OBJECTIVE
I am a creative, dynamic, and people-oriented individual seeking new challenges in my
professional career. I want to venture into different arenas in my area or expertise and be given the opportunity to join a growing organization that has a need for a candidate with the people skills, motivation and creativity that I could bring to any given position. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Art Director
April 2014 - Present
Visual Promotion. Miami, U.S.A.
I manage, create and design advertising campaigns, crew incentive campaigns, logos, corporate identities, corporate material, coordinate designs and production for pop material and make illustrations and digital photo retouching for the following accounts: Polar Trading, Pepsico, Clean Air, BF Aerospace, POP 4 Less, YUM! (KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell), Marisabel Caires and others.
Freelance Graphic Designer
June 2009 - December 2013
Several companies. Caracas, Venezuela.
As a freelance designer I managed, created and designed advertising campaigns, crew incentive campaigns, logos, corporate identities, corporate material, coordinated designs and production for pop material and made illustrations and digital photo retouching for the following accounts: Polar Beer and Malta Polar (Polar Trading), Txape- la, Teatrex, Robótica Educativa y Tetro UCAB (Universidad Católica Andrés Bello), Gruma
(Monaca), Motorola, Procter & Gamble (Ace), Pfizer Laboratories, Econoinvest,Seguros Carabobo, La Boutique de Massiel, Credicard, Samsung, Colgate-Palmolive (Lady Speed Stick and Speed Stick), Estética Esperanza Martínez, Cubix, Biworldwide Latinamerica, Proyecto Alcatraz (Santa Teresa), Mc Diario (Mc Donald’s), Malta Regional and Cerveza Regional (Cervecera Regional) and others.
Art Director
March 2005 - June 2009
Al Fondo a la Derecha Publicidad. Caracas, Venezuela. I managed a team that created and designed advertising campaigns, rebuilt and prepared logos for pop material (laser engraving and silk-screen printing), photo retouching and illustrations as well as crew incentive campaigns for the following accounts: Kraft Foods Venezuela, Motorola, Samsung, Chocolates El Rey, Teatrex, Fai Da Te, Alcaldía de Baruta, Malta Polar, Corporación Dharma, Bigott (subsidiary of British American Tobacco), Santa Bárbara Airlines and others. IKER BLANCO
Address 253 N.E. 34th Street. Miami, Fl 33178
Cel 786-***-****
Web ibgraphicdesign.com
Email ************@*****.***
Art Director
March 2004 - March 2005
Andrea Rinaldi & Asociados. Caracas, Venezuela.
I designed advertising campaigns, made photo retouching and illustrations, corporate identities as well as managing print production for the following accounts: Managed Accounts: Kimberly-Clark, Diario el Universal, Galletas Amapola, Chocolates Saint Moritz. Art Director
April 2003 - March 2004
Publicis 67. Caracas, Venezuela.
I created and managed the development of packaging and the design of advertising campaigns. Also made illustrations and photo retouching for the following accounts: Telcel Bellsouth and Nestlé.
Art Director
May 1998 - December 2002
AW Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi. Caracas, Venezuela.
I designed advertising campaigns and prepared documents for print as well as the making of illustrations and photo retouching for the following accounts: Telcel Bellsouth, Gigante Verde, Diablitos Underwood, Procter & Gamble (Ariel). Designer
August 1995 - May 1998
Comunicación Free Lance Didac. Caracas, Venezuela. I designed advertising campaigns and prepared documents for print as well as the making of illustrations, photo retouching and corporate identities for the following accounts: Plumrose, Bimbo, Marinela, Rori, Banco Industrial de Venezuela, La Feria del Buen Comer, Profashional.
EDUCATION
Colegio Universitario Monseñor de Talavera, 1991 - 1994 Caracas, Venezuela.
Expert Digital Graphic Design Technician
Colegio Champagnat, 1985 - 1990
Caracas, Venezuela
Bachelor’s Degree in Science