Graphic Designer Computer Operator
Resume:
Jen Chiesa
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PrePress Operator
Production Artist
Package Designer
Quality Control
Cost Avoidance
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Adobe Creative Suite
Acrobat
Illustrator
InDesign
Photoshop
Retouching • Silhouetting
Color Correcting
FlightCheck
Preflighting
Packaging Design
Dielines • Layouts
Manuals • Branding
Pit Stop
PrePress
Film Output • Trapping
Color Separations
Product Photography
Scanning
Drum • Flatbed
Troubleshooting
Variable Data Printing
KNOWLEDGE OF
Adobe Flash
Microsoft Office Suite
EXPERIENCE
PrePress Supervisor 2005-present
WILEN NEW YORK Melville, NY
High-Volume, Fast-Paced Ad Agency and Printer
• Oversee department and daily workflow, create envelope templates and manage artwork library
• Evaluate all WIP creative; provide expert feedback to Design, Account and Press teams in order to determine efficiencies and avoid print issues
• Review and prep all creative pieces for color, printability, accuracy and quality before files release to printer (digital, web and envelope presses)
• Tackled tremendous uptick in print testing, with new equipment, new clients and new branding colors, to ensure optimal results
• Creator and lector of orientation class that provides Wilen employees with an overview of our presses and print process
• Clients include Comcast, Cox, Embrace Home Loans, M&T Bank, Optimum, Spectrum, Stanley Steemer and others
Production Graphic Designer 2001, 2004-2005
HENRY SCHEIN - Schein Creative Services Melville, NY Medical/Dental/Veterinary Supply Distributor
• Create and update catalogs, brochures, flyers, ads, etc. Retail Packaging Graphic Designer 2001-2004
MULTI MEDIA ELECTRONICS, INC. Farmingdale, NY
Packaging for major retail stores in US, Canada and UK
• Follow branding guidelines for several package designs
• Dielines, layout designs, instruction manuals
• Clean and manage the artwork library
• Photograph newly developed and existing products
• Assist with product development (ideas/pictures) PrePress Computer Operator
NEW HORIZON GRAPHIC, INC. Hauppauge, NY 1 year
ISLAND LITHO PLATE SERVICES Farmingdale, NY 2 years LEVON GRAPHICS East Farmingdale, NY Temp
AMPHOLITH, INC. New Hyde Park, NY 2 years
• Film output from MAC & PC • Color Separations • Scanning
• Light Designing • Color Correcting • Impositions Freelance/Graphic Artist
Designing • Typesetting • Layouts • PrePress
Design Distributors – Deer Park, NY Martin Family Tours – Northport, NY Greater Nassau Chorus – Baldwin, NY Mastercopy Printing – Queens, NY Unitarian Fellowship – Stony Brook, NY Optima Lighting – Queens, NY EDUCATION
THE CENTER FOR DESKTOP PUBLISHING Certified
QUARKXPRESS • ADOBE PHOTOSHOP • ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, COLLEGE AT ONEONTA Bachelor of Arts MAJOR: MUSIC INDUSTRY MINOR: BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
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