SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
• More than 10 years experience in Graphic Design and Print Production
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite including InDesign, Photoshop Illustrator and etc. and Microsoft Office
• Excellent communications and problem-solving skills
SOFTWARE:
Adobe Creative Suite 3-4 (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Flash), QuarkXpress, PageMaker, Director, Freehand, MS Office (Word, Exell, PowerPoint)
OTHER COMPUETR SKILLS:
Graphic Arts and Design, 4+ color print production, Web Design, HTML, XTML, CSS, JavaScript, Corporate Identity, Branding, Typography, Illustration, Painting, Drawing, Airbrush and Photography.
WORK EXPERIENCE
JCC East Bay, Berkeley, CA, October 2007 - May 2009
Graphic Designer, Print Production with Jewish Community Center East Bay.
Maintain workflow of the projects. Design layouts of Catalogs, Brochures, Mailers. Posters and other marketing materials using Adobe Creative Suite 3 and 4. Maintain branding and corporate identity through all marketing materials. Create visual markup of the new web site for publishing with Drupal technology.
THE CREATIVE GROUP, San Francisco, CA, January 2007 – September 2007
Graphic Designer / Art Director / Print Production Manager
Performed Graphic Design, Art Direction, Print Production and etc. through The Creative Group, a division of specialized staffing leader Robert Half International Inc.
THE DRAWING BOARD, Burlingame, CA, January 1996 – December 2006
International Publishing Company, Print Production Manager
Managed Printing Design, Publishing and Production, Negotiates with clients and freelancers. Designed layouts, hard covers and dust jackets, for books, catalogs and brochures. Supervises 4+ color printing and color separations in USA, Hong-Kong and China.
FRANKEL & COMPANY, January 1995 - December 1995 (Contract)
Marketing Services Agency, San Francisco, CA
Performed art direction and graphic design for the company, including corporate identity, layouts, color management, typography, 4 color production and prepress. Negotiated with clients and freelancers.
FREELANCE PROJECTS / CONTRACTS
SIMPSON STRONG TIE, (Marketing Department), Pleasanton, CA,
Graphic Designer (PC environment)
Designed layouts of Catalogs, Brochures, Mailers, Technical Bulletins, Counter-mats and etc., using InDesign CS2 and QuarkXPress. Created technical illustrations using Adobe Illustrator CS2 and performed photoshop works on digital photography in Photoshop CS2. Inserted and formatted tables, charts and diagrams. Maintained branding and corporate identity through all marketing materials. Prepared mechanicals and output Hi-Res PDF files for printin
HYATT Hotels Inc.,
Designed " FINE ART BY HYATT" art book. Designed layout, hard cover, DVD package and insert, supervised 4 color printing and color separations in Hong-Kong
ClubFONE, NY,
Designed UI, Splash screen and Icons for mobile phone application "ClubFone". www.clubfone.com
INTERWOVEN, Inc. Sunnyvale, CA
Created packaging design and collateral for TeamSite 4.5 award winning software on freelance basis.
ACADEMY OF ART COLLEGE, San Francisco, CA
Computer Lab Instructor, Duties included helping students with various graphic design and multimedia projects
SKATES ON HAIGHT, South San Francisco, CA
Produced catalogues, brochures, magazine ads, advertising packages, logos and promotional materials for the company on freelance basis.
BAVC, Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco, CA Jan – Dec 1997
Performed Art Direction and Graphic design on freelance basis.
SMART MEETINGS MAGAZINE, Sausalito, Ca Art Director/Graphic Designer
Designed layouts, advertising pages and print production for the travel magazine for business professionals.
EDUCATION:
PLATT COLLEGE, San Francisco, CA, Diploma in Computer Graphic Design.
GRAPHIC DESIGN UNIVERSITY, Moscow, Russia; Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design.
UNIVERSITY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATICS, Moscow, Russia; Bachelor of Science in Communication and Informatics