Candidates of the week - Graphic Designer, Melbourne

2 July 2008

Overview
I have extensive experience in the graphics industry. This has taught me the ability to perform to tight deadlines and instill in me an extremely high level of attention to detail.

Skills
I am a confident user of a wide range of desktop publishing software and have excellent knowledge of Adobe CS 2 & 3, Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional, Dreamweaver, Quark Xpress, MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Excel on both Mac and PC platforms.

Career Objective
To continually develop my knowledge and skills in an environment where responsibility, strong communication, organisational and grammatical skills are highly valued. I enjoy challenges, love variety and wish to become part of a successful and highly regarded business in their graphics and creative area.

Education
St Johns First Aid Course, 2007
Completed course on Adobe CS2, 2006
Completed course in basics of Microsoft Word & Excel, 2006
Higher School Certificate, 1986


Employment
Date :   March 2004 to April 2008
Title:  Prepress Design Studio Graphic Designer               
Company:  PMA Solutions, Tullamarine

PMA Solutions is a national organization that specialises in print management, mailing, fulfilment, design, promotional items, warehousing and distribution.

Areas of Responsibility:

  • Forms design
  • Finished art
  • Prepress duties including checking client supplied artwork and preparation for print
  • Designing to corporate and customer guidelines
  • Working with clients and suppliers producing a range of items including company stationery, brochures, leaflets, manuals, business forms, catalogues, POS material, Annual Reports, PDS’s and other marketing and advertising materials
  • Preparing jobs for print – digital and offset
  • Producing large documents for print
  • Working on new designs in accordance with customer briefs and mockups
  • Amending previous jobs for reprint
  • Spot and CMYK colour separating artwork
  • Maintaining the integrity of the customer brand
  • Contouring, Colour matching and Image Retouching
  • Pre-flighting and checking for errors in documents before production
  • Designing for online as well as printed material
  • Creating PDF’s for online forms
  • Updating web images for customer online ordering
  • Online business card and form templates
  • Scanning images, designing and reproducing customer logos
  • Retouching scanned and photographed images
  • Obtaining appropriate images internally and externally for specific designs
  • Creating formes for presentation folders and display stands
  • Generating proofs for customer approval
  • Data entry
  • Administrative duties
  • Direct contact with clients


Major Achievements:

  • Managed and produced 2006 and 2007 annual reports for major clients including Fosters, Europcar, AIG and Wentworth Real Estate

  • Part of the team that produced a tender that won AIG Australia as a major client in 2006

  • Organised and reproduced all forms and stationery for the company rebrand of TXU to TRUenergy in 2005

 

Date:  February 1987 to March 2004
Title:  Graphic Designer/Prepress Bureau Operator               
Company:   AsSet Pty Ltd, North Melbourne

AsSet is a family run business that specialises in Graphic design and forms design for the printing industry.

Areas of Responsibility:

  • Graphic Design and production of business forms and company stationery
  • Operating film and typesetting equipment to produce negatives
  • Chromalin and digital colour proofing
  • Setting up customer files for print production
  • Colour Correction of customer files
  • Running Desktop Publishing Bureau
  • Imposition
  • Administrative duties
  • Invoicing, Customer Order entry using MYOB
  • Customer Service and Liaison


Major Achievements:

  • Set up a successful Desktop Publishing Bureau catering to corporate and individual clients.

  • Won the contract to produce all forms and stationery for City of Bayside in 1998

  • Produced a series of generic online forms for the use of the Customs and Freight forwarding industry in 2001

 

Referees
Referees will be supplied upon request.

Contact:  jhopk@tpg.com.au