Richard G. Helmig Jr.

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New Canaan, CT 06840

Cell: 203-***-****

Email: ac79l2@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Freelance Digital Production Artist – July 2017 – April 2018: MME – New York, NY

TracyLocke – Wilton, CT

BlueC Studio – Southport, CT – September 2012 – July 2017: Print Production Specialist

Clients: Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Celgene, Gilead, and Ferring Pharmaceuticals Produced print and UI Acrobat apps for this pharma and life sciences agency. Scope of projects included product promotions, materials for educational programs and layouts of floor plans for training sessions.

• Training and strategic materials for sales training events; including worksheets, workboards, interactive PDFs, banners, materials and event collateral

• Layout/spec interactive training modules

Marketing Drive – Norwalk, CT – 1996 to 2012:

Digital Production Supervisor

Clients: Pernod Ricard, Dannon Yogurt, Novartis, Scotties Tissues, Miller Beer, Gillette, Braun, Krispy Kreme, Unilever, Duracell, M&M Mars, Lea & Perrins, and many more Layout and production for consumer, marketing and promotion agency

• Managed in-house studio team and production freelancers

• Managed, prioritized and organized digital production workflow

• Proactively established and administered efficiency processes and procedures

• Collaborated with creative teams to estimate and budget deliverables and print requirements

• Troubleshoot prepress problems, and identified software and equipment compatibility issues

• Key Achievements:

– Proposed and launched Marketing Drive’s first on-site digital photo studio allowing Marketing Drive to keep 90% of digital photography in-house

– Responsible for technology research and purchases, including large format printers, resulting in over $100,000 in revenue from cost savings

Accurate Graphics, Inc. – Norwalk, CT – 1996:

Prepress Technician

• Prepress and layout for print services company

MicroWarehouse, Inc. Norwalk CT – 1994 to 1996:

Digital Specialist

• Photo retouching

• Page layout/print production

Paine Williams, Inc. Wilton CT – 1990 to 1994:

Graphic Artist

• Desktop design/mechanical production.

SKILLS: Print publishing, digital imaging and interactive PDFs

– Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator

– Microsoft Office: Word and PowerPoint

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science, Marketing

Minor: Psychology

Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH

REFERENCES: References available upon request. Please see attached print samples of my work. Pennant String

Pull Up Banner

Jameson® Saint Patrick’s Day

Mass Display

Serving Tray

Table Tent

Counter Clock

Wild TurkeyTM Fall Sports

Counter Card Tear Pad Recipe Card

Mass Display

Football Guide

Case Card

Stadium Seat Cushion

Absolut® Miami Mechanicals

Recipe Neck Tag

Door Cling

Table Tent

Recipe Card

Shelf Talk Pocket

Case Card

Shelf Talker

Case Bin

Tee Shirt

Dannon® FSI’s

Light & Fit® Shopping Promo FSI

Activia® Selects FSI

Activia® Parfait Crunch FSI

Fruit on the Bottom® FSI

Breast Cancer Awareness/Dannon®

Partnership FSI

Novartis® Consumer Health

Reverse Gravity Feed

PDQ Display

POP Display

Healthy Living Ad FSI’s

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