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Annette Chavez
Graphic Designer at Gospel Light
Design | Greater Los Angeles Area, US

Summary

Innovative and efficient graphic designer with proven ability to provide creative solutions and achieve stated goals with limited supervision and within the confines of defined budgets. Consistently provide finished product(s) on stated time-lines (oftentimes ahead of schedule) while producing error free deliverables and product(s).
Specialties: Illustration, Graphic Design, Logo & Identity, Package Design, Page Layout Design, Production, Publications, Website Design & Code // Skills: Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXPress, Photoshop, Traditional Mediums

Experience

  • Aug 2011 - Present
    Production Artist / ViSalus Sciences
  • Mar 2007 - Aug 2011
    Graphic Designer / Gospel Light
    • Creative concepting for new curriculum line, including logo, graphics, fonts, cover layout, color palettes, copy, photo shoots, and packaging. Illustrated all cover art for packaging
    • Designed kitbox packaging for curriculum books; Presented multiple concepts to VP Chief Creative Officer, executed design including color scheme development, image editing, layout of images and copy using appropriate die lines for print of box; Provided pre-press files for printer
    • Produced cover design for over 30 curriculum books, CD/DVD imprints, and packaging
    • Proven ability to pull freelance projects in-house while working on various projects with an annual savings to the company of $15k
    • Consistently provided finished product ahead of scheduled due dates
    • Finished production of six books two weeks early, enabling time to complete five products scheduled to be freelanced out
    • Prepared all printed materials to publishing standards using required pre-press needs such as die lines, color separation, appropriate layers and templates
  • 2004 - 2006
    Teacher / Department of Education, NYC, TFA
    • Earned one of 2,200 positions (out of 13,400 applicants) as a national corp member
    • 2-year commitment to teach in a Bronx low-income area to combat educational
    inequity
    • Developed and planned daily, weekly, and yearly curriculums to ensure all goals, lessons, and priorities were met for sixth grade
    • Completed three year Master’s program in two years while teaching
    full time. Earned a 3.8 GPA.

Education

  • 2004 - 2006
    Bank Street College of Education
    Master of Science in Education in Education 1-6
    Activities: Teach For America
  • 1999 - 2003
    University of Arizona
    Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communications - Illustration, Spanish minor
    Activities: Golden Key, Chi Alpha Epsilon, Honors College

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