Graphic Designer Pre-Press

Owner/Operator, Apollo’s Flame Baked Pizza and Italian Grill 3.20 - 03.25

• Designed marketing signage and direct mail promotions

• Initiated Pasta Glory, a virtual kitchen to open up a new profitable revenue stream

• Maintained compliance with health and safety regulations and Servsafe® Certification

• Processed cash deposits, payroll and monthly state and local taxes and timely payments of daily and weekly bills

• Managed day-to-day operations, staff and inventory Graphics Manager, Marketing Partners 07.02 - 03.20

• Managed all graphics work for Reach® Magazine and Valpak® coupons including layout design, scanning and pre-press preparation

• Created point of sale materials, maps, flyers and brochures in support of eight sales representatives

• Oversaw all pre-press for Reach® Magazine while meeting strict monthly and weekly deadlines

• Generated relationships with local and national printers

• Developed Impak Graphics (Now Impak LLC)

Graphic Designer, American Church 08.01 - 07.02

• Responsibilities included typesetting and creative design for church envelopes

• Designed business cards, bulletins and letter heads

• Duties also included flat bed scanning of both black and white and color images Idea Coordinator, Bassett® Furniture Direct 10.00 - 03.01

• Aided customers in achieving home furnishing solutions

• Followed up with manufacturer and warehouse for prompt deliveries

• Worked closely with the visual merchandiser to create vignettes and displays Visual Coordinator, Heilig-Meyers® Corp. 10.96 - 09.00

• Created numerous circulars per year, addressing layout issues and ensuring color and content accuracy

• Initiated all photography from start to finish for advertising and merchandising departments for each printed and televised piece

• Initiated deliveries, critiqued and approved final photography shots, coordinated and met print deadlines

• Intimately involved in setup and layout for television commercials and video training spots.

• Maintained a database of over 5000 images

References available upon request

Work Experience

Rich Handschuh

804-***-**** • ***************@*****.***

SKILLS

As a highly motivated

and adaptable team

player, my skills

are Customer Service,

Management,

Communication,

Multitasking and

Learning New

Proficiencies

Virginia Commonwealth

University,

Bachelor Of Fine Arts,

Fashion Art

and Advertising

J. Sargeant Reynolds

Community College

education

Software

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Office

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