Graphic Designer Support Staff

Aurelia Cuevas

P O R T F O L I O S

Design portfolio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JVyuO6uEZRn93IRpLi5dPXYH8k7HWY0Y/view?usp=sharing Retouching portfolio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YUrFCFO7dXIgBqLsccsH8A3R-6HlBX_N/view?usp=sharing E X P E R I E N C E

3/23 to Present Macy's, Jersey City, NJ

AYS (At Your Service) Representative • Greet and acknowledge customers; while, listening for verbal clues to better serve customers needs.

• Promote in-store offers, reward programs and events to encourage customers participation. 9/21 to 3/23 • Received and processed merchandise for the entire store. Receiving and Support Associate • Assisted with inventory counts, loss prevention preparation and customer service.

• Facilitated and performed store moves throughout the store. 3/19 to 8/19 Effy Jewelry, New York, NY

Production and Retouching Assistant • Utilized stacking techniques by using the Helicon Focus program to compose hires photography.

• Performed retouching and composition corrections to photography for advertising purposes.

• Updated, retouched and color corrected merchandise used for website (www.effyjewelry.com) 11/16 to 2/19 Imtech Graphics (based in Avon), New York, NY Freelance Retoucher • Enhanced, retouched and color matched merchandise to correctly represent the items to be sold.

• Processed and prepared photography for backgrounds, silos, fashion, beauty and still life shots by converting them from RGB to CMYK modes, sizing, cropping, extending, creating paths and layer masks.

10/15 to 3/16 Full Beauty Brands (Brylane Home), New York, NY Freelance Graphic Designer • Composed catalog layouts based on buyers’ request sheets by supplying the Art Directors with photo and copy placements.

• Improved FPO (for position only) images for the Art Directors by creating clipping paths and recomposing shots.

• Strengthened accuracy for each catalog by correcting discrepancies and ensuring that brand’s type specifications were met throughout all the pieces. 2/04 to 9/15 Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

Specialist, Senior Color Separator • Retouched, manipulated and color-corrected all hi-res images for catalogs, billboards, newspaper, special projects, magazines and signage.

• Trained co-workers from various departments with the launch of the new InDesign from Quark Xpress by offering classes and personal assistance to better understand this program during the transition.

• Developed new procedures for the production of magazines and journals from creation to final release.

5/00 to 1/04 Lord & Taylor, New York, NY

Graphics Manager • Appointed direct mail and newspaper assignments to Desktop Mac operators.

• Supervised the production of catalog pages and newspaper ads.

• Coordinated with Art Directors in the creation of direct mail pieces from conception to final release.

• Ensured that the advertising and production departments' deadlines were all met. 6/99 to 5/00 Bienestar-LCG, New York, NY

Senior Graphic Designer • Developed new direct mail pieces targeting the Latin community for such companies as Time Life, Save the Children, American Red Cross and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals.

• Produced signage, posters, banners, newsletters, and public service announcements.

• Presided over service bureaus and printers on projects and price quotes. P R O G R A M S Proficient in Adobe InDesign CC, Adobe Photoshop CC, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe Acrobat X, Microsoft Office, Word and Excel. Knowledgeable in working in RGB and CMYK color space E D U C A T I O N New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Specialization: Illustration Jersey City, NJ 07305

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