Manager Design

Paul D. Meyers

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Art Direction Package Design

Graphic Design Pre-Press

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I design to make a difference! Creating pleasing graphics that boost a

company's brand awareness and sales is what makes me thrive! With varied

experience in ALL PHASES of the graphics arts industry, from pre-press,

traffic, photographer's assistant, designer, on up to art director.

Maintaining speed and error-free designs that set me above the rest. I've

won accolades from both employer and client; acquired a major client that

kept a small design studio afloat; established brand standards for a

fledgling in-house design department; and maintained a 99% error free rate

in pre-press and production.

Professional Experience

Medifast Inc.

(In-House Marketing Weight-loss Company) May 2005 - November 2013

Art Director Packaging Designer Senior Designer

. Produce design and production for over 70 product's packaging in

addition to

collateral material and advertisements.

. Continually researched competition's packaging, collateral and

advertisements

. Direct, budget, acquire talent, printer, reflective on the need for

each job.

o Pioneered development of corporate logo, brand standards and

work flow process where none existed before thereby increasing

efficiency of marketing department and print room.

o Spearheaded overhaul of all corporate products to be consistent

and updated. These results reflected back to the customer as

more in line of a higher end/cost product.

o Orchestrated reduction in photo shoot expense by eliminating

third party art direction and/or talent (i.e. foodstylists when

applicable)

Solo Cup Corporation

(Pre-Press Disposable Food Container Company) November 2003 - April

2005

Pre-press Technician Proofer

. Pre-flight art; adjust for dies, printing limitations, printer

needs (eye spots, date stamp, etc and fix customer's files

preparing files for flexo or offset printing presses. Clients

included: Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream; Turkey Hill IceCream; Green's,

etc

o Demonstrated acute attention to job responsibilities and

accelerated one month after hire from flexo print jobs to

premium offset multi-color jobs (up to 7 colors).

o Achieved an almost 100% error free rate after first two weeks

and maintained this consistently throughout my tenure.

o Improved job turn around by completing all assignments on time

if not earlier allowing for greater job output and better

downstream scheduling.

Harvey & Daughters Incorporated

(Full Service Design Agency) September 1989 - October 2003

Graphic Designer Production Team Manager

. Interviewed, mentored, oversaw team of production artists.

. Created, developed and produced design for corporate giants such as

Procter & Gamble, Hershey Foods, McCormick Spice, Black & Decker.

Projects included logos, collateral materials, annual reports and

packaging.

. Agency of record's primary contact for Procter & Gamble cosmetics

packaging account.

o Secured Procter& Gamble cosmetics account; prompting Harvey &

Daughters to acquire more talent, to accommodate increased

work load and income; by becoming Procter & Gamble's agency

of record.

o Promoted to Production Manager to manage and mentor a team of

production artists. Delivering full support as an agency of

record for Procter & Gamble.

Education

Bachelors of Science, Graphic Design, University of Maryland Baltimore

County

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