Experience
3/2008 - 2020 Cambro Manufacturing, Huntington Beach, CA - Jr. Production/Graphic Designer
- Responsible for six sections of an eleven section two hundred fifty plus page domestic and international product catalog (sixteen versions). Responsibilities include corrections to sixteen versions of the catalog, create new pages for all versions, rework exiting page, update images, place in translations for all versions, proofing all versions, create PDFs of all versions for print and web, etc.
- Create GREP driven style sheets in Adobe InDesign for a faster workflow.
- Create marketing support products including spec sheets, sell sheets, new product brochures, user manuals, labels, promotional items, etc.
- Create trade show materials.
- Organize images, update images, retouch images using Adobe Photoshop.
- Create editable forms using Adobe Acrobat.
8/1996 - 2008 Long Beach Press-Telegram, Long Beach, CA - Graphic Designer
- Create speculative ads for advertising representative to aid in increased sales.
- Create covers for special sections in the Long Beach Press-Telegram.
- Create marketing aids including flyers, inserts, door hangers, rack cards, posters, etc.
- Create the monthly “San Pedro Magazine” averaging forty pages including cover and interior pages.
- Organize images, update images, retouch images using Adobe Photoshop.
- Create editable forms using Adobe Acrobat.
- Create ads from layouts.
- Create special sections tabs.
- Manage workflow.
- Paste up ads.
- Proofread ads.
- Set text.
5/2001 - 7/2001 LL International Shoe Company, Los Angeles, CA - Graphic Designer
- Create ads from layouts.
- Create and print marketing tools such as postcards, flats, posters, etc.
Education
California State University of Long Beach Extension Class - WebSite Development, Long Beach, CA
- Web site development using Macromedia’s Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.
- Internship in Graphic Design - Assisted in instruction of basic printing and graphic art skills.
- Studied in all areas of Graphic Design and Production Arts.