Graphic Designer Design
Resume:
CHRISTINE FINK
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Phone: 201-***-****
Email: **************@*****.***
Portfolio: www.Christinefink.com
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Responsive Design & Layout Social Media Strategy Expert in Adobe Creative Suite:
Expertise Acrobat/Dreamweaver/
Project Management
Illustrator/InDesign/Photoshop
Strategic Planning/Creativity E-mail Campaigns
HTML5/Quark/Keynote/PowerPoint/Word/Excel
Targeted Marketing MAC & PC Versatile
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mixed Interactive, Montclair, NJ Oct. 2014 – present
Freelance Art Director
Work directly with clients to achieve their design goals in marketing, rebranding, advertising by way of logos, emails,
direct mail, banner ads, websites, PowerPoint presentations and Photoshop collages
PENTON, New York, NY Jan. 2011 – Sept. 2014
Art Director
Built & maintained relations with internal/external clients, Corporate Marketing Managers & VPs to create & design
for 16 vertical markets, 5 core sectors and 70 individual Penton brand B2B magazines.
Created custom digital campaigns & e-mails to optimize strategic marketing efforts & increase conversion rates.
Developed strategic & targeted messaging in digital, web graphics, PowerPoint and Keynote Presentations, banner ads,
direct mail, tips, wraps & online marketing collateral.
Excellent understanding of user-centered design process.
Experienced in collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve higher response rates in emails through A/B
testing.
Responsible for Project Management (design, editing and proofreading through production, deadlines & deliverables).
Managed designers and creative queue of 150+ projects for 5 staff designers; directed, delegated & assigned projects.
METTA CREATIVE GROUP, Hoboken, NJ Feb. 2010 – Jan. 2011
Art Director
Key designer at a start-up, worked one-on-one with clients to create original invitation designs.
PRUDENT PUBLISHING, Ridgefield Park, NJ Aug. 2010 – Dec. 2010
Graphics Coordinator
Designed e-mails, web projects/graphics, direct mail pieces, brochures, business cards & promotional products.
Responsible for creating the holiday catalog, design, layout and press approvals, photo shoots, photo art direction as
well as achieving color accuracy in greeting cards featured in catalog.
NEW JERSEY BUSINESS MAGAZINE, Fairfield, NJ June 2010 – Aug. 2010
Senior Graphic Designer
Solely responsible for the layout and design of the monthly print and digital magazine.
ANALYSTS IN MEDIA, New York, NY April 2008 – March 2010
Senior Graphic Designer
Designed articles, media kits, sell sheets, podcasts & videocasts for three B2B quarterly print & digital magazines (Future
Pharmaceuticals, Future Healthcare & Business Trends Quarterly).
Strong typographic skills, full understanding of prepress, production process, FTP files to printer & approval for print.
Supervised junior level staff & hired/directed freelance photographers/videographers on assignments.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, New York, NY May 2007 – Aug. 2007
Designer
Designed interior pages of daily newspaper.
Planned and hired illustrators/photographers for special assignments.
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U.S. 1 Newspaper, Princeton, NJ July 2004 – Jan. 2007
Graphic Designer
Created templates, designed interior pages as well as ads from inception to completion for weekly U.S. 1 Newspaper and
bi-monthly West Windsor Plainsboro News, annual calendars, advertorials, and business/health directories.
Scanned photos/text, stored/maintained all Photoshop image files in libraries.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Master of Science, Communication Design, Pratt Institute, New York, NY (2007)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design and Literature, Marywood University, Scranton, PA (2002)
Semester Abroad, Concentration in Fine Arts, Studio Art Centers International (SACI), Florence, Italy (2001)
CERTIFICATES
Social Media Course Certification, Penton, New York, NY (2012)
ORGANIZATIONS
Volunteer Society of Publication Designers, New York, NY
Co-Founder Interactive Magazines, Newspapers & Books Development, NJ
Meetup.com Group, www.meetup.com/Interactive-Magazines/Newspapers-and-Books-development
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