Graphic Designer

Marketing and Creative Professional

RUBEN AMESQUITA

PERSONAL PROFILE

Highly experienced, team-oriented and self-motivated creative professional seeking a position as a Graphic Artist where my experience and creative skills will be a valuable asset to the organization I join.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since 1988 I have worked as a Marketing and Creative Professional for dozens of companies such as Dallas Glass and Door, Strategic Janitorial, Atlantic Supply Co, Prime Supply Co, Bonus Building Care, Dolex Dollar Express, D-Signs, EZ-FLO International, Texas State Aquarium, The Cavanaugh Flight Museum, The Cleaning Store, New Dawn Ranch, Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center and Starbucks, as well as many others through my freelance company, SmartArt.Bz. Director of Marketing and Creative Services - 10/2007 to 10/2012 Castro Roo ng of Texas - Owner: Rudy Rodriguez 214-***-****) Main Responsibilities:

• design, editing, writing and production for in-house Marketing / Creative Services Dept

• hiring and overseeing sales, marketing, design, telemarketing and canvassing sta s

• set-up and run company Kick-o Celebrations, Dept Head Meetings, Process Meetings, Marketing Meetings, Telemarketing & Canvassing Meetings and Trade Show meetings

• responsible for all Expos/Trade Shows, Company Outings and Tournaments

• implementation and maintenance of employee uniform program

• implementation and supervision of CRM & Marketing Hopper System

• analyze target audience and plan / implement tactical and strategical marketing

• lead generation and tracking, write scripts, train and oversee telemarketing & canvassers

• research purchasing cooperatives and design/write guides Sr Designer / Professional Translator - 3/2000 to 10/2007 Brinkmann / DMC / Remington and ZEBCO - Director: Helen Dunham 214-***-****) Main Responsibilities:

• design, layout and produce retail packaging for grills, outdoor lighting, pet products and hand-held lighting (concept to completion)

• write, translate and design catalogs, owner’s guides and manuals

• work with Department Heads, employees and vendors

• clients included JC Penny’s, Bass Pro, Lowes, Home Depot, Cabellas, Wal-Mart and many others

Graphics/Production Department Supervisor - 4/98 to 3/2000 Primary Color, Inc. - Owner: Mark Truan 214-***-****) Main Responsibilities:

• responsible for all work orders that enter Graphics/Production area

• work with various le formats on Mac and PC to create and/or modify artwork to provide lm for large format screenprinting

• work with customers to ensure accuracy and quality of product Design Specialist -4/97 to 4/98

Alphagraphics - Owner: Jim Hewell 972-***-****)

Main Responsibilities:

• Worked with large corporations to design logos, stationery, brochures, tri-folds, presentation pieces, magazine ads and various other printed pieces

• Rip les from MAC and/or PC programs to imagesetter and process 4 color

lm, plates, veloxes and negatives

• Service, maintain and utilize PC/MACLAN network program to interface PC and Mac systems with imagesetters and printers

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CONTINUED

Art Director - 4/96 to 4/97

Market Right, Inc. - Owner: Arleen Cavanaugh 918-***-****) Main Responsibilities:

• responsible for the design of logos, stationery, brochures, tri-folds, magazine ads, all company forms and presentation pieces from conception to completion

• worked with commercial printers to produce all marketing pieces

• directed, edited company videos and wrote brochures, ads and business forms

• translated documents, proposals and disclosures

Art Director - 7/93 to 4/96

Jani-King International, Inc. - CEO: Jim Cavanaugh 972-***-****) Main Responsibilities:

• design ads, logos, signs, forms, stationery and packages from conception to completion for 50+ regional o ces and owner’s a liated companies

• interfaced with outside public relations and advertising agencies as well as department heads at all levels of company to produce and publish two monthly newsletters that circulated globally among 5,000 franchise owners for the largest commercial cleaning franchisor in the world

• assisted in coordination of Annual Corporate Meetings

• translated documents

Layout Artist - 2/91 to 4/93

Fastsigns - Owner: Mitch Levine 214-***-****)

Main Responsibilities:

• production and layout artist, sales assistant

• translated documents from English to Spanish

EDUCATION & SPECIAL SKILLS

Art Institute of Dallas Graduate, 1991 - Degree of Applied Arts Continuing Education:

SixSigma Green Belt Certi cation, Franklin Covey Leadership Training Certi cation, DigiTrain - Adobe Certi ed Dreamweaver Level 2, Kelby Training - Photoshop Master Fred Pryor Series Management Training, Certi ed Contractor Network - Master Contractor, GKIC Marketing Certi cates and MYM Marketing Training with Rich Harshaw Fluent in spanish. Fluent on Mac or PC platforms, Quark Express, PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Corel DRAW, MS O ce and Adobe Master Suite and many other programs. Knowledge of signage production, photography, multi-touch marketing systems, o set printing, screen printing, retail packaging and extensive catalog production and web design. AWARDS & OTHER ATTRIBUTES (not a complete list)

• 1985 Certi cate of Appreciation, Garland City Council

• 1988 Merit of Achievement, Garland City Council

• 1995 Quick Build Volunteer Work

• 2002 NRTCA Golden Hammer Award - Love Field Airport Entry

• 2005 - 2008 East Texas Regional Building Committee Volunteer Work Network

• 2006 NRTCA Golden Hammer Award - Texas Instruments Entry

• 2007 NRTCA Golden Hammer Award - Rusk State Hospital Entry

• 2008 NRTCA Golden Hammer Award - Cedar Hill Municipal Building Entry

• 2005 - 2008 RCN Disaster Relief Work - Hurricane Katrina, Rita and Ike

• 2008 Regular Pioneer Class - Volunteer Work

• Five NRCA Gold Circle Awards from 2010 - 2015

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