MY EXPERIENCE.

HIGHLIGHTS

• 10+ years of creative art direction managing multiple projects
simultaneously, from concept to completion

• 6 years of management experience

• Highly skilled design aesthetic, including typographical expertise

• Proven ability to multi-task, work under tight deadlines and adapt
to client budget constraints

• Experience in color correction and image retouching (masking, image
manipulation, etc.) of client and stock images

• Advance knowledge of preflighting/preparing files for printing

• Expertise in preparing graphics for both high-resolution printing and
low-resolution web applications

• Experience with soft-proofing systems and hard proofs

• Art direction and negotiation experience with Illustrators, photo representatives and stock agencies

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

• Excellent photo research capabilities

WORK EXPERIENCE

BAUER MEDIA GROUP (Now American Media, Inc.)

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SKILLS

• Adobe InDesign

• Adobe Photoshop

• Adobe Illustrator

• Adobe Bridge

• Adobe Acrobat

• Adobe InCopy

• QuarkXPress

• Microsoft Word

• Microsoft Excel

• Microsoft Powerpoint

• Microsoft Outlook

• FTP transfer programs

• Censhare (Bauer Publishings
K4 Program)

Senior Designer, February 2014 - September 2018

• Design editorial content on deadline for three of Bauer Publishing's
biggest weekly consumer magazines, Life & Style, In Touch and Closer

• Collaborate with editorial staff and photo editors

• Responsible for choosing varieties of eye-catching and compelling
photographs of celebrities

• Curate the magazine's look, design and feel while working closely
with the editorial team and Art Directors

• Design editorial content for bimonthly magazines including Girls' World,
Bake It Up, Animal Tales, Star-tastic Coloring Book and Puzzle Fun

AWARDS

Senior Art Director, 2011-2013; Art Director, 2007-2011

BLUESPIRE STRATEGIC MARKETING

• Manage team of 4 designers and freelancers

• Manage overall art direction, review process and production of consumer
magazines for the largest non-urban provider of general hospital

healthcare services in the United States, comprising 95 hospitals
(320+ custom pages per issue, 3x a year)

• Implement quality-control measures including internal checklists, process
flow improvements and accurate preparation of files for production

• Responsible for the production/prepress of all custom health care publications

• Design, layout and photo editing of more than 20+ fully custom client
magazines per quarter

• Create original designs and redesigns for new and reoccurring clients

• Design of promotional client materials, including postcards, annual reports,
calendars and brochures

• Work closely with the design director and editorial team to make sure visual
design adheres to the requirements, objectives and timelines

• Design of web pages, e-newsletters and infographics

Aster Awards:
The Christ Hospital, Women’s Health Today magazine; Deborah Heart & Lung Center, Pulse!; Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Your Life; Vista health, Healthy Life; Renown Heart & Vascular Center, Pumped!
St. John Providence Health System, Thrive!; Weatherford Regional Medical Center, Health Connection

Cardiovascular Advertising Awards:
Gold, Deborah Heart & Lung Center,
Pulse!; Silver, Renown Heart &
Vascular Center, Pumped!

Healthcare Marketing Award:
The Christ Hospital, Women’s Health Today magazine

Best Cover Design,
Lebhar-Friedman Blue Chip Awards

Aster Awards for Excellence
in Medical Marketing

Art Director’s Club of
New Jersey Scholarship Award

DOWDEN HEALTH MEDIA, PROFESSIONAL DIVISIONS

Designer, 2005 - 2007

• Designed editorial content for five monthly medical journals (Journal of
Family Practice,Current Psychiatry, Contemporary Surgery and OBG Management)

• Collaborated with editorial staff, publishers and sales team to
create advertisements and web materials

• Design of promotional client materials including postcards,
annual reports and brochures

LANGUAGE

• Tagalog / Philippines

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER METROSTARS

Design Freelancer, Summer 2003

• Developed concepts and executed marketing collateral: event logos,
corporate identity, media kits and promotions (Kicks for Kids, Mightymetros,
metrostars.com, Coaches Club, Metromembers, Metro Soccerfest)