Les Munoz
Senior Graphic Designer and Creative Marketing Consultant
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Profile
An award winning designer and a creative team player with a deep understanding of current design trends to develop cutting-edge solutions to meet client demands.
Education
Rutgers, The State University
Bachelor of Arts Visual Arts, 2005 New Brunswick, New Jersey Major GPA: 3.9
The New School at Parsons
Continuing Education, 2008 – 09 New York, New York
Flash II (Advanced Flash and Action Script 3.0)
Designing with Dreamweaver
School of Visual Arts
Continuing Education, 2010 – 11 New York, New York
Introduction to After Effects
Marketing Creativity
Work Experience
8.2006 - 9.2012
Parsippany, New Jersey
Senior Graphic Designer, PNY Technologies, Inc.
I assisted and coordinated with the marketing and communications manager, product managers, and sales to help them conceptualize and deploy innovative and creative strategies in branding, packaging, advertisement, and various other collateral and multimedia work.
12.2002 – 2.2006
Senior Graphic Designer, Byron Priess Visual Publications-Ibooks New York, New York
I conceptualized and created book covers that catered to specific genres such as Sci-Fi, Horror, Manga, and other fictional works. I also helped arrange design schedules and project deadlines to help facilitate a smooth and constant workflow between designers and the production department in order to meet project deadlines.
9.2005 – 12.2006
Co-Founder and Creative Director S.T.E.P. U.P. Movement New Brunswick, New Jersey
I helped establish the S.T.E.P U.P. Movement organization which was aimed to aide those affected by the tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia in 2005. We held various benefit art fundraising events in which all proceeds were given to the Red Cross. I led the design and development of corporate identity which included logo design, various collateral work, advertisements in school newspapers, and personally created fine art pieces to be auctioned off for fundraising.
Technical Skills
Adobe Creative Suite Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Flash, Quark 4.1, 5.0, Passport, Flighcheck, Dreamweaver Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook
Recognition
2007 ADCNJ Excellence Award for Company Re-Branding Launch
2008 PNY’s Managerial Award for Company Re-Branding
Theory and Working Knowledge
Typography, Color Theory, Layout principles and techniques, Marketing Strategies and Branding, Social Media Expertise, Experience in Mac and Windows computers