Graphic Artist Manager

Norm Stankivic Graphic Artist

OBJECTIVE:

To be employed in a challenging and creative professional environment where my various art and graphic skills and over 29 years of experience in the field can be applied to result in punctual client satisfaction.

EXPERIENCE:

SGS (Southern Graphics Systems) 4/2012 - 9/2015

Packaging Production Artist

Responsibilities include layout design and final production art for the preparation of final pre-press output files. Experience includes packaging mainly for GlaxoSmithKline over-the-counter products such as: Aquafresh, Sensodyne, Polident, Poligrip, Biotene, Tums, Panadol and Nicorette/Nicoderm.

SCHAWK 4/2007 - 4/2012

Onsite Package Artist at GlaxoSmithKine

Responsibilities include layout design and final production art for the preparation of final pre-press output files. Experience includes working with many GlaxoSmithKline over-the-counter products such as: Aquafresh, Sensodyne, Polident, Poligrip, Tums and Nicorette.

H.J. Heinz North America (Employed by Prisma Inc.) 9/2003 - 4/2007

Onsite Package Designer

Responsibilities include both layout design and final production art for many nationally recognized Heinz frozen food products such as: Weight Watchers Smart Ones, T.G.I. Friday’s, Boston Market and many familiar Ore-Ida Items.

Prisma Inc. 9/1992 - 9/2003

Graphic Artist/Package Designer

Responsibilities include package design for Weight Watchers Food Products, Smithkline Beecham Consumer Healthcare pharmaceuticals and also ads, brochures, yearbooks and posters for Pittsburgh professional sports teams such as the Steelers, Pirates and Penguins.

Pennex Products 5/1985 - 6/1992

Package Designer

Responsible for layout design for private label pharmaceutical packaging which includes carton, label and point of purchase items. All skills and responsibilities originally adapted from the drawing board to computer.

FREELANCE EXPERIENCE:

4/2003 - Present

Tee-Shirt Designs for a nationally known Christian apparel company

Logo Designs for numerous local small businesses

Christian signs, banners and ads for Pittsburgh area churches

EDUCATION:

Art Institute of Pittsburgh 9/1982 - 4/1985

Associates Degree Visual Communications

SKILLS:

Latest Macintosh Software which includes:

Adobe Photoshop CS5

Experienced, Currently used/18 years

Adobe Illustrator CS6

Experienced, Currently used/22 years

Adobe Acrobat Professional

Intermediate, Currently used/13 years

Cell Phone # 724-***-****

Home Phone # 724-***-****

E-Mail **********@*****.***

Norm Stankivic

530 State Route 356

Apollo, PA 15613

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