Graphic Designer Resume

Title
Graphic Designer

Primary Skills
QuarkXpress, Adobe Creative Suite InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Powerpoint, DeltaGraph

Location
Canada-ON-Toronto (will consider relocating)

Posted
May-29-09

Experience:
Simple Logic / Toronto (December 2008 to Present)
Graphic Designer (Freelance)
• Teaming with creative directors to maintain client brand integrity across all design projects;
• Providing graphic design solutions for all agency lines of business;
• Designing annual reports and financial reports for clients such as Citi Bank;
• Creating, correcting, graphs, bar charts, tables for financial data. Transferring information from Microsoft Excel, Word to InDesign, Illustrator, QuarkXpress, Pagemaker, DeltaGraph;
• Preparing artworks for offset printing.

UPS Store / Toronto (August 2006 to April 2009)
Graphic Designer (Full-time)
• Designed corporate identities (logos, business cards, letterheads, envelopes, sales packages, inserts), postcards, invitations, bookmarks, brochures, flyers, invoices, promotional materials, event materials such as wine etiquettes for confirmation ceremonies;
• Consulted with clients to establish the overall look, graphic elements and content of communications materials in order to meet their needs;
• Estimated cost of materials and time to complete graphic design;
• Used a wide range of media, including photography and computer aided design;
• Worked well in a team, with printers, photographers, other designers and website operators;
• Updated softwares and uploaded new programs to improve computers.

The Coupe Magazine / Toronto (May 2006 to July 2006)
Graphic Designer (Internship)
• Assisted art director in preparing the Coupe Magazine 2006 Annual International Design + Image Competition Issue;
• Created layouts by using QuarkXpress, Photoshop, Microsoft Office Word.

Dogan Egmont Publishing / Istanbul, Turkey (March 2004 to August 2004)
Graphic Designer (Full-time)
• Designed children magazines, children books, posters, ads. Adapted Disney, Warner Bross, Egmont Publishing's print products for Turkish readers such as movie posters, comic books, ads, magazines for children.

Inkilap Publishing / Istanbul, Turkey (December 2000 to March 2004)
Graphic Designer (Full-time and freelance)
• Designed various picture books such as cookbooks, education series;
• Highly experienced in designing book covers, layout designs by using different printing techniques such as foil stamping, embossing, spot uV varnishing;
• Worked closely with potographers, illustrators, editors and proofreaders;
• Used existing photo and illustration banks and typography guides to produce images that meet clients' communications needs.

Gri Ad Agency / Istanbul, Turkey (May 1999 to September 1999)
Graphic Designer (Full-time)
• Worked with a creative team for clients such as banks and pharmaceutical companies;
• Designed festival invitations, booklets, inserts and brochures.

Education:
• Postgraduate Certificate / Graphic Arts and Digital Prepress - Humber College, Toronto, Canada
• BA - Faculty of Fine Arts / Department of Graphic Arts - Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey
• Teacher Certificate - Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey

Certifications
Postgraduate Certificate - Humber College, Canada / Graphic Arts and Digital Prepress

BA - Faculty of Fine Arts / Department of Graphic Arts - Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey

Teacher Certificate - Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey



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