CRIS LEMIRE
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EXPERIENCE
Creative Director
Alps Sportswear
Lawrence, MA
November 2006 - May 2012
Strengthen corporate identity through artistic advertising concepts.
~ Catalogs, advertisements, product photography, logos, and copywriting
~ Email & web marketing strategies; trade show materials & posters/banners
~ Merchandising, technical diagrams, and instructional documentation
~ Website design & maintenance
Junior Designer
Kellwood: Briggs NY
Boston, MA
May 2003 - November 2006
Fast-paced work environment in processing products on daily basis with strict time sensitivity. Coordination between multiple departments to improve expected time-line with product development.
~ Maintaining branding of divisions through technical documentation
~ Overseas and domestic production & communication; Costing and resourcing
~ Marketing, advertising, and storyboard creation
Creative Designer
LTD Company, Inc.
Bedford, NH
August 2000 - May 2003
Highly deadline oriented position responsible for all aspect of client needs in promotion of business or product.
~ Brochures, catalogs, business cards, stationary, logo, banners, billboards, advertisements, packaging, direct mail, POP, and multimedia
~ Marketing, trade-marking, and budgeting
~ Clip art to original hand drawn artistry
~ Print proofs: digital, Iris, and Blueline
~ PC to Mac cross-platforming
~ Web site design and maintenance; search engine optimization, on-line forms
Jr. Art Director
Pannos & Skeffington
Bedford, NH
May 1999 - August 2000
Created corporate identities through advertising and in-house promotions with special attention to US Federal regulations for bank clientele.
~ Advertisements, brochures, packaging, cinematic advertising, promotional products, direct mailers, posters, logos, and specialty materials
~ Coordinator between copywriters and design staff
EDUCATION
Advanced Photoshop & HDR New Hampshire Institute of Art; Manchester, NH
Illustration Techniques Massachusetts College of Art; Boston, MA
AAS in Commercial Design NH Community Tech College; Manchester, NH
AAS in Fashion Design Fashion Institute of Technology; New York City, NY
SKILLS
Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, PDF/Distiller/Advanced Reader
QuarkXpress & PageMaker
Microsoft Office Suite, PowerPoint
HTML, WordPress, Drupal, PageSuite, Adobe Go-Live 5, Live-Motion, & Dreamweaver
Lectra Primavision, Minolta Firey Command Workstation 5,
CAD, Lectra Primavision
PC & Mac platforms
INTERNSHIP
Design Assistant
Eastlantic Advertising, Inc. Manchester, NH