CAREER PROFILE

 

An open-minded, upbeat and articulate Graphic Designer and Production Artist with print and digital skills that are well-suited to any industry

•         Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Bridge, and complete Microsoft Office Suite

•         Strong abilities in photo manipulation and retouching, painting, layout design, pre-press work, print production, and market research

•         Soft-skills include being efficient, adaptable, teachable, detail-oriented, personable, organized, and outstanding at communication          

 

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WORK EXPERIENCE

 

Warner Bros. Animation

Junior Graphic Designer for Creative Services

October 2020 – November 2024

• Design high-end Keynote and PowerPoint presentations for Studio Executives, as well as Development and Pitch decks, which help

        inform the look and feel of upcoming and prospective shows

• Create Key Art files for print, social media, and streaming service platforms, as well as create several billboards for shows such as

        Harley Quinn, Batwheels, Aquaman, and Velma

• Design and create in-show graphics, such as all of the phone interfaces within the upcoming show, My Adventures with Superman

• Update the upfronts and end credit builds for each episode of our shows, using Illustrator, Photoshop, and After Effects. These shows

        include Looney Tunes, Jellystone, Gremlins, My Adventures with Superman, and Tiny Toons. I also designed the end credits' type

        treatment for My Adventures with Superman, Gremlins, and Tiny Toons.

• Create Studio invitations, job listings, and whatever else gets assigned to our Department– we are constantly on our toes, and working

        on all types of projects for Warner Bros. Animation, Hanna-Barbera Studios, and Cartoon Network Studios

 

Warner Bros. Consumer Products

Graphic Designer for DC Direct, Warner Bros. Consumer Products

January 2019 – October 2020

• Design print-ready packaging files for DC Direct statues and action figures

• Create eye-catching and product-promoting social media graphics for Instagram and Facebook

• Create banners and backer-boards for the DC Direct booth at trade shows such as New York Toy Fair and San Diego Comic-Con

• Design and create the official DC Comics green screen background for fans to pose with at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con

• Prepare and retouch photographs of DC Direct products for packages and marketing materials

• Design the monthly retail solicitation pages for our product

• Quality-check statues and action figures at their various stages of production

 

DC Comics

Pre-Press Services Artist

February 2017 – December 2018

• Designed and created cover-copy for DC’s comics using Illustrator

• Used Photoshop and Illustrator to implement changes to hundreds of comics’ art or lettering files before issues went to print

• Laid out pages for DC’s books using InDesign, and checked/fixed alignment of the art and lettering files

• Prepared and quality-checked files for transmission to DC’s colorists and letterers, by templating, cleaning, and spec-checkingeach individual comic page that came in from our artistsv

• Created, maintained, and distributed daily production schedules and logs for every book produced by DC's numerous publishing houses

Print Production Coordinator

January 2016 – February 2017

• Coordinated with the Editorial, Design, Pre-Press, and Archiving Services Departments, as well as out-of-house printing companies,to produce Collected Edition books for both DC Comics and Vertigo imprints

• Laid out thousands of book pages InDesign, and used Photoshop and Illustrator to implement any changes to the art or letteringfiles that were requested by the book’s editors

• Tracked the production of all elements needed to produce my assigned books

Digital Production Artist

March 2012 – September 2013 (Freelance) and December 2015 – January 2016 (Fulltime Temp)

• Used comiXology, Photoshop, InDesign and Adobe Acrobat to digitize, retouch/cleanup, color correct, and lay out hundreds of comics

• for digital distribution on multiple devices such as Nook, Kindle and the iPad. These books ranged from the 1940s to 2015, and includedboth DC Comics and Vertigo properties

 

MNI, Time Inc.

Marketing Sales Development Associate, Western and Northwestern Regions

May 2014 – June 2015

• Created all marketing materials, including decks and thought-starters, for twelve Sales Reps and two Regional Directors

• Performed extensive market research using tools such as MEMRI, ComScore, Neilsen, and Scarborough

• Attended meetings and MNI events with Sales Reps in several markets, and represented MNI in front of clients

 

Condé Nast Publications

WIRED Advertising Sales Associate

November 2012 – May 2014

• Assisted three WIRED Sales Reps who sold print and digital ad space to clients in nine states across the US

 

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EDUCATION

 

FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Los Angeles Campus Grad Date: December 2011

• Associate of Arts Professional Designation Degree: Visual Communications

 

University of Southern California Grad Date: May 2010

• Bachelor of Arts Degree: Communications, and Double Minor: Communication Design and French