Andrew Gueit

Andrew Gueit About Me A highly accomplished digital artist & retoucher with over 15 years’ post-production experience in fast-paced, customer focussed environments. With a strong combination of conceptual & technical skills in addition to excellent stakeholder management & communication, I am able to bring disparate stakeholders together under one shared vision to successfully deliver high-profile projects within extremely tight deadlines. A passion for design, adaptable approach & motivational leadership style allow me to produce high-impact creative solutions with engaged & energised teams. I pride myself on building & maintaining relationships based on transparency, trust & integrity; advocating a positive & inclusive culture that supports innovation & strives for continuous improvement. Education January 1997 Barton Institute of TAFE Diploma of Computer Aided Art & Design Skills • Advanced image editing & retouching skills; • Branding guidelines, quality assurance & consistency; • Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite’s Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign & Acrobat; • Image format reproduction for multiple platforms, i.e., print, website, social media, POS, motion graphics & email marketing; • Finished Artwork & print production; • High level traffic management & workflow; • Adhere to an exact & established graphic production process, i.e., maintaining consistency in, colour profiles, filename conventions, structuring of archived assets within specific image formats. References References available on request +61 --www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-gueit-4baa8759 Australia Self-Employed - Freelance - Contract Career History January 2020 - Current Pixel Puma Self-Employed - Freelance - Contract • Digital retouching for small & large scale productions; • Ensuring on-brand design solutions meet the needs of the business & its intended audience; • Scheduling day-to-day tasks & prioritising image editing deadlines for various clients; • Post-production management for still imagery, video & motion design. May 2016 - January 2020 Bernard Gueit Studios Director & Head Of Operations FYI: Crave Agency Re-br& to Bernard Gueit Studios. January 2010 - May 2016 Crave Agency Pty Ltd Director & Production Manager • Digital retouching for small & large scale productions; • Management of projects throughout the post production process; • Ensuring resources are organised & working from correct assets across multiple designs & platforms to ensure creative is kept cohesive; • Scheduling day-to-day tasks & prioritising content editing deadlines for various clients; • Streamlining processes & identifying areas for improvement e.g. photoshoot preparation, retouching requirements, etc; • Ensuring on-brand design solutions to meet the needs of the business & its intended audience; • Devise & craft production props & sets for photshoots; • Source, book & manage Freelance Creative, prioritising workloads & assigning accountabilities through to final delivery; • Department admin - quoting, invoicing, payroll duties, annual leave requests, engaging contractors - setup of contracts. 1/2 Andrew Gueit +61 --www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-gueit-4baa8759 Australia Self-Employed - Freelance - Contract Career History (Continued...) May 2004 - January 2010 Hybrid Imaging Director • Digital retouching for small & large scale productions; • Scheduling day-to-day tasks & prioritising content editing deadlines for various clients; • Liaise with clientele, designers, supervisors, producers & production teams; • Manage client image archive data base; • Source, book & manage Freelance Creative, prioritising workloads & assigning accountabilities through to final delivery; • Department admin - quoting, invoicing, payroll duties, annual leave requests, engaging contractors - setup of contracts. March 1997 - May 2004 ACP Magazines Pte Ltd Imaging Supervisor/Trader & Editorial Scanner Operator Imaging Supervisor: • Managing day-to-day tasks, prioritising workloads, assigning accountabilities for various magazine titles; • Liaise with in/out bound magazine supervisors, editors, producers & production teams; • Manage image archive database; • Imaging department I.T, support & server trouble shooting where necessary. Trader Magazine & Editorial Scanner Operator: • In-house image processing & pre-press workflow management; • Scanner operator & retoucher across multiple magazine titles; • Troubleshoot missing & corrupt data where necessary; • Imagesetter operation - Monitor digital file transfer to film/plates & chemical maintenance of imagesetters; • Photographic darkroom operation - Film & photo development & processing. 2/2