Design Graphic Designer

Jennifer Rouze

Graphic Design – Labels & Packaging

** ***** ****** • Barnegat NJ 08005

******@*****.*** • 609-***-****

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance Graphic Artist - Production Art, Design, Consulting - July 1989 to Present

Type-O-Graphics; Garfield, NJ: Business Cards, Labels, Packaging, Forms, Company Handbooks.

Astor Chocolate; Lakewood, NJ: Labels, Packaging, Business Cards, Flyers, Company Handbook

Surf Printing; Manahawkin, NJ: Business Cards, Labels, Packaging, Forms, Calendars, Ad Books, Menus, Company Handbooks.

Graphic Services free and low cost to various community services groups and individuals including: Our Gang Players Community Theatre, Atlantic City Ballet, Albert Hall, Boy Scouts, BOTMA, LBI TShirts, OCVTS PAA, PTA/PTSO

Champion Label Corp.; Wilkes-Barre PA - Director of Marketing and Design - May1999 to January 2001

Datascope Corp.; Montvale NJ - Senior Graphic Designer - September 1994 to May 1999

GS Imaging Services; Carlstadt NJ - Graphics Production Coordinator - April 1992 to September 1994

Kurt Versen Company; Westwood NJ - Art Director - January 1990 to April 1992

Kepner-Tregoe Publishing Services Group; Princeton, NJ – Graphic Designer - February 1988 to January 1990

Lexington Label Company; Ewing, NJ – Graphic Designer - March 1986 to Febuary 1988

Skills and Responsibilities:

• Completely adept with the electronic imaging environment including; Design, Trapping, Imposition, File assembly, Color retouching, Stepping, Distorting, 4 color separation and QC as it relates to flexo and offset printing.

• Able to efficiently design and produce jobs from the planning stage through final proof, maintaining the highest level of quality at each step.

• Design and implementation of the following projects: Labels, Packaging, Brochures, Company Catalogs, Training Manuals, Textbooks, Posters, Advertising Promos, Business Cards, Coupons, POP, ASI, Tags, Logos, Forms, Trade Show Exhibits, Letterheads, Envelopes, T-shirts, Programs, Ad Books, Educational Materials, and Color Retouching.

• Capable of troubleshooting desktop and press issues relating to all pre-press departments.

• Completely adept with both Macintosh and PC Desktop publishing utilizing the following software: Adobe CS5 (and previous versions), Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Excel, Power Point, Net Objects Fusion, Power Director, Quark, FileMaker Pro, Painter, Live Picture, Various scanning software, Retrospect, Scitex V.I.P, and Rampage Production Software.

• Designed and implemented a proprietary and interactive electronic database for job tracking, employee time assessment and visual art cross-reference.

EDUCATION

Mercer County Community College; West Windsor NJ AAS Degree - Advertising and Design - May 1988

My continued education is of utmost importance to my personal growth. I use every opportunity to learn and grow and take advantage of online courses, trade publications, web casts, trade shows, industry related conferences/seminars, etc. With this approach to education not only have I never stopped learning but also I am consistently on the forefront of new technology and information. My education has not been stagnate but upwardly mobile.

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