Graphic Artist / Production Artist / Graphic Designer

Rogelio Sanchez

Phone: 323-***-**** Email: ************@*********.*** www.rs-graphicdesign.com

Graphic Design | Print Production | User Interface Design

Solid creative and design skills, natural ability to translate rough concepts into working models. Possesses keen eye for typography, color, layout/composition, perspective and imagery. Works well independently as well as collaboratively.

Pre-press experience

Web site design experience

Mastery of Quark Xpress, InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator

Multimedia, and 3d animation knowledge

Professional Experience

Freelance Graphic Artist

Self Employed | August 2008 – Present

Freelance Graphic Artist Primarily for the Real Estate Industry

Graphic Designer

Russell & Miller, Inc. | Santa Fe Springs, CA | July 2004 – August 2008

Ceiling hung theme kit, Poster, banner, tag design and production for retail industry. Work with marketing department on product catalog and web page interface design, as well as promotional campaigns. Concept design and production for sales department which caters to custom print design customers.

Graphic Artist (contract)

Graphic Orb | North Hollywood, CA | September 2003 - March 2004

Promotional material design for Columbia Tri-Star Home Entertainment wholesale marketing, DVD disk and DVD/VHS packaging production, theatrical print production for Sony Motion Picture releasing titles.

Creative Designer (contract)

Wagner Creative | Tarzana, CA | June - September 2003

Concept development and production for print and web media, designing to meet marketing objectives while remaining within campaign budget and providing a finished quality product.

Web site Designer

I-way Solutions | Lakewood, CA | May 2000 - April 2002

Translate concepts and information into visually compelling, easy to navigate, fast downloading, cross browser compatible web interface design. Conduct prototype through final design production, html/javascript implementation, flash actionscript and motion graphic design integration, day to day maintenance, log analyzing, and search-engine marketing.

Graphic Designer

Central Financial Acceptance Corporation | Commerce, CA | August 1999 - April 2000

In-house graphic designer working closely with fast paced marketing department on brochures, sales and marketing collateral, ads, billboards, booths, and web interface design, maintaining a corporate brand image and capturing the target audience. Providing

printers, vendors, and external agencies with pre-press ready files and ensuring cost efficient, timely turnarounds.

Production Artist

Avalon Communications | Hawthorne, CA | August 1998 - August 1999

File pre-flight, digital stripping, color separation output and graphic design for commercial offset printing. Daily use of archive retrieval, proofing, scanning, and postscript output systems. Provide solutions for proper file tracking, production coordination and customer support. Ensure adequate maintenance for MAC/PC CPUs, hardware, and peripherals.

Production Artist

Paper Chase Printing | Los Angeles, CA | December 1996 - August 1998

Composite layout, photo retouching and logo design for modeling, motion picture and photography industry, design and produce a monthly newsletter. Essential duties included document pre-flighting, archive retrieval, scanning, color correction, color trapping, color separation output, and film QC for offset printing.

Education

Friedman 3d, Los Angeles, CA

Alias Wavefront Maya course, December 2002

Cypress College, Cypress, CA

CIS 227 C Javascript Programming 2 units, December 2000

Platt College, Los Angeles, CA

Multimedia Certificate, July 2000

Platt College, Los Angeles, CA

Associate of Arts Degree in Computer Graphics and Design, August 1996

East Los Angeles Occupational Center, East Los Angeles, CA

6 month Commercial Arts course, April 1992

Skills

Traditional manual comping, illustration and paste-up skills.

Macintosh/Windows platform-versed for use in web site development, multimedia presentations, electronic publishing, and pre-press production using software and equipment such as the following:

Software (not limited to the following)

(CS5) Dreamweaver, Flash, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects

QuarkXPress, Alias Wavefront Maya, Primiere. Knowledge of MySQL and Coldfusion.

Equipment

Scanners

Image setters

Plotters

Color Proofing Systems

Storage/Archive Systems

Digital Photo Cameras

Digital Video Cameras

View on-line portfolio at: www.rs-graphicdesign.com

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