I possess a professional business attitude and have the ability to work independently and within a team. I have worked in corporate studio settings, advertising agencies, as well with small businesses as a freelance consultant.

My experience includes: 

- Hands on creative and production experience covering the graphic design and art direction of brochures, product sell sheets, catalogs, advertising.

- My specialty is package design: licensed, mass market, general consumer packaging in the giftware, music CD, household products, food, children activity, toy, and collectibles.

- Solid Mac experience, CS5, traditional comprehensive layout and dummy assembly, thumbnails, typography, supervisory skills.

- Thorough knowledge of printing techniques, finishes and prepress, including: aseptic packaging, shrink-wrap, aerosol cans, in mold labels, backers, and inserts.

- Ability to understand and create complex die lines and inserts

- Extensive product retouching: color changes, product replacement, backgrounds, etc.

- Coordination and follow through on domestic and overseas print production.

Where I worked:...........................................................................................................................................
OXO, New York, NY
Freelance Production Designer
•	Style guide standardization of packaging mechanicals for kitchen  products. Style guide and standards reference for label, backer, 			hang tag, packaging and display. Includes: font size, 5th color product photoshop file prep, violators.
Little Gifts Inc. Secaucus, NJ 
Freelance Packaging, Display, Production, Product Designer,
•	Packaging, displays, ads, invites, product design and production for the pet industry.  Licensed Nerf Dog and propriety dump 			displays for Petco, Walmart.
Rouge 24, Del Ray Beach,  FL
Off-Site Freelance Production Designer
•	Update and transition Sam's Club packaging graphic to new Member Mark Style guides: labels, backer, hang tags, packaging and 			displays. Health: Simply Right StoolSoftener and Fexofenadine.  Laundry: Free&Clear Laundry Detergent. Outdoor: Grills, 				Umbrellas, furnishings.
NUK USA, Tarrytown, NY
Freelance Designer, Production Artist, 
•	Design and mechanical print production of baby, toddler and maternity product packaging. Comp assembly for sales presentations.		Extensive photoshop image creation and composition for product and package usage. Canadian packaging compliance.
Amscan,  Elmsford, NY
Freelance Designer, Production Artist, Product Designer
•	Design and mechanical print production of party products and their respective packaging party goods. Intensive emphasis on
	licensed properties. Girl and boy tween categories. Extensive image creation and composition for product and package usage. 			Canadian packaging compliance.
SME Marketing, New York, NY
Freelance Production Artist
•	Mechanical print production of brochures, event passes, event tickets, logo standards for print and web.
	Creation of spot varnish mechanicals. Clients: NY Yankees, Miami Marlins, The Kentucky Derby, The Pin Strip Bowl.
Think Brands, New York, NY
Freelance Production Artist
•	Mechanical print production of cosmetic displays, labels, packaging. Brand standards.Clients: Maybelline, Essie and Garnier products.

Breyer Animal Creations, Pequannock, NJ  			 					               2006 to 2011
Package Designer - Print Production Artist 
•	Responsible for creating and branding exclusive packaging graphics on key accounts: 
	Target, Wal-Mart, Tractor Supply Company, Mid States.
•	Create POP and dump displays and proprietary licensed package designs, hang tags,
	presentations, catalog and web site content for resin and plush products.
•	Interacted with senior management, product managers and creative services manager
	to establish design direction for new product packaging.
•	Maintaind and updated existing packages and labels.
•	Toy Fair preparation inclusive of package comps, signage, posters.
•	Licensed properties included World Equestrian Games, Elvis Presley Enterprises, Bonaza.

Kurt S. Adler, Inc., New York, NY 			           						         	  2002 to 2006
Package Designer - Print Production Artist 
•	Managed the design, packaging production, hang tags, presentation, catalog and web site content for proprietary
	and licensed holiday glass, porcelain, resin and plush products. Partial list of licensed properties include: Warner Brothers, Batman, 		Superman, Wizard of Oz, I Love Lucy, Family Guy, Sesame Street, Ducks Unlimited, Thomas Kinkade, MLB, Coke, Field and Stream,
	Hello Kitty, Raggedy Ann, Star Wars, Dora, Blue, Sponge Bob, M&M's.
•	Created sales planograms for sales presentations to major retailers: Kmart, Target, Toy R Us, Lowe’s.
•	Collaborated with product managers to establish design direction for new product packaging.
•	Created POP and dump displays and proprietary packaging for key accounts: Kmart, Target, Toy R Us, Lowe’s.
•	Interacted with IT department to establish and maintain a FTP site for digital packaging files eliminating traditional mail.
•	Created signage and comp packaging for 11 showrooms.

Reckitt Benckiser, Inc., Wayne, NJ			 							  2001 to 2002
Package Designer - Production Artist
•	Worked with product managers to establish design direction of new packaging, labels and sell sheets for consumer products.
•	Maintained and updated existing packages and labels for legal and Environmental Protection Agency review for the
	following products lines: Lysol Disinfectant Products (Consumer and Professional line), Old English, Resolve, Spray &
	Wash Laundry aids, Jet Dry, Yes Laundry Detergent, French’s Mustard & Potato Stix. 
Eden LLC, Jersey City, NJ 			 								  1998 to 2001
Graphic Design Manager -  Package Designer
•	Managed the design, production of packaging, hang tags, presentation, catalog and web site content for proprietary and 
	licensed toy products. Licensed properties include: Madeline, Arthur, Between the Lions, Peter Rabbit, Franklin, 	
•	Manage 2 person art department, regulated and prioritized the flow of design projects to ensure production deadline were met.
•	Worked closely with design directors and product development to establish design direction of packaging.

Proficient in the creation and preflight of digital
files for print reproduction, color specs and four
and spot color reproduction. Multi-plate package
mechanical creation FTP, archiving. Mac OS
Adobe: Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign,
Quark, MS Office.