Marketing Designer

MARY ELIZABETH ZADROGA

646-***-**** ********@*****.*** 144 East 7th Street, Apt A2, NYC 10009

EXPERTISE

Adobe Creative Suite • Managing workflow, producing clean files easily picked up by other designers

• Collaborates well with all sorts of people

RANDOM HOUSE CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Freelance Inhouse Picture Books Designer 2019-Present Work closely with art directors on all stages of design of picture books and board books. From placing sketches and flowing in copy, and photoshop correction of final files, to final release of files to printer. Freelance Inhouse School & Library Marketing Senior Designer 2016-Present Create and manage all marketing projects for Random House Children’s Books School & Library division. Create marketing materials for conferences throughout the year: ALA, ILA, NCTE, TLA. Items produced for every conference: lightboxes, easels, promo signs, step and repeat banner, tote bag, postcards, program ad, lanyard. Manage workflow and art direction of freelancers. Freelance Marketing Senior Designer 2014-Present

Design trade, brand, and school & library marketing materials for Random House Children’s Books. Designed: website for Grinch movie tie in, ARC packaging and social for The Things She’s Seen, social for Blood Heir, social and activities for Junie B. Jones, Sesame Street, Cat in the Hat and other Dr. Seuss properties. HARPER COLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Freelance Children’s Book Designer 2006-2016

Support the Harper Festival group with book cover and interior design and production. Work on Pinkalicious, Fancy Nancy, Berentstain Bears, Little Critter, Marley. Movie Tie-in titles include: Rio, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Walking with Dinosaurs.

FREELANCE DESIGNER 1998-2006

Produced print media for Hemming + Gilman, an events management company. Created clean comps of elaborate invitations. Produced chosen concept in save-the-date mailings, invites, reply cards, dinner journals and event signage. Events: Circle of Friends Mini 10k, Rita Hayworth Gala for Alzheimer’s Association, and NYC Mission Society First Person Award Gala.

Worked for Kass Uehling, a corporate identity firm. Assisted with the production of standards manuals. Created clean stylesheets that were easy for others to use. EDUCATION

BFA, University of Connecticut

TIDBITS

Play bass for Jane Lee Hooker. Bass player for the Wives, seminal punk band through the 90s.

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