Creative Director vs. Design Director: Key Differences for Recruiters
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1. 10 YEARS CREATIVE FOR THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE
19 years
WORKING
EXPERIENCE
Sophisticated sense of typography and color.
Creative thinker, good at solving problems.
Continuously adapt to new technology.
Highly efficient at meeting deadlines.
Sr. Graphic Designer | Print and Web Designer | Animation Artist
Create Graphic Design solutions from concept to production, including preparation of
electronic files for print, web media, animation and video.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Knowledgeable in design practices, techniques and processes for print and web.
SKILLS & SOFTWARE
• Brand strategist
• Page layout
• Image manipulation
• Photo retouch
• Special effects
• Graphics for video
• Flash animation
• Digital photography
• PowerPoint
Presentations
• MAC & PC
• Infographics
• User Interface
• Translate expressed
needs into visual
solutions
ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE
• InDesign
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Dreamweaver
• Flash
• Acrobat
MICROSOFT
• Word
• Excel
• Power Point
• HTML, CSS
• E-mail
• Mobile
SPECIAL
PROJECTS
AUTOSHOW
PROGRAM
2011-2013
Redesign
Houston
Chronicle
Jobs and
Homes
section.
Design
Icon for
Homes
mobile
app
Introduced PDF
forms for paperless
workflow.
2013
2011
HEARST MEDIA – HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Graphic Designer, Creative Print and Web and
Animation Artist
Formed part of Creative Team, producing a high volume of graphics for
advertising materials under tight deadlines.
Graphics included corporate branding, magazines, direct mail, advertising
campaigns, brochures, catalogs, logos, posters, T-shirt designs PPT presentations.
HTML e-mails, landing pages and flash animated banners for Houston Chronicle
sponsors.
Art director and multimedia coordinator for client campaigns to increase
audience and sales volume. Provided recommendations to optimize workflow.
2011
2003
HOUSTON CHRONICLE – AMERICAN COLOR
Graphic Designer, Layout and Production Artist
Production artist and ad builder for the Ad Service Department at a Production On Demand Station.
Created newspaper ads from scratch at a fast pace with keen eye to detail and minimum errors,
efficiently meeting deadlines.
Design and prepared files for a variety of printing projects for Houston’s Chronicle clients.
Page layout of Movies Schedules and Wedding Pages.
1997
1995
1997
1995
1998
2002
2003 THE ROAD RUNNER MAGAZINE
Graphic Designer, Art Director, Project Manager
Designed and layout of local magazine. Responsible for creating, compiling, selecting and managing graphics
and art work including pictures to illustrate articles.
Maintained records of projects. Reviewed all digital material and pre-flight for output via PDF.
Designed marketing communication sales sheets. Create, organize and maintain filing system for all files.
JET SETTERS PRINTGRAPHICS
Production Assistant
Operated printers for on demand digital printing and provided support to Graphic Designer.
IDEAS COMPUTACIONALES
Graphic and Web Designer
Production and maintenance of web-sites for Hay Group Mexico and Lucent Technologies Mexico.
Translated from English to Spanish guidelines for web design.
RADIO SHACK MEXICO
Graphic Designer
Collaborated in the design of publicity campaigns that included Point of Purchase material for display of product
in stores. Scanned slides and clipped products for layout. Translated and edited English-Spanish technical product
descriptions for advertising purposes. Copy writing.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART MEXICO CITY
Public Relations Assistant Internship and Volunteer
Collaborated in the organization of press conferences, exhibits, book releases and exhibition openings.
Guided tours in English for Latin American Art (MOMA of New York), Visions of America; Urban Realism and
Tamayo and The Mexican Vanguards.
CONTRACT
ASSIGNMENT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
2014 JETSTREAM OF HOUSTON
Graphic Designer - Catalog Designer
Layout and design a series of product catalogs, with detailed technical information of parts and
accessories for a manufacturer and distributor of high-pressure water blasting equipment.
Catalogs ranged from 100-200 pages and files were prepared as InDesign Book Files.
Maintained an organized library of catalog files and image resources. Image manipulation.
Created technical drawings in Illustrator CS6 and photographed new items.
Generated camera ready PDF files to print.
2010 Digital Technology
International University
Associate of DTI
Editorial System
Georgina
Mondshine
1995 Universidad del
Valle de Mexico
Bachelor Degree in
Graphic Design
1992
Alliance Française
Certified Elemental
French
2003
The Art Institute of Houston
Certified Digital
Graphic Designer
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