:: C A P A C I T Y AND S K I L L S ::

  • Highly proficient in Adobe Suite, QuarkXpress and knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint
  • Strong working knowledge of pre-press and 4 color process
  • Able to art direct, take direction, as well as conceptualize, design, and produce marketing projects
  • Detail oriented, strong communication skills, able to work under tight deadlines
  • Non-egotistical, capable of professionally take criticism in a constructive way
  • Courteous, good humored and pleasant to work with
  • Fluent in Portuguese
  • Strong Spanish


:: C A R E E R : D E V E L O P M E N T ::


Life Technologies
March 2011 to present
Contractor print graphic designer
Earned superiors’s trust as a competent large publications designer.


Latest Accomplishments

  • Molecular Biology Catalog – a 300-page instrumental sales publication that reached 60,000 customers just in the United States. It was translated into five languages and distributed world-wide
  • Secured her position at Life Technologies as their Bioprobes magazine designer – a quarterly, 34-page award winning publication
  • Produced Global Citizenship Report – an 80-page portfolio that portraits to partners and investors Life Technologies contributions and participation in the community, and its presence as a pro-environment corporation


EFM Advertising
March 2011
Contractor print graphic designer

Sony Electronics
February 2011
Contractor print graphic designer

V Duran Design, San Diego, California
July 2007 to Present
Founder
Freelance Graphic Design services. Goal: to provide exceptional print, web design and quality customer service to a broad spectrum of businesses at affordable prices thus securing a loyal clientele and expanding business through reputation for quality work.

Latest Accomplishments

  • Concepts Furniture — successfully redesigned company logo to reposition their look and feel as a personal store, where you can receive one-on-one customer service and make custom furniture requests. Additionally, store front signage, business cards and advertisement were designed to build equity on logo's new look and further establish company's niche.
  • Juliana Freitas — created an identity package, website and brochure that captured the essence of the artist's elegance and style.

Responsibilities

  • Design and produce all marketing materials such as brochures, logos, identity packages, signs, websites, advertisements, t-shirts, mail pieces, banners, etc.
  • Coordinate execution of all projects with outsource vendors, printers, sign makers and web server providers.
  • Closely control work quality by leading design direction, maintaining client relationships and managing all sales and self marketing efforts.

Representative Clients

• Packet Video - multimedia software for mobile devices
• Sound Promotions - corporate promotional items
• Time-Scan - electronic time sheet scanners and supporting software
• Concepts - home furnishing store
• Juliana Freitas - fine artist
• Belleza.com and Espa?o Thai - SPA clinics (Brazil)

Sound Promotions - Vista, California
January 2002 to November 2006
Art Director and Senior Designer
Worked directly with senior partners to ensure on target design in all Sound Promotions' marketing pieces.

Latest Accomplishments

• Designed and produced entire Sound Promotions holiday campaign which is responsible for the majority of the company's yearly revenue.
• Revamped company's website design, which will benefit over 45,000 distributor companies nationwide.
Responsibilities
• Concept designed and developed all print and online marketing materials.
• Package designed Sound Promotions' products including CDs, DVDs and greeting cards.
•Art directed, coordinated and supervised in-house production art staff and freelance graphic designers.
• Ensured quality control by personally attending to press checks and reviewing Iris and Fiery proofs.
• Provided production art and art requirements guidance to Sound Promotions' clients to secure quality products and customer satisfaction.
• Kept yearly marketing books with visual examples and descriptions of each project in marketing calendar.
Ensured advertisement deadlines and all required specifications were met and delivered to publications.
• Coordinated provisioning of all company's collateral ensuring current information, proper usage of PMS colors or CMYK process and correct specifications and quantities.
• Secured cost effective prices by bidding every project with various vendors.

BMG Entertainment - Network Music division, San Diego, California
June 2000 to December 2002
Senior Graphic Designer
Worked directly with the vice president of marketing and the creative director to develop and design Network Music's marketing materials.

• Was responsible for concept design, production, original package graphics, and press checks for the 100-page, 4-color, annual product catalogue distributed to 100,000 prospective clients and buyers. Resolved challenge of creating two separate designs for Network Music direct clients and ASI Distributors.
• Managed concept design, artwork layout, and production of all marketing materials including brochures, announcements, flyers, mail pieces, tabletop displays, CD ROM and web graphics among other promotional and advertising pieces
• Coordinated and designed layout, internal images, and theme for the 20-page, 4-color, annual Christmas catalogue which was responsible for generating the majority of sales for Network Music.
• Designed acquisition materials including direct mail piece, trade show collateral, teasers that messaged BMG's purchase of Network Music. All materials were distributed to nearly 2,000 current and prospective clients including: Ann Taylor, Estee Lauder, Origins, Playtex, Hampton Inn, and Bank of America
• Designed and produced successful sales proposals for clients including Harrah's Entertainment Inc. The specifically tailored, themed proposal was the key component in securing business with for this nationwide promotion.

Red Rocket Studio, San Diego, California
April 1998 to December 1999
Graphic Designer

• Spearheaded pre-press production art, concept design, and layout of annual reports, catalogues packaging, logotypes, stationary packages, brochures, among other marketing collateral items.
• Created identity branding campaign including: folders, menus, and tabletop displays for 300 rooms at the Le Meridien Hotel.
• Design and layout of Ranch and Cove monthly 4-color magazine that reaches over 50,000 of the nation's most affluent residents in Rancho Santa Fe, Encinitas, and Carlsbad, as well as thousands of tourists. Worked with a team of designers, production artists and publisher, owner and head designer to ensure compliance with business requirements. Responsible for designing paid advertisements for Ranch and Cove clients.
• Solely designed and produced annual reports for National University who provided a designed cover which required consistent coordination with the internal imagery and design including: graphics, graphs, captions, picture frames, and page borders.

Kramer Design, San Diego, California June 1997 to April 1998
Graphic Designer

• Responsible for pre-press production art, concept design and layout of advertisements, post cards, folders, logo types, stationery packages and comps production.
• Spearheaded design and production of marketing collateral, and direct mail pieces for Symbolic Motor Car Company, San Diego County's only factory authorized sales & service establishment for Rolls Royce, Bentley and Lotus.

Education

• San Diego City College — San Diego, California
Certificate in Graphic Design — Emphasis in typography, page layout, logo and package design, computer illustration, production art, business practices and portfolio presentation.

• Faculdade da Cidade — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Graphic Design credit

 
 
         
             
               
   
   
 
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