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Graphic Designer/Production Assistant

Accomplished Multi-Media Artist of 9 years, with professional background in art direction and production management. Diverse experience across technical, analytical, administrative, and leadership capacities. Successful track record in business operations, team building, problem resolution, and data analysis. 

Areas of Expertise:
- Business Analysis 
- Design & Development 
- Strategic & Tactical Planning 
- Relationship Building 
- Multi-Industry Operations 
- Project Design, Scope, and Management 
- Process & Performance Improvements 
- Workflow & Models Development 
- Excellent Communication Skills 
- Establishing Priorities & Schedules Quality Assurance 

Working with clients to increase their exposure and improve their sales through a variety of projects such as:
- Graphic Design
- Motion Graphics
- Logo Design
- Photography
- Video/Film
- Full Service Optical Media (CD/DVD/Bluray)
- CD Mastering
- DVD/Bluray Authoring
- Custom Menu Design
- Promotional Print Materials
- Custom & Bundle Packaging

Technology Skills: 
Proficient with Adobe CS 3-6: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Bridge, Encore; Final Cut Studio, Cinema 4D, Quark Express, basic HTML, and Microsoft Suite: Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Powerpoint. FTP/SFTP and Hosted Servers. Literate with MAC and PC. Strong in retouching/editing, typography, vectorization.

Create original main brand logo, sub-genres logos, and motion/2D/3D backgrounds. Efficiently direct daily filming of various hosts in front of green screen, while conducting teleprompter, and editing daily show using Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro. Perform necessary manipulations/edits to artwork when requested by clients or team members. Once finalized, upload the final footage in the web servers. 
 
- Proven track of increase in traffic to web sites 
- Develop static and motion web contents, which drawn over thousands of impressions daily 
- Build streamline production process, which decreased production man hours 
- Design multiple logos and graphics with own creativity

Proven track record as successful independent photographer/editor/videographer/graphic designer. 
Manage over 20 customers and providers simultaneously. Consult content providers with needs in areas such as development, financing, pre-to post-production, distribution, and marketing strategies. Connect customers to providers to conduct gap analysis for multiple complex projects. Acquire requirements and effectively design workflow process and develop models and mockups for presentation in obtaining customers’ approval. Design and develop key art, catalogs, logos and promotional materials for retails. Serve as an effective liaison between customers and providers/vendors. Proficient in drafting, revising and finalizing end products. Proven competency in identifying current marketing trends to provide clients with successful strategies that increased exposure, improved sales, and saved cost expenses.   
 
- Complete projects within the budget and timelines 
- Received credits in internatio

President/Founder

Managed multiple accounts and 20 departmental employees. Reviewed and approved sales and work orders. Performed analysis and wrote technical design documents for development. Scheduled orders based on the daily capacity in each department. Managed production and effectively filled resources. Elicited and maintained effective relationships with new and existing clients. Effectively tended to customers' requests and resolved any issues which meets customer satisfactions or exceeded customers’ expectations.   
 
- Improved clientele, which increased revenue 
- Developed production process, which decreased overtime and increased productivity 
- Decreased outsourcing and introduced new vendors that cut company’s cost and increased the 
selling margins to customers 
- Streamlined departmental process that shortened turn-around time of orders 
- Maintained an organized system of all art files in company's network and FTP site, while keeping 
discretion of customer and vendor information 
- En

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Herter Sebastian: Graphic Designer/Production Assistant in San Gabriel, CA

Herter Sebastian

Smash Media Productions

HLS Media

New Century Media Corporation

University of California, San Diego