Creative Production Artist

Stefan Sousa

New York, NY • 646-***-**** • *********@*****.*** • linkedin.com/in/stefansousa1 • Portfolio: bit.ly/stefansousaportfolio Creative Production Designer experienced in executing direct marketing campaigns and creating print-ready files for nonprofit, biomedical, entertainment, legal, and retail clients. Notable achievements include being a key member of the team that grew a high-profile nonprofit’s fundraising net margin by 300%, from $10 million to $31 million. Bilingual English/French. Expertise in:

• Production Design • Photo Editing • Adobe Creative Suite • Direct Marketing

• Production Artist • Photo Research • Creative Studio Management • Direct Mail WORK EXPERIENCE

Matuschka Fine Arts – New York, NY Nov 2023 – Present Production Designer

Matuschka is a photographer, artist, author, activist, and model whose photos and essays have been published in international global publications such as The New York Times Sunday Magazine and LIFE Magazine

• Implement design changes and produce print-ready files for art books and collateral in print and digital formats

• Communicate with vendors and assess printer proofs for accuracy and quality BigTimeClocks – Las Vegas, NV (Remote) Oct 2022 - Nov 2023 Production Designer

BigTimeClocks is a leading supplier of large-format time displays (B2B clients include FedEx, Starbucks, and SpaceX)

• Increased annual sales by 23% by working with CEO to conceptualize and execute the redesign of the Shopify website

• Designed banner ads and brochures

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP – New York, NY May 2022 - Oct 2022 Production Designer

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, a global law firm with 1,000 attorneys, has provided preeminent legal services for 90 years

• Retouched 3000+ headshots, formatted assets for social media and print collateral, and conducted photo archiving

• Designed Evites and banner ads for the in-house event marketing team that required photo research and acquisition APhotoIs1000Words.com – New York, NY June 2019 - May 2022 Production Designer / Photographer

• Designed website (Squarespace)

• Photographed events including the IRise Above Foundation’s northern roots hockey charity classic featuring 12 former National Hockey League pros; the foundation supported young women diagnosed with breast cancer

• Curated, retouched, and applied metadata to 25,000+ images annually; archived 40TB daily (Network Attached Storage) Worth Linen Associates, Inc. – New York, NY May 2004 - June 2019 Senior Art Director / Creative Studio Manager

WLA, Inc. is a marketing agency for high-profile nonprofit organizations, magazine publishers, and book clubs

• Increased by 300% the individual fundraising net margin of United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO) from $10 million in 2005 to $31 million in 2016 by creating direct mail, package inserts, and email campaigns

• Developed over 95 direct marketing campaigns annually (prospecting + renewal); accounts included the USO, Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), Texas Biomedical Research Institute, and Guthy-Renker

• Generated $3 million annually by designing the USO’s Wall Calendar that required year-round photo research

• Raised $1 million in revenue for the USO from less than 1% of their active customer file by collaborating with WLA’s CEO to create a book that promoted the nonprofit’s mission to major gift level donors of $10,000+

• Spearheaded the reorganization, management, and daily archiving of 45,000 digital assets (photos, videos)

• Supervised and trained freelance designers annually during the increased workload of year-end nonprofit fundraising ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Implemented design changes on Pfizer’s print ads and retail package inserts (Viagra/Lipitor) as a Production Artist at Cline, Davis & Mann (CDM New York)

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign, Lightroom, Photoshop, Bridge, Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office, Logic Pro, Production Design, Photo Editing, Photo Research, Creative Studio Management, Direct Marketing, Direct Mail EDUCATION

BBA Marketing/Advertising, Baruch College – New York, NY LANGUAGES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

English: native, French: native; translated the feature film Federal Hill (starring Nick Turturro) into French and wrote the subtitles; it won the Critics Award at the Deauville Film Festival in France; contributed the song “Blood” to the soundtrack

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