Alvin Barro

CURRICULUM VITAE Alvin Topacio Barro 53-A Santiago Circle, Saint Anthony Subdivision, Bgy. San Isidro, Taytay Rizal, 1920 - • - SENIOR GRAPHIC ARTIST EDUCATION: Far Eastern University - 1983 – 1987 BS FINE ARTS / Advertising Christian Academy of Manila - 1981 – 1983 Philippine Christian University - Malate Catholic School - 1977 -1980 Ateneo de Manila - 1970 -1977 WORK EXPERIENCE: Cardinal Health International Philippines - January 25, 2021 to Present Lead Design - Graphic Designer III - Team Lead / Creative Services Leads a pool of Graphic Designers, Level II, for Creative Services on rebranding packaging components, assuring the quality adhering to strict company brand guidelines for brand consistency. Responsible for the execution, production and on-time delivery of rebranded product labels and packaging assets. Reports directly to the Operations Manager of CardinalHealth International Philippines Rebranding. Sandoz Philippines Corporation (A Novartis Company) - Nov. 22, 2012 up to Nov 1, 2015 Ranked as a top Global Leader in Generics and Biosimilars Pharmaceutical Company, Sandoz Phils. Corp. is located at 7/F ARCC Bldg. Salcedo cor. Gamboa St. Legaspi Vill., Makati City 1229, Philippines. Presently holding the position as Graphic Artist, in the Department of Regulatory Affairs and Medical Division, primarily responsible for developing packaging material artworks and directly communicating with global sources for timely delivery and implementation of packaging materials. Also responsible for conceptualizing and implementing sales and marketing promotional materials and detailers, AD campaigns, posters, banners, flyers, and the likes. With more than a decade of working in the pharmaceutical industry, I have contributed a lot of expertise and knowledege to this company, and continue to grow and learn with the company as well. Implementing a smooth and coordinated artwork process flow for best practice. Nifty Design Studio Services - June 1996 to November 2012 A single proprietorship Graphic Design business, with humble beginnings and has served clients in the Pharmaceutical and Consumer industry in the Philippines both local and multi-national. With clients e.g. Wrigley Philippines, Merck Inc., GlaxoSmithkline Phils., Merck Sharpe & Dohme, Biofemme Inc. (A division of Unilab), Fresenius Kabi, JFDraf Pharmaceuticals Corp. and Schering Phils. Nifty Design offered a comprehensive menu of services to its growing clientele, from conceptualization to final artwork and rendition including final press work. Designing brochures, sales literatures, Packaging Materials Development, Magazine layout & design, posters, banners, mobiles, souvenir programs, invitations, and the likes. Doing as well as, Video Editing, Corporate AVPs, Powerpoint presentations, booth displays, stage backdrops and basically anything that needs creativity and graphic design. Knowledgeable also but not too adept in the field of Web Design and implementation. Photography as well. TeleTech Holdings Inc. - Jan 25, 2012 - November 12, 2012 AT&T Technical Support Specialist Responsible and dealing with technical problems for AT&T 13 State U.S. customers. Internet connection problems customers face using state of the art technical tools of AT&T’s Integrated Work Flow Tool. Troubleshooting all technical issues including but not limited to modem and PC problems. Software and optimization. Trained for three weeks for networking and specialized tools under TeleTech University. Health 2000 Philippines / Biomaxx Pharmaceutical Corp. - July 20, 2010 to Aug. 15, 2011 Senior Graphic Artist / I.T. Specialist Directly reporting to the Managing Director, responsible primarily for all designs of pharmaceutical and medical equipments. Packaging material designs and Marketing promotional items. Was able to implement the company’s packaging identity for Biomaxx Phils. Corp. the pharmaceutical arm of Health 2000 Phils. Also in charge of creating and maintaining the company’s website and at the same time in charge of maintaining all desktop and laptop computers maintenance and network needs of the whole company. Able to set-up (assemble) and maintain desktop computers, branded and generic alike. A know-how on networking and web designs as well was a big contribution to the company’s needs. Adept at working on a Macintosh and Windows based programs (software and hardware). SmithKline Beecham - June 1996 to November 2001 Associate Artist Responsibilities: Started out as a casual employee for six(6) months, moved up to senior artist and eventually as a consultant. With main responsibilities for handling the vaccine products and other major antibiotic and diarrhea products. Making sure every design of each product is onto required specifications and regulatory and medical specification as well to maintain pharmaceutical ethics. Worked on a Macintosh platform using Adobe Photoshop 2.0 as early, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Pagemaker, and Macromedia Director. Reporting directly to the Marketing Manager, of the Marketing Department was able to build a healthy and productive working relationship with coemployees through the years. Working for this prestigious company has achieved a great learning in the Pharmaceutical and Consumer Industry, which I applied to my present business. CIBA-GEIGY (NOVARTIS) - June 1991 to December 1991 Associate Artist - Animal Health Division Responsibilities: Primarily responsible for designing presentation acetates for Sales Reps, and conceptualization to final rendition of brochures and packaging materials. Designing from sketch to final rendition using airbrush technique, computers at this time were still in their early phase. Using computers only for typographical purposes only, a skill in freehand sketching and rendition of different mediums was a great advantage. Started also as a casual employee, worked my way through the division and also was able to create a healthy and productive working relationship with other employees. DIRECTORIES PHILIPPINES CORP. (DPC YELLOW PAGES) - April 1989 to January 1991 Artist - Coordinator Responsibilities: Directly reporting to the Division Marketing Manager, was responsible for handling a pool of layout artists consisting of newly graduates and experienced artists as well. Layout and design of yellow pages advertisements from concept to final layout form, using cut and paste technique before final press output. Was able to develop creativity and different layout techniques for a comprehensive pool of clients of DPC Yellow Pages. COMPETENCIES AND ABILITIES: Adept in Macintosh and Windows based platform using the latest graphics and video editing programs. Adobe CC Suite and Micsosoft Software Applications as well. Capable of troubleshooting Windows and Apple based computer problems from hardware to software. Has some experience in Web page developing using Adobe Fireworks and Dreamweaver. Knowledgeable also in Adobe Flash, Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro with a number of AVPs done. Also able to develop and finalize artworks for print and electronic media with little or no supervision. Able to work subtely but also a great team player. LANGUAGE SKILLS: Execllent proficiency in spoken and written English and Tagalog. WEBPAGE: niftyd.wix.com/alvin REFERENCES: Ben Paul Jourdan Cabigas - Operations Manager, Cardinal Health International Philippines - - Christine Del Rosario Rosal - Former Country Manager / Novo Nordisk / - Josie Gonzales - Executive Secretary - GlaxoSmkthkline Phils. / -