Juan Rizo

JR OBJECTIVE To obtain a position as a graphic designer in the eld and to broaden and further my professional career. SKILLS Adobe Creative Suite • • INDESIGN-created editorial page layouts and magazine spreads for various school projects. ILLUSTRATOR-Created a wide variety of • PHOTOSHOP-Experienced in image optimization (preparing images for web content) and image manipulation. Other skills: - Dreamweaver, Quarkxpress, Flash, Acrobat - Skilled in color management - Skilled in a wide range of print equipment - Excellent customer service skills, and work well under pressure. - Multitask and work well with others; take - Logo design, Typography, Advertisements - Brochures, Posters, and Promotional Design - Experienced in drawing/painting - Bilingual: English / Spanish EDUCATION BACHELOR’S OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION DECEMBER 2010 AMERICAN INTERCONTINENTAL UNIVERSITY JUAN RIZO GRAPHIC DESIGNER - /- EXPERIENCE FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER • 2012 TO PRESENT Garden Highway Safety Foods Using Indesign, Illustrator, and photoshop, created several components to be utilized in a safety campaign; several logos, various vector graphics, and several powerpoint slides. The Universal Church business card and main Church card. Created a variety of logos for promotional purposes, as well as posters. La Sultana Catering Created main logo to promote a catering business; utilized logo to create Flyers and Advertisements. Typesetted/formatted all of the company elements. Graphical Arts Gallery and Academy Conceptualized/created several logo concepts to be used in both print and digital formats. Created several Website homepage layouts. John’s Bar-b-Que Grill Promoted business by creating logo and business card. JR. GRAPHIC DESIGNER / PRODUCTION ARTIST • LA SUBASTA NEWSPAPER • 12/12/16 TO 12/29/17 Graphic Design work: Create ads, update ads, modify templates (using Indesign, Illustrator, and photoshop); spearheaded the reformatting of both newspaper editions (Houston and Dallas) using Indesign to ensure RIP Software compatability. Handled client inquires over the phone regarding ad layout and design. Bilingual–Translator; processed vendor requests regarding ink and paper orders for print. Production Artist: Print out plates for newspaper, prepare to run on press. Ensure plate quality is up to industry standards. Manage Pre-Flight/CMYK color separation using Indesign / ECRM Rip Software to ensure Newspaper layout is accurate. Proof Newspaper PDF’s prior to printing. Troubleshot various Indesign Templates for both editions of the Newspaper. REPRODUCTION TECHNICIAN • HESS CORPORATION/IST MANAGEMENT • 6/9/14 TO 10/29/14 Print out client requests (books, maps, business cards, all kinds of print work), update templates as needed; answer client e-mails and phone inquiries. Update/modify graphics on existing projects. Light HTML duties: Update several web pages for various departments. Laminate/mount certain projects when needed. Maintain Printing equipment (large printers, plotters, paper). CREATIVE DEPARTMENT INTERN •TELEMUNDO •11/30/11 TO 5/30/12 Create graphics for both print and digital media, attend fundraising/ Corporate branding events (promotions)