GRAPHIC DESIGN
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22 Reena complex, Vidyavihar, Mumbai 65710050, Cell: 9864641540, Email: [email protected] GRAPHIC DESIGN, ARTISTIC RETOUCHING, IMAGE MANIPULATION Progressive design professional poised to contribute experienced, innovative graphic artistry to your creative team to produce highest caliber advertising and promotional campaigns, utilizing most current technologies, and collaborative brainstorming strategies. PROFILE
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Innovative conceptualist with sharp eye for fresh approaches and cutting-edge design modalities; known for producing highly effective end products, resulting consistently in successful new-clien acquisitions. Highly proficient image-manipulation specialist with extensive, progressive experience and maste of color reproduction, color-correction, and digital retouching. Creative designer with unsurpassed layout skills and meticulous attention to detail. Dual-platform multi-tasker completely conversant in both Mac and PC environments with experti in most widely used graphics and design applications.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PROFICIENCIES MAC/PC
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QuarkXpress Illustrator ImageReady PowerPoint Freehand Word InDesign HTML FrontPage GoLive
Graphic Designer, Computact Business Services, Mumbai, 2000 to present
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Produce highly visual graphics for advertising and marketing materials, including logos, brochure catalogues, and direct-mail pieces, providing original, creative design solutions to meet diverse client needs. Create customized graphics and prepare images for ad materials and Web sites, performing
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extensive color and tonal corrections and retouching using multiple artwork applications. Direct creative strategies that consistently meet tight budgetary and scheduling challenges. Brainstorm and produce creative campaigns designed to capture new clients, resulting in consiste 95 percent success rate. Developed and facilitated new Web site design employing specialization in image preparation to significantly enhance visual impact. Both MAC and PC platforms in network environment.
Freelance Graphic Artist, Interface Business Solutions, Mumbai, 2000 to 2002
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Developed original designs and prepared layouts from client-supplied visuals, samples, and sketches, producing effective final products, delivered on time and within budget. Provided fine-tuning and correction processes to update customer originals. Prepared digital artwork files to pre-press specifications.
Digital Retoucher/Production Artist, Regalis, Delhi, 1997 to 2000
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Employed fresh design techniques to produce brochures. Generated both cover and internal page layouts. Applied expertise in Adobe Photoshop to retouch, enhance, and color-correct images utilizing thorough knowledge and experienced understanding of color theory to produce subtle color chang Optimized multi-color files and detailed choice of materials, for client-specified print quality, to ensure high-quality end product by synchronization of computer graphic design with the printing process. Collaborated to troubleshoot jobs, with RGB, CMYK, and spot colors, and matched colors to customer-supplied samples. Prepared files for pre-press output, including color separation, trapping, bleeds, and trim. Expanded expertise on pre-press techniques by attending advanced training, and mentored colleagues on newest technologies and processes. Scanned color and line art using drum and flatbed scanners. Established new standards for digital file preparation, naming, and transmission, and specified ne quality-control standards for image library. Earned promotion to Digital Retoucher, from production artist, following two years of exemplary performance.
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Bachelor of Fine Arts, Mumbai University. Certificate course in Web Site Designing and HTML, Dreamweaver MX, Photoshop, Internet Technology, Compufield Computer Institute, Bandra, Mumbai
22 Reena complex, Vidyavihar, Mumbai 65710050, Cell: 9864641540, Email: [email protected] GRAPHIC DESIGN, ARTISTIC RETOUCHING, IMAGE MANIPULATION Progressive design professional poised to contribute experienced, innovative graphic artistry to your creative team to produce highest caliber advertising and promotional campaigns, utilizing most current technologies, and collaborative brainstorming strategies. PROFILE
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Innovative conceptualist with sharp eye for fresh approaches and cutting-edge design modalities; known for producing highly effective end products, resulting consistently in successful new-clien acquisitions. Highly proficient image-manipulation specialist with extensive, progressive experience and maste of color reproduction, color-correction, and digital retouching. Creative designer with unsurpassed layout skills and meticulous attention to detail. Dual-platform multi-tasker completely conversant in both Mac and PC environments with experti in most widely used graphics and design applications.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PROFICIENCIES MAC/PC
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QuarkXpress Illustrator ImageReady PowerPoint Freehand Word InDesign HTML FrontPage GoLive
Graphic Designer, Computact Business Services, Mumbai, 2000 to present
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Produce highly visual graphics for advertising and marketing materials, including logos, brochure catalogues, and direct-mail pieces, providing original, creative design solutions to meet diverse client needs. Create customized graphics and prepare images for ad materials and Web sites, performing
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extensive color and tonal corrections and retouching using multiple artwork applications. Direct creative strategies that consistently meet tight budgetary and scheduling challenges. Brainstorm and produce creative campaigns designed to capture new clients, resulting in consiste 95 percent success rate. Developed and facilitated new Web site design employing specialization in image preparation to significantly enhance visual impact. Both MAC and PC platforms in network environment.
Freelance Graphic Artist, Interface Business Solutions, Mumbai, 2000 to 2002
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Developed original designs and prepared layouts from client-supplied visuals, samples, and sketches, producing effective final products, delivered on time and within budget. Provided fine-tuning and correction processes to update customer originals. Prepared digital artwork files to pre-press specifications.
Digital Retoucher/Production Artist, Regalis, Delhi, 1997 to 2000
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Employed fresh design techniques to produce brochures. Generated both cover and internal page layouts. Applied expertise in Adobe Photoshop to retouch, enhance, and color-correct images utilizing thorough knowledge and experienced understanding of color theory to produce subtle color chang Optimized multi-color files and detailed choice of materials, for client-specified print quality, to ensure high-quality end product by synchronization of computer graphic design with the printing process. Collaborated to troubleshoot jobs, with RGB, CMYK, and spot colors, and matched colors to customer-supplied samples. Prepared files for pre-press output, including color separation, trapping, bleeds, and trim. Expanded expertise on pre-press techniques by attending advanced training, and mentored colleagues on newest technologies and processes. Scanned color and line art using drum and flatbed scanners. Established new standards for digital file preparation, naming, and transmission, and specified ne quality-control standards for image library. Earned promotion to Digital Retoucher, from production artist, following two years of exemplary performance.
EDUCATION
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Bachelor of Fine Arts, Mumbai University. Certificate course in Web Site Designing and HTML, Dreamweaver MX, Photoshop, Internet Technology, Compufield Computer Institute, Bandra, Mumbai
