Graphic Artist/ Sign Artist

BRIAN LAURICH

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Jeannette, PA 15644 acbwc9@r.postjobfree.com

Designer/Artist

Skillful at communicating with individual clients and businesses to achieve optimal customer

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experiences.

Expert in taking clients’ concepts to finished products.

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Specialist in using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, and Corel Draw.

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Alert to current creative trends, while maintaining artistic integrity.

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Accomplished in photo retouching and color manipulation.

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Seasoned in defining project scope and pricing while maintaining resources/relationships,

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completion schedule, profitability, and quality.

Exceptionally knowledgeable about the printing process from conception to finished product.

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EXPERIENCE

Vintage Sign Company, Jeannette, PA 2004-present

Owner/Artist

Employ modern technology, traditional craftsmanship, and antique materials to design and

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create unique vintage signs.

Maintain website www.vintagesigns.com and a variety of patrons, from homeowners to

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nationally known clients and businesses. National clients included the Coca-Cola Company, The

History Channel, Reebok, Clyde’s Restaurant Group, and Polo Ralph Lauren.

Participate in a number of high-end, juried art/trade shows: A Celebration of American

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Craftsmen, Wilton, CT; Annual Waterford Show, Waterford, VA; and the Designer Craftsman

Show, Philadelphia, PA.

Selected to be a member of Country Living Magazine’s Artist Guild in 2006

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Produced sign for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon & NBC Universal in 2011.

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S&S Graphics, Laurel, MD 1989-2004

Electronic Prepress

Manipulated and prepared customer electronic files for print publication using Mac and PC

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platforms.

Specialized in photo retouching, color manipulation, and image creation using Adobe

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Photoshop.

Achieved expertise in vector-based file manipulation using Corel Draw.

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EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA,

1987

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