Richard G. Helmig Jr.
New Canaan, CT 06840
Cell: 203-***-****
Email: ********@*****.***
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