SKILLS
Adaptability
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Retouching • Silhouetting
• Color Correcting
Branding
FileMakerPro
FlightCheck
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Word
Packaging Design
Dielines • Layouts
Manuals • Branding
Pit Stop
Preflighting
PrePress
Film Output • Trapping
Color Separations
Product Photography
Scanning
Drum • Flatbed
Team Leadership
Templates
Troubleshooting
KNOWLEDGE OF
Adobe Flash
Asana
Smartsheet
Variable Data Printing
ENDORSEMENTS
“No one can replicate
what Jen can do.”
“Talented... patient
teacher and
meticulous worker
“Jen is a unicorn.”
“Jen’s files are
disgustingly clean.”
SUMMARY A dynamic Creative Services Coordinator with over 20 years of experience in print/advertising industry. Proven ability to enhance workflow efficiency and interdepartmental communication. Talented production artist specializing Creative Services in package Coordinator design, prepress, and infrastructure rebuild. 2023-present POSITIVE PROMOTIONS High-Volume Promotional Items Hauppauge, NY
• Chief assistant to the Brand Director
- Made immediate impact on workflow efficiency and interdepartmental communication
- Created job title and folder naming convention
- Coordinated photo studio cleanup
- Built and onboarded Smartsheet forms for photoshoots
- Updated artwork and finalized creative
• Catalog and organize sales project requests, assign to the design team
- Request form created for all sales projects: decks, lookbooks, presentations, sell sheets, box designs, box templates, etc.
• Scheduled and trafficked projects to ensure timely release for campaigns
- Prepared weekly reports and reminders for marketing and web teams
• Cleaned and organized servers and infrastructure for better efficiencies
• Creative liaison between departments; create and implement procedures
• Office Manager – order supplies, maintain Epson printers, initiated Appreciation Day PrePress Supervisor 2005-2023 WILEN NEW YORK Fast-Paced Ad Agency and Printer Melville, NY
• Oversaw department and daily workflow
• Evaluated all WIP creative; provide expert feedback to Design, Account, Press teams
• Reviewed and prepped all live 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, Spectrum, Optimum, Stanley Steemer and others Production Graphic Designer 2001, 2004-2005 HENRY SCHEIN Medical/Dental Supply Distributor Melville, NY
• Created and updated catalogs, brochures, flyers, ads, etc. Retail Packaging Graphic Designer 2001-2004 MULTI MEDIA ELECTRONICS, INC. Retail Packaging Farmingdale, NY
• Followed branding guidelines for several package designs
• Dielines, layout designs, instruction manuals
• Cleaned and managed the artwork library
• Photographed newly developed and existing products 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 Jen Chiesa
Production Artist • Package Design • PrePress • Quality Control • Cost Avoidance ****@*********.***