Freelancers : Thornton, Colorado

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4.0 2 Skills

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I graduated from School of Visual Arts in NYC in 2016, with BFA in 2D animation and have been freelancing ever since. (I also had an internship at start up studio Cartuna, where I was doing a lot of animation/illustration related client work) I also have been drawing comics for many years as a hobby My main style is cartoony and colorful, but I am flexible and willing to do anything as long as I have confidence my skills will allow it. I am also comfortable drawing variety of subjects. You can find examples of my work on my blog; http://catcaterpillar.tumblr.com/ and on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCns96a92INnOP8PVUvTPH2w

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5.0 2 Skills

$60 Rate/Hr

June Maher PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Package Design Professional with extensive experience in design and development from conceptual structural phase through artwork development, concepts to finished products. Adept at directing other designers and photgraphers, preparing final artwork and producing sales samples. Design by means of traditional sketches, physical mock ups and 3d renderings, producing mock ups for photography and retouching. Proven ability to direct and manage complex projects, and work under stringent deadlines. Areas of specialization include: • Ideation • Structural Development • Prototypes • Vendor Liaison • Problem Solving • Project Management • Customer Service • Communication Additional Design Experience: Graphic Design; Product Design & Product Graphics; 3D modeling, Logos; Corporate Identity, and Environmental Graphics, Visual Communication, and Illustration. Software: Adobe CS5: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Carrara 3D Modeling, Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel EXPERIENCE jmaherdesigns – Freelance Package and graphic design 2007 - Present ConAgra inc: Package design. 3D renderings for market research. prototypes and sales samples for clients. Geneva TOWNSHIP ROAD DISTRICT: Branding including website, development and maintenance. Logo, business cards, signage, apparel Interactive PDF forms for website. cheval creative inc: Structural package design and graphic development for gift line of books and toys. Produce mock ups and visuals for sales presentations. Create production artwork. Prepare structural drawings and files for estimates. Email blasts and website support. ADDITIONAL CLIENTS: Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Tri-City Travel Soccer, Capri Designs Inc., Quartet Technology Inc., Geneva School District 304, Jandorf Specialty Hardware, Dios Design, Mark Wissing Home Inspections, Safety Supply Illinois, Tydas Inc. COLE VALLEY GROUP: Design and develop a reusable-shipping container for children’s book club. William Wrigley Jr. Co., Chicago, IL 1993-2007 Senior Design Specialist, Brand Design Group Responsible for the development of structural packaging concepts and the production or project management of packaging prototypes and sales samples. • Ideation, alone or with team members, to generate and develop new confectionary products and packaging concepts. Resulting creative sessions contributed to maintaining a viable $100M company. • Designed and developed structural concepts for retail confections, including initial development of new “5” brand packaging, included in patent for this particular design. • Merged two different structural designs to create a unique solution to a global demand. Modified structural elements (locking tabs) and graphics in a one-day deadline to provide a “touch and feel” prototype for global marketing evaluation at no cost, a significant savings over outside services. • Created prototypes for inter-departmental review, allowing for faster concept development, aiding speed to market and safeguarding propriety information. • Produced numerous samples for market research, retail and in-home testing, providing a fast and efficient method to measure marketing parameters. • Created countless sales sample mock ups for presentations to major retailers including Target, Wal-mart, Costco, and Rite aid, generating sales for new products, enabling growth of annual sales. • Managed and directed sales sample programs for semi annual new product launch involving 8-10 new products with several sku’s each. Coordinated all work flow and delivery within tight timeline. • Coordinated with marketing and design leaders for required artwork, researched prototyping capabilities, and worked with venders to address new needs and obtain cost estimates. • To establish high quality and consistency of materials for the large volume of sales samples, researched and implemented a “Qualified Vender” program that also resulted in cost savings. • To ensure cross platform communication, developed a series of Power Point presentations to educate the marketing team on the function/procedures involved in a successful launch. • Provided variety of corporate graphic and design services utilizing an HP wide format printer. • Designed sculptural art/ gum display for Mr. Wrigley. • Developed concepts for Wal-Mart “Kid’s Connection” in store confectionary section. Contours Consulting Design Group, Chicago, IL 1986-1993 Package Design/Graphic Design Responsibilities included all phases of design development, art direction, proposal estimates, client liaison and following the project from inception through the design process to production supervision. Execution by means of sketches, renderings and study mock ups for client presentations. Product Design Conceptualized three-dimensional products and defined project objectives. Developed product graphics and produced production artwork. Assisted in the fabrication of study models, working prototypes and displays. Major client experience included: Revere Ware, Cobra/Dynascan, and DuPont. Owens-Illinois, Libbey Glass Division, Toledo, Ohio 1983-1986 Art Director of Package Design Responsible for conceptual, structural and graphic design development, preparing concept sketches, external sales, trade show exhibits, catalog photography, directing all phases of artwork, photography, separations, die work and approval of final product. EDUCATION Cleveland Institute of Art B.F.A. Industrial Design, Minors in Photography and Graphic Design

