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Phil Graffeo: Graphic Design & Illustration PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE VGS INC. SEPTEMBER 16 – MARCH 20 Production Designer/Graphic Designer Responsible for creation of various print materials including menu boards, signage, catalogues, vinyl wraps, posters, and dimensional lettering. I also created custom digital & print menus for WPS Starbucks on a daily basis. NORTH JERSEY MEDIA GROUP APRIL 08 – SEPTEMBER 16 Graphic Designer I designed advertisements for various magazines/newspapers well as branding, collateral (flyers, posters, brochures), logos on a daily basis. Working directly with the sales team and clients, I achieved the style and quality the client was looking for while maintaining the budget and staying on schedule. MARTY'S SHOES/ AUGUST 07 - DECEMBER 07 Freelance E-Commerce Assistant/Graphic Designer Designed various in-store sale signs as well as catalogues and advertisements, photographed and edited shoes, maintained the company website and wrote descriptions for all of the shoes and products for sale. ZOMBA LABEL GROUP NYC / SUMMER 06 Art Department Intern Created advertisements, sales sheets, stickers and marketing material for record releases. Scanned and retouched images for covers, ads and publicity. Organized, updated and maintained photo archives for the entire record label. EDUCATION WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY, Wayne N.J. B.F.A. Graphic Design/Illustration, May 2007, Cum Laude SKILLS Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXpress, Dreamweaver, Flash, Acrobat, Microsoft Office, Basic HTML & CSS, Storyboarding, Illustration (freehand and digitally via Wacom Tablet)

Phil Graffeo: Graphic Design & Illustration

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VGS INC.
SEPTEMBER 16 – MARCH 20
*Production Designer/Graphic Designer*
Responsible for creation of various print materials including menu boards, signage, catalogues, vinyl wraps, posters, and dimensional lettering. I also created custom digital & print menus for WPS Starbucks on a daily basis.

NORTH JERSEY MEDIA GROUP
APRIL 08 – SEPTEMBER 16
*Graphic Designer*
I designed advertisements for various magazines/newspapers well as branding, collateral (flyers, posters, brochures), logos on a daily basis. Working directly with the sales team and clients, I achieved the style and quality the client was looking
for while maintaining the budget and staying on schedule.

MARTY'S SHOES/ AUGUST 07 - DECEMBER 07
*Freelance E-Commerce Assistant/Graphic Designer*
Designed various in-store sale signs as well as catalogues and advertisements, photographed and edited shoes, maintained the company website
and wrote descriptions for all of the shoes and products for sale.

ZOMBA LABEL GROUP NYC / SUMMER 06
*Art Department Intern*
Created advertisements, sales sheets, stickers and marketing material for record releases. Scanned and retouched images for covers, ads and publicity.
Organized, updated and maintained photo archives for the entire record label.

EDUCATION

WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY, Wayne N.J.
B.F.A. Graphic Design/Illustration, May 2007, Cum Laude

SKILLS

Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXpress, Dreamweaver, Flash, Acrobat, Microsoft Office, Basic HTML & CSS, Storyboarding, Illustration (freehand and digitally via Wacom Tablet)



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