GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Ari Venguer

******@*********.***

cel: 619-***-**** San Diego, CA

website: www.digitarimotion.com

graphics in broadcasting: www.motionari.com

motion graphics reel: www.vimeo.com/56486243

OBJECTIVE

Develop and produce creative solutions that make 'the difference'.

Ensure brand equity, customer satisfaction and financial growth.

PROFILE

Dedicated Graphic Designer, digital media artist and creative

producer with over 20 years of experience in:

design and development with computer graphics; specialized in motion-

graphics, image development and branding.

SKILLS

Proficient in Mac and PC. Working expertise in print, video and web.

Graphics: Adobe Creative Suite CS6 [Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash,

InDesign, Fireworks, Acrobat], Quark, Keynote, Microsoft Office,

Powerpoint, Camtasia.

Web Design: HTML5 with CSS3, JQuery, Dreamweaver, HTML, XHTML, CMS,

RWD, Wordpress, Filezilla.

Editing: Final Cut Pro7 and X, Premiere ProCS6, Avid Media Composer,

Vegas, SoundTrack Pro, Audition,

DVD StudioPro, Media100, Compressor, Director.

Special Effects: After EffectsCS5.5, Motion5, Flame, Flint, Composer

& Smoke knowledge.

. Provide leadership, mentoring and execution on all projects as a

creative producer, to help obtain objectives.

. Concept development, strategies and pristine design to communicate

effectively a target audience.

. Focus interest in art direction, content, and quality control.

Excellent use and sense of typography.

. Persuasive, thorough, and proactive communicator. Excellent problem

solver, results oriented.

ACKOWLEDGEMENTS

. Emmy Award Winner in 2009. Achievement for Entertainment Program

Segment: "End of the Year" morning

program "Levantate con el 33" of Telemundo.

. 3 Emmy Nominations 2008, 2010 and 2012. Categories: Graphic

Design, Animation, Art Direction.

. Addy Awards recognition in 2011, 2012 for "Tu eres la Revoluci n"

and "Busca San Diego".

. With absolutely no budget, I created and managed a full TV campaign

which generated sponsorship from the Department of Mexican

Tourism. "You are the Revolution Tijuana".

Result: Big success and response from businesses involved and

publics' reaction.

. Reached highest amount of local sales for Univision and Telemundo

with "Jeromes Furniture".

Developed a streamline workflow for tcommercials adaptation to

Spanish. Record client in green screen.

Edit and composite commercials for the Hispanic market. Between 40-

50 a year.

. Attained a system to appeal independent small companies to

advertise on TV, by creating marketing kit packages

to merge projects for TV and Web. Develop a strategy and produced

the commercials.

Example: "Ask a Lawyer?" Supported the sales task force with

creative direction, for companies' benefit.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance Graphic-Motion Designer / Producer / Creative Director San

Diego, CA 2012 - Today

Consultant and hands-on producer. Full Design spectrum. Provide

leadership, mentoring and execution.

Develop corporate identities, interactive presentations and integrate

digital media to marketing solutions.

In charge of elaborating concept through deliverables.

Updated with technology to develop Responsive Web Design, coding

with HTML5 and CSS3, to cover the full

range of marketing possibilities and media queries online.

Responsive Design for desktop, mobile and tablets.

Email and Social media marketing.

ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS Creative Director/ Motion Graphics / Producer

San Diego, CA 2007-2012

(Hispanic Television)

. Direct the corporate image and branding for 4 local TV channels.

. Develop news promos, station ID's, billboards, vignettes, full

pages for 2 news programs.

. Produce commercials from scratch. In charge of: briefing,

conceptualizing, scripting, storyboards, video recording, audio

voice overs. Supervising and helping Talent. Audio mix with music,

editing, visual effects to finished product.

. In charge of corporate outdoor advertising, billboards, bus wraps.

Continuous magazine, newspaper ads.

. Redesign full TV-graphics package kit for "Despierta San Diego",

Univision morning show. Createa a fresh look

and feel with bright happy colors to the image and all graphic

ellements that compose the show.

. Designed local branding corporate identity for the Univision

channel by unifying the name, city, channel

number, logo and tag of the station in one image. [Univision San

Diego -17- Noticias + Logo - Contigo].

. Directed Photo Shootings with Talent. Supervised and assured all

pieces worked in harmony. Photographer,

Make-Up Artist and Talent. Edited and utilized photos for all news

promotional material in print and web.

. Designed corporate outdoor advertising. billboards, bus wraps.

Continuous magazine, newspaper ads

. Supervised and negotiated with print suppliers.

. In charge of creating promos for all type of stations' local events

as well as National Network Awards.

. Support Marketing & Promotion department with all-graphics for

local Events, Festivals, Fan Clubs.

Example: "Club Contigo" Developed the image, branding, web page,

billboard template and TV promos.

Objective: create a captive audience that participates on channels

website and wins prizes.

. "Copa Univision". Soccer Tournament. Image, TV promos, webpage,

poster, banners and collaterals. Duplicated participant

attendance.

. Responsibilities included full control of tools of the trade such

as: Adobes' Production/ Designer Creative Suite,

Apple's Final Cut Pro Suite and various plug-ins used with the

software.

CASA DIGITAL Director and Owner San Diego,CA 2003-2006

Start my own Multimedia Studio offering: Corporate identity, branding

and design consulting. Elaborating websites,

Corporate presentations, Virtual Tour QTVR, Image stitching for real

state companies. 2D animation

and advertising. Wide range of solutions, wearing all hats of the

business.

Learned to design, structure and develop functionality for websites.

Example: Expressions of Mexico Gallery.

SECURED WORLD INVESTMENT Graphic Designer and Web Developer San

Diego,CA 2002 Project: Design a Debit-Transfer Money Card "Mi

Plata".

Concept development of image, branding and marketing materials for

the product: Card image, card holder, packaging, POP, advertising

collaterals and full website.

Accomplished the challenge to take a product idea to flourish and

market it all the way to the stores.

SHORT CUT FILMS & SIDE EFFECTS Motion Graphic Designer/Graphic Designer

Israel 1997-2001 Postproduction Companies. Video editing, compositing and

assembling visual effects. Color correction and photo retouch

for TV promos and Music videos.

Managed to edit, animate and work with audio and visual effects all

on a desktop computer in a foreign language.

PEDRO TORRES Y ASOCIADOS [PT&A] Motion Graphics, Editor Mexico 1994 -

1996

Assistant to Director and Owner. Involved in all faces of

Production and Post-production.

Mastered the skills of non-linear-editing using Avid and SGI

/Flint equipment.

ADWORKS Art Director Mexico 1993 -1994

Major exposure to working with an Advertising Agency producing work

distributed nationally.

(Brandy Presidente, full advertising Campaigns). Increased brand

sales by more than 200%.

EDUCATION

Graphic Design Studies . Universidad Iberoamericana de M xico

BFA in Visual Communications / Graphic Design . Minneapolis College

of Art and Design,MN

Web Design Education . ECC in San Diego,CA Continuing School.

VIZRT Training. Learning the system to develop graphic templates.

VizArtist and VizTrio.

Languages: English and Spanish fluent. Conversational Hebrew and

reading comprehension in Portuguese.

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