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4.0 2 Skills

$50 Rate/Hr

Cell: (416) 894-3218 Email: jelkada@yahoo.com Jimmy Elkada Objective: Web developer– analyze/develop web based systems using software engineering principles Work Experience: Kognito Interactive (Nov 2010 – present) – Flash AS3 developer - Flash AS3 developer for Webkinz http://www.kognito.com/ - Develop eLearning activities using AS3 VMC event driven framework. - Use Flash Builder 4 to develop learning units and quizzes using XML driven data. Ganz Interactive – Team lead (Jan 2009 – Nov 2010) – Flash AS3 developer - Flash AS3 developer for Webkinz http://www.webkinz.com/ and http://www.webkinzjr.com/ - Develop modules using AS3 framework with multiple composition and inheritance levels - Use Flex to customize and extend classes from a large scale AS3 framework - Develop games using external assets, XML and JSON data formats - Use in-house multilingual CMS system to integrate assets and AS3 code WellNet Solutions (Oct 2008 – Jan 2009) – Web/Flash developer - Web developer for e-learning systems http://www.wellnetsolutions.com/ - Flash/ActionScript 2.0, Object-oriented programming, HTML, XML, JavaScript - System upgrades and maintenance work Momentum Advanced Solutions/OnX (Jan 2008 – Oct 2008) – Flash developer - Flash developer for the Chrysler portal project www.dodge.ca, www.chrysler.ca, www.jeep.ca - Flash/ActionScript 3.0, HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript - Analyze and coordinate client needs with database and internal working constraints - Help architecting the project using OOP and ActionScript 3.0 classes using events models - Develop strategies for long term system maintenance and extensibility TV Ontario (June 2004 – Jan 2008) - Multimedia Specialist II - Web designer for an e-learning project www.eworkshop.on.ca - Dreamweaver, ColdFusion, Flash/ActionScript, XML, CSS, HTML, UML, SVN, Oracle DB - Identify, analyze, and resolve requirement and design issues - Coordinate and monitor project development with external providers - Respond and implement changes emanating from internal clients MVA Power (May 2003 – May 2004) - System Analyst - Web specialist for inventory tracking, reporting and orders web based system - VB.Net/Visual Studio IDE, VSS, XML, XSL, HTML, Flash, Java Script, PHP, SQL - Integrate, configure and customize system to client database requirements - DB design, DB Normalization, Stored Procedures (MS Access & SQL Server) Eurekium Innovations Inc. (March 2001 to May 2003) - QA Analyst - Quality assurance analyst for a wireless access platform - XML, XSL, WML, WML Script, SQL, T-SQL, SRS, C++, - Plan and execute test cases and code review (white and black box testing) - Analyze and validate system requirement and design documents - Write WML/WML-Script files for phone simulators and real devices - Write XML/XSL code for system configuration and content files Education: Master of Computer Science (GPA 3.74) - 1998-2001 Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Bachelor of Education (Math & English, GPA 3.76) - 1994-1997 McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Computer Practical Engineer (2 years full time, GPA 3.9) - 1991-1993 Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Other courses: Project Management (May 2001, 4 days) MS SQL Server 2000 (Nov 2001, 4 days) Advanced ActionScript 2.0 (Aug 2004, 3 days) Flash Video 8.0 (Nov 2005, 3 days) Languages: Fluent in English, French, Spanish and Hebrew. Interests: Reading, working-out, tennis, traveling and languages. References: Available upon request.