Graphic Designer

GARY REYNA - Graphic Design

CONTACT INFORMATION - *********@*****.*** - 214-***-****

EDUCATION

California College of the Arts, San Francisco, Calif

* **** ****** ***, ******* Design, Illustration

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GRDESIGNS-Los Angeles, California

Senior Graphic Designer (2012-present)

Design and produce all Marketing Communications material for High Technology, Consumer Brands, Entertainment Industry, Health/Wellness Industry, and Publishing Educational Companies, Logos, Corporate Signage, Brochures, Packaging, Direct Mail, Advertising, Motion Graphics, Corporate Presentations, Infographics, Websites, Sitemaps, Email Blasts,

Banner Ads, Landing Pages, StoryBoards, Wire-framing, Special Events, Design Trade Show Booths, Video Development,

Procure print production, Press checks, Manage teams of designers and production staff, Art Direct Photography

JKO DESIGN-Menlo Park, California

Senior Graphic Designer (2009-2012)

Design and produce all Marketing Communications material for High Technology, Consumer Based, Entertainment Industry, and Medical Field, Logos, Corporate Signage, Brochures, Packaging, Direct Mail, Campaigns, Promotional items, Websites, Interactive, Advertising, Email Blasts, Banner Ads, Landing Pages, StoryBoards, Wire-framing, Magazine Publishing, Product Photography, Special Events and Design Trade Show Booths, Procure print production, Press checks, Manage teams of designers and production staff

BORLAND SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL-Scotts Valley, California

Senior Graphic Designer (2007-2009)

Design and produce all Marketing Communications material Brochures, Packaging, Direct Mail Campaigns, Infographics, Websites, Sitemaps, Email Blasts, Banner Ads, Landing Pages, Product Photography, Advertising and Special Events

STANFORD UNIVERSITY-Stanford, California

Graphic Designer (2006-2007)

Produce Stanford Daily Newspaper, Stanford Magazine Publication. Infographics, Illustrations

Supervise print production

LEADERSHIP SKILLS

My strengths in leadership and building relationships lies in learning the ins and outs of other people’s roles and striving to understand the various pressures people face. I want to create a culture that runs on transparency and openness while still being respectful. I emphasize the importance of the team’s success together, and individuals’ success within the team. I genuinely care what people are working on because I want them to succeed. As a leader I want to be available to ask questions influence direction, but not hand out solutions. A leader encourages the team to invest in their tasks and take responsibility for driving projects forward. I want people to have autonomy, but not the freedom to work in isolation. A leader exists to bring the team together and make sure that the final product everyone is moving toward will have an impact. In the end, everyone wants that impact

PRODUCTION NOTES

I thoroughly understand 4-color printing process, (CMYK) versus spot color systems. Application of finishing processes

for varnish effects, ink coverage, die cuts, laminating, binding processes and various types of paper stock. I have extensive experience reviewing color separations and managing press checks. I have worked with some of the largest commercial printing organizations and understand different printing techniques that are achieved with specialty presses involving embossing and foil stamp embossed. I am familiar with how to optimize multiple projects with efficiency using intelligent sheet configurations.

I am competent in providing detailed specifications utilizing pre-flight, and packaging for digital and print output.

I am well versed in silk screen printing process for fabric and other substrates, plastics. I am familiar with various

digital printing equipment ie.,linoprint, rastek and vutek systems.

APPLICATIONS

Adobe Creative Suite CS6: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop - PC and Mac Platforms Adobe Acrobat Pro, Dreamweaver, Flash, iMovie, Premier Pro, Keynote, Microsoft Office, (Powerpoint) Open Office, QuarkXpress, AutoCAD, Google SketchUp,HTML, CSS, WordPress

LANGUAGES - Spanish, English

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