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Temporary Contract, Freelance Graphic Designer

Creative & Design

My experience includes print and digital design and web development for publishers, retail and B2B as a Graphic Designer, Art Director, Photographer, Image Processor and Coordinator. I also have experience directing and collaborating with internal and external team members and a wide variety of clients regarding design, goals, pre-production planning. brand and style guidelines, artwork, deadlines, ad placement, specifications, file and project management. I have a great deal of print and web experience including HTML, CSS, PHP, multiple CMS including Wordpress, Woocommerce, interactive and rich media, banners, email campaigns, social media, video, commercial photography and retouching, magazines, marketing collateral, catalogs, editorial, educational, brochures, branding, logos, packaging, point of purchase, presentations. I am certified in Adobe CS6 Creative Cloud print and web applications.

C Side Studio – Freelance          
Graphic Design and Photography
Portfolios: www.charlene-erb,  www.csidestudio.com
·       Various freelance marketing design and coordination of projects and contract positions through temporary  staffing.
·       Perform various types of graphic design including logos, ads, brochures and email, ecommerce and web site design.
·       Commercial product, portrait photography and image processing.

·       Art Director and Graphic Designer for magazines, one monthly: Builder and Developer, one bi-monthly: Green Home Builder, one seasonal: American Infrastructure, and four yearly sourcebooks: Options, ABC Green Home, Residential Contractor and 50+ Builder.
·       Perform various types of graphic design including logos, ads, proposals, brochures, email, website planning, design and update, using responsive content management system Wordpress and HTML.
·       Work from images and copy provided by Editors on a shared server using InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat.      
·       Place and build ads and prepared final files to transfer direct to press meeting strict deadlines.
·       Prepare files for on-line version of magazine.
·       Project Management and work-flow structure.
·       Supervise and delegate work to design team.

Art Director and Graphic Designer

•	Design of B to B sales and marketing materials for print and web.
•	Website update, planning and design and development using Wordpress, WooCommerce and basic HTML hand coding. 
•	Designed various types of communication materials such as catalogs, proposals, sales sheets, packaging, hang tags, product fabric mock-ups, trade show banners and other marketing materials using Adobe CS5 InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Word Powerpoint and Excel on both PC and Mac.
•	Product Photography and Photoshop processing images for print, website using Nikon Camera and studio lighting equipment. 
•	Video for product usage instruction and edit using Premier Pro.
•	Participate in development team meetings.
www.selfieclubusa.com, www.seatonluggage.com, www.travelersclub.com

Graphic Designer and Photographer Print and Web

American Honda Corporate, Parts and Service, Torrance, CA		12/07/2011 – 04/20/2012
Temporary - DSS Staffing, www.dss-staffing.com 
 Coordinator, Multimedia Graphic Designer 
•	Graphic Design of dealership parts and service magazine “LDR” (Looking Down the Road) both print and interactive versions. Participate in development team meetings for three magazines.
•	Website update, edit and re-design content, images video and various files. Provide website planning, archive, support and training to many departments including via teleconference, using Documentum and Honda News System and html hand coding. Develop standard operating procedure training documents.
•	Design various types of communication materials based on planning meetings for Honda Parts and Service department and performance action teams and Acura consumer brochure and using Adobe CS5 InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Word and Excel on both PC and a Mac. . 
•	Photography and RAW and Photoshop processing images for print, website and other various internal communications using Cannon EOS equipment. Coordinate external photography assignments, FTP and server and Zenfolio file management and communications.
•	Video capture for department events and presentations, edit using Final Cut, and Premier Pro.
•	PowerPoint presentation slides instructional, performance, recognition and studio video production purposes and two monthly meetings, one local and a national participation videoconference.
•	Design daily information slides and maintaining routine updates for Parts News Network (monitors), post daily website news, monthly Parts and Service News and TV videos, presentations, email communications and change framed performance reports.
•	Assistant to senior staff and management, both local and visiting as needed.
•	Reason for leaving: Temporary position.

Coordinator, Multimedia Graphic Designer

Graphic Artist & Art Director

    Graphic Designer for Cycle News, a weekly publication. 
    Art Director of Personal Watercraft Illustrated a bi-monthly magazine responsible for pagination, design, delegation, coordination and pre-flight. Working from images and copy provided by Editors on a shared server using QuarkXpress, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat.
    Place and or build ads, prepare final files to transfer direct to press meeting strict deadlines.
    Design ads, brochures, logos and other promotional materials.
    Prepare files using Olive for on-line version of magazine.
Reason for leaving: Laid off due to department downsizing.

Graphic Artist & Art Director

Magazine and promotional advertising design for Drag Racing Event company using QuarkXpress, Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver meeting deadlines.
    Design one, two and four color ads, external ad tracking, placement and maintain vendor relationships.
    Traffic coordination of editorial to press or upload.
    Design of various promotional items such as logos, brochures, point of purchase displays, event signage, trade show booth, media kits, posters, calendars, bind in cards, web banner ads, etc.
    Contact via phone and email to track ads from clients, advertisers and agencies, coordinate, place or troubleshoot and repair single to full color ads from external sources.
    Coordinate, problem solve, color correction, retouching and conversion of file types and size.
    Pre-flight and prepare final PDF files for press.
    Server and FTP management and archive.
     Web site maintenance and optimizing using Dreamweaver CSS on HTML and PHP sites.

Advertising Art Director and Coordinator, Graphic and Web Designer

Catalog production using QuarkXpress, Photoshop, CorelDraw and Illustrator.
    Photograph products for reproduction using digital equipment.
    Hire, schedule and photograph models.
    Assist in planning with Art director and Purchasing Agents within budget.
    Color correction, retouching catalog items including highly reflective items such as sunglasses, chrome items, wakeboards and waterskis, effects, conversion of file types, size and file management.
    Package design and wakeboard graphics.
    Build pages and edit web site using GoLive and Dreamweaver.
    Reason for leaving: Company sold to Overton’s & relocated.

Graphic Designer & Photographer

Bike & Spike Nashbar, Canfield, OH                                                                                                            9/1998 - 9/2001
www.nashbar.com
Catalog Photographer & Graphic Designer

    Photograph products for reproduction using Mega Vision digital back on a 4x5 view camera.
    Hire and photograph in models using all formats conventional or digital.
    Retouching catalog items included highly reflective items such as sunglasses, chrome cycle items, helmets, LED cycle computer screens and clothing.
    Effects conversion of file types, sizes and color correction. Supervise assistants and interns.
    Assist in planning with Art director and Purchasing Agents within budget.
    Design and production of catalog and packaging using QuarkXpress and Illustrator.
    Reason for leaving: Company sold to Performance Cycle & relocated to NC.

Catalog Photographer & Graphic Designer

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Charlene Erb: Temporary Contract, Freelance Graphic Designer in Huntington Beach, CA

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