Jesus Maldonado: Freelance Artist in Sun Valley, CA

• Designing and developing art pieces specifically for consumer product printing through online Print on Demand retailers. • Produced realistic photo manipulation and photo composites. • Created company logos, letterhead, business cards, and manuals. • Manipulated images for print and web use, promoting company offerings. • Met with clients to determine design vision, scope of work, including budgets and deliverable timeframes.

• Managed, trained, and inspired the in-house marketing and creative services team. • Led the creative direction and conception of all promotional materials. • Oversaw all photography selection, catalog and sample creation, and assembly instruction from concept, through prepress, to print. • Produced simple-to-complex marketing pages, banners, e-newsletters, and large format sales tools for tradeshows, including for use at nationwide retailers. • Designated and managed technical and print vendors, reviewing all costing and budgets. • Generated and preserved all digital assets. • Involved in product development, reviewing pricing, design, construction, and features. • Collaborated directly with international manufacturers regarding product and design. • Managed the processing of all product data sets and cost centers. • Handled procurement of all company supplies, office equipment, and marketing assets; directly involved in receipt, processing disbursement, and inventory control.