Design Designer

John Dzedzy

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Summary

Highly creative and multi-talented retail graphic/package designer with extensive experience in package design, print

design and product design industry. Enthusiastic and creative with a passion for creating visual designs with exceptional

flexibility in both graphic design and illustration with excellent layout sketch abilities .

Highlights

Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign / 3-D

Retail Package designer / Product designer Versatile abilities to layout multiple design ideas

Award winning Flex-o-graphic package designer Art file management skills

Excellent sketching and 3-D visualization skills Very good communication skills

Excellent Illustration skills with a variety of styles Brand and Retail Design capabilities

Aware of design trends through hands on trade High ability to ask the right questions to solve

shows and store product trends design challenges

Excellent layout /sketch skills / product sketch Works well in a studio group environment

proposals Excellent hand prototype/comping skills

Strong verbal and written communication skills Familiar with Artios Cad package design software

Photography / digital imaging

Accomplishments

Retail packaging/product designer for 7 years for an international manufacturing company working with offices in the

United States and Hong Kong and China.

Produced award winning corrugated Flex-O-Graphic packaging products for MacDermid Imaging, Hercules

Corporation and DuPont Co.

Ability to hand sketch multiple concept ideas for retail product design and retail package design in a series of multiple

lines, prototype mock-ups for presentation, Plan-O-Gram layouts, all production from initial die line creation, trapping

from start to finish, product photography, logo design, ad design, catalog design and more.

Created a package design proofing system for streamlining the proofing process during the final proofing stage.

Finalist in the The Dixie Cup Corporations "Art of the Paper Plate" design contest out of 7,000 international entries

along with final paper plate designs traveling in a nation wide exhibit.

Well versed in manual trapping for Flex-O-Graphic printing in the plastic label and corrugated printing industry.

Complete knowledge of producing art for production including spot color, separations, trapping, printing for flexography,

offset printing and file management.

Complete working knowledge of die line and prototype creation for presentation.

Proficient in, Illustrator CS5, PhotoShop CS5, 3-D software and much more including excellent hand drawing skills in

traditional art media.

Complete knowledge of producing art for production including spot color, separations, trapping, printing for flexography

and file management.

Versatile graphic design and illustration styles producing packaging label graphics for the retail seasonal,

pharmaceutical, computer industries.

Ability to craft my own style based on what is needed for the final design look.

Experience

Retail Package/ Graphic Designer/ Product Designer/ Illustrator

December 2004 to August 2012

Brite Star Manufacturing Company - Philadelphia, PA

Produced and designed retail package designs and products that were sold nationally in major retail store outlets

throughout the United States and Canada. Duties included the following. Design original package designs in a series

of multiple lines, product design, prototype mock-ups for presentation, Plan-O-Gram layouts, all production from initial

die line creation, trapping from start to finish, product photography, logo design, ad design, catalog design, complete

PhotoShop and Illustrator use for final production files. Hand sketching ideas in a 2 D and 3 D format.Duties also

included keeping up with the latest trends in the product industry.

Freelance Designer/ consultant

February 2003 to March 2006

Created graphic design /illustration and retail and corporate package designs for the advertising industry.

Senior Graphic Designer and Illustrator

January 2000 to September 2003

Reed Elservier Corporation - Philadelphia, PA

Responsible for designing and Illustrating highly technical Adobe Illustrator files, PhotoShop files, graphs, charts,

technical manuals, CD case designs for the largest worldwide medical publishing in the industry. Also created

packaging graphics for the pharmaceutical industry. Worked along with seven other designers and illustrators.

Senior Graphic Designer and Illustrator

February 1994 to March 2000

Leyden Diversified - Philadelphia, PA

Responsible for designing high end graphics, POP displays, type designs, icons, product design and concept, product

rendering, flex-o-graphic dimensional packaging products for Dupont, MacDermid Imaging, Hercules Corporation

merchandising product development, logo designs, brochures, booklets, CD jackets and more.

Education

Bachelor of Arts : 1994

Berkley Computer Graphics School - Philadelphia, PA

Continuing education in computer graphics/ Certificate Program

1989

Hussian School of Art - Philadelphia, PA

Competitive four year technical trade art school specializing in design and illustration. 1985-1989

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