Marketing Graphic Designer

LEON LOGA

Cell: 267-***-**** / ************@*****.***

www.leonlogadesign.com

*** ***** *****, *********** ** 18966

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Master of fine arts who offers years of experience providing logo and identity design services to companies and not-for profit organizations in the United States and Ukraine; background encompasses research, consumer design and brand strategy, package/label design, and sing/structural design, web design, and computer troubleshooting. Works effectively as an individual and as a team member in devising and creating visually appealing designs.

Speak Russian, Ukrainian, English.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Graphic Artist, Environmental Designer, Identity Designer, Information Designer, Sign Designer, Shop and Structural Drawing Designer

PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS

Eastern Sign Tech, LLC. – Burlington, NJ

Sr. Graphic Designer : January 2005 – February 2011 ( Full-Time )

Created and designed new concept color drawings for pylon, monument, wall, directional, channel letters and interior signs based on customer requirements and budget.

Designed shop drawings utilize engineering and architectural blue print drawings for detail attachment.

Worked in relationships with estimator and project manager in order to solve any problems correctly, and on-time.

Created and designed digital graphics for banners, car wraps, posters, and material wraps for particular add campaign.

Set up and cut/plot vinyl - digital graphics, using Mimaki / Graphtech plotters.

Set up digital graphics in full scale for router table.

Designed new concept color renderings for big stadium LED displays.

Created Power Point presentation and run blue prints with hard copy presentation layouts.

East West Innovation ( HK ) Ltd. – Pennsylvania

Graphic Designer: January 2004 – June 2005 ( Contract )

Created and designed visual graphics for Bath Sponges' products based on existing layouts . Developed and designed new packages concept for Bath Sponges. Created new logo and business card for East West Innovation ( HK ) Ltd.

GrayMatter, Inc. – Pottstown, PA

Graphic Designer: March 2004 – September 2004 ( Contract )

Worked for a new Eagleview Residential Real Estate Company branding concept. Created and designed a new logo, letterhead, folder, business card, postcards and folder inserts information during advertisement campaign. Communicated with art director during customer conference calls in order to make necessary information changes in layouts that facilitated increase in sales information during company campaign.

Spiker Design, Inc. – Norristown, PA

Graphic Designer: March 2003 – October 2004 ( Contract )

Worked and designed to incorporate existing logo for creating new Aramark Healthcare Leadership Institute identity. For example, designed a new letterhead, folders, e-commerce website pages, and other collateral material during advertisement campaign. Participated in conference calls during design/working time in order to achieve best possible way to solve client request. Also, created several banners for different clients.

Mattel – Mount Laurel, NJ

Graphic Designer: January 2002 – January 2003 ( Internship )

Worked as a part of a graphic design team in developing package design for several Mattel products. For example traced and vectorized existing toys images for particular digital layouts. Utilized existing digital layouts for developed new package look.

The University of The Arts – Philadelphia, PA

Graphic Designer: January 2001 – May 2003 ( Lab monitor )

Managed and troubleshot 18 computers and a scanner station. Provided student support in resolving technical issues.

Infoplanet-Usa – Philadelphia, PA

Graphic Designer: June 2000 – September 2000 ( Contract )

Created and designed a new brand identity including logo, letterhead, business card, and folder inserts with company info.

Beer Center – Philadelphia, PA

Graphic Designer: January 1999 – November 1999 ( Contract )

Created and designed custom made interior 3D window design using cardboard boxes to achieve mountain look; used acrylic and interior wall paint colors for rendering. Located actual beer bottles on each available mountain pick. Also, created a new logo, business card, flyer, and poster - calendar for distribution.

Chartkov Liquor Plant – Chartkov, Ukraine

Graphic Designer: March 1997 – September 1997 ( Contract )

Conducted research, determined client needs, and conceived and created a corporate identity, including developing an effective brand strategy and designing labels that facilitated an increase in sales.

The Palace of Children and Juniors – Kiev, Ukraine

Graphic Designer: January 1995 – December 1996 ( Contract )

Conducted research, determined client needs and created corporate identity including logotype, wrap paper, and business card. Provided pre-press assistance.

EDUCATION

Master of Arts in Art and Design

Kiev Industrial College of Art and Ukraine Art Academy. Kiev, Ukraine

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design

The University of the Arts. Philadelphia, USA

Associate of Arts

Advertising Design and Computer Graphics. Community College, Philadelphia, USA

LANGUAGES SKILLS

Fluent in English, Ukrainian, Russian

ARTISTIC ABILITIES

Drawings, Sketching, Photography, Letterform Design, Printmaking, Water Color

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, QuarkXpress, Corel Draw, Flexi Sign, Gerber Omega, Microsoft World –Excel, Flash, Dreamweaver, Internet Explore.

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