Graphic Designer

Stephen Dudash

Phone: 732-***-****

Email: **************@*****.***

SUMMARY: Experienced graphic design professional with solid corporate experience, excellent communication and interpersonal skills seeking career opportunities.

SKILLS:

Computer: Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, InDesign, basic HTML, Dreamweaver, PowerPoint, Excel, and MS Word on both Macintosh and PC platforms

Technical

• Detail oriented and attention to hierarchy within a layout, text flows, and rags

• Able to meet deadlines independently or in a team environment

• Excellent problem solver

• Good project management skills with ability to manage a small team

• Able to develop a project from concept to the finished piece

• Print Media: Includes but not limited to brochures, catalogs, direct mail, packaging & corporate identity

• Web: Beginner Dreamweaver, basic html, and ability to create optimized web imagery

• Photo: Digital photo retouching and photography

EXPERIENCE:

Vertis Communications (Temporary) – Monroe, NJ

Prepress, August 2011 to present)

• Ensure that direct mail and brochure files are setup properly, generate proofs, and files for press

The Center for Professional Advancement (CfPA) – East Brunswick, NJ

Graphics Manager, March 2006 to July 2009

• Managed graphics department for CfPA, an accredited international technical training company

• Oversaw a part-time graphic designer and delegated projects

• Revised, implemented, and maintained company branding campaign

• Improved the department’s document management system which, amongst other outcomes, aided in meeting deadlines

• Designed course brochures, catalogs, stationary, forms and web imagery

• Published course brochures on the web

• Interfaced with the printing vendor, on-site, on large print jobs

• Worked closely with co-workers responsible for supplying course content

Gatewood Advertising – Cranford, NJ

Graphic Designer, December 2003 to March 2005

• Designed marketing and advertisement materials for local hotels, businesses, and real estate offices

FREELANCE: (1999 – 2010)

UrThots, Dallas, Texas

Designed logos, icons and web banners for company website, Mac iPhone and iPad applications. Editing and color correcting imagery.

Advanstar Communications, Woodbridge, NJ

Completed several contracting assignments for Clinical Trials magazine, one of the 58 publications under the Advanstar name. Designed page layouts, create graphic elements and paginated articles into their appropriate sections.

Millenium Graphics, Marlboro, NJ

Re-touched photos for school yearbooks.

Carter Wallace, Cranbury, NJ

Revised product packaging and labels for Arrid Deodorant and Trojan. Prepared files for routing and release.

American General Insurance Company, Neptune, NJ

Designed direct mail pieces, brochures, posters and other print media pieces. Gained experience in a high volume, fast-paced environment.

Southland Communications, New Brunswick, NJ

Designed brochure layouts and Power Point presentations for NutRx, an herbal pharmaceutical company. Created direct mail campaign postcards and logos for

local businesses.

EDUCATION:

Rutgers University, Newark, NJ (1996 – 1999)

B.A. in Graphic Design, Deans List 1996-1997

Summer Internship at AT&T Advanced Communication Lab: Created PowerPoint presentations, designed a logo for their new experimental wireless communication

service, and interacted with professionals at all levels of the organization

Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ (1994 – 1996)

Associates Degree in Arts and Design

Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ (2000)

Completed an HTML web design course

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