Social Media Graphic Designer

Rebecca A. Stone

Portfolio: RebeccaAStone.com

Local to Woodstock, NY

Summary:

·A Designer/Consultant with extensive experience in designing marketing materials, print profiles/brochures and social media graphics with various ad and marketing agencies.

·Invented unique combinations of imagery coupled with text, innovative eye-catching deliverables for brand-specific products partnering with companies including Disney, Nickelodeon, Mother Goose Club, Smithsonian and more

·Skilled in design, layout, typography, die-line creation and production and file-prepping/formatting; produced computer layouts with InDesign as well as created and manipulated art with Photoshop and/or Illustrator.

·Designed marketing materials, print profiles/brochures, and social media graphics for marketing agency, Adoption Loft and for ad agency that specializes in helping couples adopt children.

·Inspired content through branded style guides and online research and collaborated with editors, creative directors, art directors, other designers, illustrators, licensors, sales and production teams.

·Proficient in Adobe CC: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator; PDF workflow; Microsoft Office; HTML5 and CSS3.

·Local to Woodstock, NY and available for Phone/In-Person interview immediately.

Skills:

·Adobe CC: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator

·PDF workflow

·Microsoft Office

·HTML5 and CSS3

Education:

·Pratt Institute, BFA in Communications Design/Illustration, Brooklyn, NY 1991-1995

·Noble Desktop, Certificate in Web Design and Development, New York, NY 2011 – 2013

Experience:

Rebecca A. Stone Design, Waterbury, CT Jan/12 – Present

Designer/Consultant

·Designs marketing materials, print profiles/brochures, and social media graphics for marketing agency, Adoption Loft

·Design for independent publishers including picture books for Mom Publishing, a cookbook for Camp Shane/Shane Diet Resorts, a novel series for Cale Madison, social awareness books for Alicia Turner and Catinia Farrington, and ESL Readers for Khalifah I. Whitner Imperial Publishing.

·Responsibilities include design, layout, typography, die-line creation and production and file-prepping/formatting for publishing books through self-publishing channels.

·Liaise between client and printer.

Topix Media, LLC, New York, NY Mar/17 – Aug/18

Associate Art Director

·Designed licensed books and magazines

·Invented unique combinations of imagery coupled with text, innovative eye-catching deliverables for brand-specific products partnering with companies including Disney, Nickelodeon, Mother Goose Club, Smithsonian and more

Studio Fun International Inc., White Plains, NY Aug/13 – Mar/17

Designer

·Designed licensed and nonfiction novelty children’s books and packaging for toys and books and invents unique combinations of imagery coupled with text, innovative eye-catching deliverables for brand-specific products for companies including Disney, DreamWorks, Mattel, and Nickelodeon for global distribution

·Produced computer layouts with InDesign and creates and manipulates art with Photoshop and/or Illustrator

·Inspired content through branded style guides and online research

·Collaborated with editors, creative directors, art directors, other designers, illustrators, licensors, sales and production teams.

·Managed all aspects of projects from concept to release to production while staying mindful of schedules and budgets

Adoption Loft, Ossining, NY Sep/12 – Jan/17

Graphic Designer

·Designed marketing materials, print profiles/brochures and social media artwork for ad agency that specializes in helping couples adopt children.

Random House Children’s Books, New York, NY Jun/00 – May/11

Senior Designer

·Collaborated with licensors including Nickelodeon, Disney, Mattel, and Sesame Workshop

·Hired and negotiated illustrators’ contracts and schedules

·Director of many book series, including the A to Z Mysteries and Trixie Belden reissues

Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers, New York, NY 1998 – 2000

Designer

·Designed covers and interiors of picture books and YA novels

·Created sample book interiors, and supervised creation of book production by vendors

·Chartered type specification to map out books’ appearance and to work within page count parameters

Greenwillow Books, New York, NY 1996 – 1998

Graphic Designer

·Trained colleagues in most effective use of software applications

·Designed covers and interiors of picture books, novels, and promotional/marketing materials

Morrow Junior Books, New York, NY 1994 – 1996

Assistant Designer

·Designed picture, non-fiction, middle grade, and chapter books and supporting marketing materials

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