising design for the Newspaper

• Brochure design

• Flyers design

• Webpage maintenence

El Augustino Newspaper since 2010

Now co-owner of the publication

Graphic Artist

• Design and mount the newspaper ready to press

• Advertising design for the Newspaper

• Maintenance of the Newspaper webpage

Note: Other jobs in Advertising Agencies were limited time contracts with selected local clients of the agencies. Other short contract jobs included pre-press services in Printing and Graphic and web designer to Business and Organizations.

Knowledge: Graphic designs and illustration in plastic media and computers. Programs: Adobe Illustrator CS, Photoshop CS5, Adobe In Design CS, Page Maker 5.6, Macromedia Freehand MX, Flash 6, Dreamweaver MX, Fireworks, Quark Xpress 5.0, Microsoft PowerPoint 2003, Front Page 2003, Microsoft Publisher, Corel Draw, Painter, Photopaint, Corel Rave and Photo Image, among others. Web page design and maintenance. References: Available upon request.

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