Experience Summary
Experience
Miramar Lab / Art Director 6/2009-Present
• Create pharmaceutical labels, corporate logos, packaging, preparation of boxes and dies for printing, illustration, digital imaging for VMR International Corp., a pharmaceutical and cosmetics manufacturing company.
Freelance Senior Graphic Designer Ongoing
• Create animated & professional Power Point Presentations, magazines, magazines ads, flyers, postcards, banner stands, internet banners, CD covers, DVD covers, books, brochures and all the preparation for the printing process for Florida International Bankers Association (Fiba).
Most jobs are for their Anti-Money Laundering Conference taking place every year on February.
• Create corporative identity, stationery, & presentation folders for Florida Lemark Corporation.
• Process files from clients and make corrections to ensure proper printing. Create setup for different printing machines and specifications.
Sergio’s Printing - Miami, Florida / Art Director 2009-2011
• Responsible for executing day-to-day high quality advertisements that are accurate, creative and adhere to established deadlines
• Design package, logos, business cards, business stationary & corporate brochures. Create magazine layouts, exhibit displays, book covers and point of purchases, invitations, billboards and posters for public service campaign.
• Work directly with print traffic personnel, as well as editors, publishers, and product managers in an effort to execute ad assigments and high quality ads for press releases and magazines using advanced design software. Ensure that all specifications are accurate.
• Creation of large format printing (banners, signs, banner stands), magazines, books, website banners, e-mail blasts, digital imaging, business cards, letterheads, envelopes, brochures, postcards, flyers, posters, animated power point presentations, magnets, car signs, presentation folders, advertising & promotional products, illustrations, logos, dies for customized presentation folders, catalogs
• Experience as a pre-press operator with the Heidelberg Suprasetter and related software (Prinet Signa Station, Prinect Cockpit, Prinet Metadimension Printmanager, CIP 3 Interface, Prinect Metashooter Service Control, CTP User Interface, & Prinect & Meta Shooter Printmanager).
• Successfully create and manage graphic design projects from conception through completion
• Analyze proper format for printing regarding colors, trim marks, bleed and file format (tif, eps, jpg, pdf, etc).
• Proficient in the complete process of taking pictures, image retouching, and color correction as well as image preparation.
XPdent Corporation - Miami, Florida / Senior Graphic Designer 10/06-2/09
• Creation of product labels, product sheets, website maintenance and re-design of all pre-existing graphics and banners, add new products to the website, translations from English to Spanish, e-mail blasts, magazines ads for diverse publications, brochures, flyers, postcards, preparation of dense catalogs for printing, catalog for e-book, prepare all the material related to products in a process that involves design, taking pictures, and final preparation for printing, power point presentations, digital illustrations for different products, illustrations by hand, creation of Point of Purchases for nationwide events related to the dental industry, logos, letterheads, envelopes, coupons, tickets, and work directly to the president and marketing manager in order to improve the image of the company.
Big City Graphics - Miami, Florida – Graphic Designer 2001-2006
• Created Logos, business cards, brochures, point of purchases, book covers, illustrations, digital imaging, magazines, posters,billboards, corporative events, catalogs, signs, banners.
Self Employed - La Habana, Cuba. 1993-1999
Book Illustrator and Graphic Designer
Created book illustrations for editing companies. ( “Gente Nueva”, “Letras Cubanas”)
Created colorful designs for children’s books.
Teaching Style
I like to interact with people, go straight to the point. Keep focusing. Never give up. Respect above all.