hibu **** - ****

LEAD DESIGN **** - ****

• Coordinated with brand managers/customers to ensure brand design compliance on high

profile accounts

• Liaised with the Special Handling team to address the needs of high priority, high spend

customers including national companies

3739 Stoney Point Rd. S.W. • Completed work quickly and efficiently, often directly liaising with the advertiser to have

a proof to them within 24 hours

Cedar Rapids, IA 52404

STUDIO ARTIST

Phone: 319-***-**** 2003 - 2014

• Designed and created proofs of advertisements for potential customers to aid sales in

Email: acej1d@r.postjobfree.com

securing accounts

• Designed a wide range of print products to meet the criteria of the client

Objective

• Executed quality analysis of advertisements including confirming design requirements

To contribute to your organization's success.

were met and proofreading for spelling and grammatical errors

A dedicated and committed team player who

SCANNER ARTIST

desires to provide high level quality work. 2000 - 2003

• Imported scans of advertiser’s artwork, cleaning up and retouching as necessary

To secure a position where my passion for design,

ability to learn quickly, and desire to take on new • Recreated vector versions of rasterized artwork to improve print clarity

challenges can be fulfilled.

COMPANY SUPPORT

Objective Supported The Business Development and Support Team

• Compiled testing documents and documented policies for internal/global design

Employee Activities Committee 2010

departments font rules and regulations

Organized company activities to help local charities.

Organized company holiday parties and other • Created and maintained templates for printed products that were utilized across the

activities to boost the morale of the company. global organization

• Updated documentation detailing artwork requirements for external graphic designers

Day of Caring 2009, 2011 & 2012

Volunteered to work a variety of projects in

Supported The Final Inspect Team

Cedar Rapids and other surrounding communities.

• Reviewed advertisements and spec visual templates to verify the accuracy of the artists

judgments or assumptions and pre-selected criteria

• Quality checked to ensure that the finished product is pleasing and aesthetically correct

Acknowledgments

Supported The Compliance Team

Hey- Just a quick note- Josh is AWESOME!

He is so helpful and kind, it’s so refreshing and • Clarified problematic ads for studio artists, including resolving unclear advert layouts,

nice to work with someone like him! researching database for vital customer information, and anticipating future problems

He definitely deserves kudos after the hoops in order to meet strict deadlines

he has to jump through to get these ads done! • Position required clear and concise communication skills

From: Book Closing Department

• Provided feedback to other departments to ensure improvement in the future use of the advert

Josh

I want to thank you for taking charge of this • Proficient in Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator

cover ad to make sure it was completed properly

• Familiar with Adobe InDesign & Microsoft Office

and on time for shipping. We appreciate this

• Trained other associates on the Lead Design process

extra effort!

• Organized, cooperative, hard worker and team player

From: Supervisor

• Communicates well with co-workers

• Work well independently

• Ability to work quickly and efficiently in a production environment

Josh

• Excellent attention to detail and proven accuracy

I wanted to again say thank you for going the

• Ability to work/manage multiple projects at one time

extra mile fixing the poor quality photos and

cleaning up the boarders around some of the

pictures as well on the magazine insert

yesterday, and ensure our customer was going

to be satisfied with their product. You could

Ackley-Geneva High School ACKLEY, IA

have very easily just fixed the printer issues in 1994 - 1998

question and sent it back.

Kirkwood Community College CEDAR RAPIDS, IA

I really appreciate your extra effort! 1998 - 2001

Associate of Applied Science Degree in Graphic Design

From: Supervisor

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