Lana Limon: Artist in Los Angeles, CA

Illustrated "Grimm's Fairy Tales" cover for Recovering The Classics campaign. Available in paperback, e-book, or as a poster. http://thecreativeactionnetwork.com/8381&ref=shop Designed Downtown Los Angeles poster for See America campaign. Available as a print, mug, tote bag, and pillow. http://shop.thecreativeactionnetwork.com/collections/lana-limon http://shop.thecreativeactionnetwork.com/pages/artists

Manhattan-based graphic designer developing creative designs for creative people. Also available for corporate and individual [private or group] graphic design training. Highlights: Last year she was honored to have her work displayed at the Department of the Interior Museum in Washington D.C. with the Creative Action Network’s “See America” campaign. // Clients // ABE Designs • American Academy of Hospitality Sciences (AAHS) • Arsenal New York • Art Asia • Bronx House • Elements Showcase • Eleven Consignment Boutique • Emerging Risk Partners • “Geezer” (upcoming music drama by Lee Kirk) • GVK Internships • Interactive Brokers • Lemon Peel Café • Pryde House Productions • SpeakerText (now Humanoid) • Sylvie B. Ceramics • UNTITLED. art. // Published Photography // AM New York • CrackBerry • The Creative Action Network • Department of the Interior Museum • Flux Branding • Hipustry • Hindustan Times • Jton Magazine • Laz "Life. Love. Epic" Album • MAD Magazine • Makerskit • MPDVisio

Art Direction Design Feature Articles Design House Advertisements Magazine Production and Pre-Press Book Production Colorizing iPad Conversion and Design Social Media Archiving (Physical & Digital) Art Handling Subscription Premiums Office Management and Organization Staff Photographer MAD Highlights: • Visited Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical Education High School (Bronx) as a guest speaker. Prepared an hour-long presentation for 9th grade graphic design students covering the arc of production, from script to print. • Redesigned Tim Carvell’s recurring feature “Planet Tad”. • Photographed images for various MAD parody articles: "A Minor League Baseball Flyer That Tells It Like It Is" MAD #528, and the iPad Parody Ad MAD #529. • Organized MAD Storage Room.

Management Manage communication among ~110 galleries, UNTITLED staff, and head designer to organize elements for implementation within the catalogue and overall fair. Supply third parties with various UNTITLED design files for advertisements and web/print implementation. Manage overall design department production schedule and advertisement deadlines. Design Design various email blasts for dissemination, working with UNTITLED and Blue Media staffs. Redesign client-supplied PowerPoint presentation to reflect newly redesigned feel of the UNTITLED. art fair. Create editable Adobe exhibitor manual/information submission form for dissemination to ~110 galleries. Organize and design website pages for web developer implementation. Design various elements for exhibition, such as labeling stickers, entry badges, floor plan from CAD file, business cards, press kits, and advertisements for third party periodicals. Production Work directly with the head designer on production and pre-press o

Photographed native New Yorkers in street wear for Colorado style website

Operated as department of one. Managed insurance brokerage teams in project process and served as organizational administrator. Developed standard operating procedures (SOPs) to streamline mandated corporate guidelines and emphasize teamwork to generate a cohesive branding image. Designed and maintained any and all brand identity marketing materials for AJGRMS NY such as RFPs, client-tailored reports, brochures, market fact sheets, newsletters, invitations, PowerPoint presentations, auto emergency cards, infographics, etc. for colleagues and clients company-wide. Additional Responsibilities: Served as Social Media and Marketing Manager by maintaining AJGRMS NY groups on SalesForce Chatter and creating e-mail newsletter blasts to clients and prospects via Constant Contact and SilverPop. Photographed ~100 professional headshots for all NYC and some corporate employees. Pitched idea to retake photos and after approval researched equipment to purchase within budget, created sign-up time

Created presentations including but not limited to mock-ups, flip books, boards, and PowerPoint for clients such as Ford, AT&T, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harrah's, National Parks Foundation, Merrill Lynch Advisor, Unilever, and NYSE. Assisted in designing graphic elements for print and web. Assisted in mocking-up Home Depot website pitch page. Instructed high school interns from the International High School in NYC.

Designed layout and managed production of Winter 98-page AAHS magazine "Star Diamond World"

Contacted VIP clients and organized September Gadgetoff conference in New York City

Managed finances and daily administrative duties

Managed and advertised exhibitions, organized opening events, handled financial accounts for the gallery

Assisted in setting up studio photoshoots for various Hearst in-house photographers

Instructed a class of 20 students in an introductory photography summer course

Photographed live seminars

Photo editing, photo research, managing vendor relations

Traveled around NYC boroughs to photograph apartments for client rebranding marketing materials

Designed layout for Columbia Continuing Education magazine. Photographed portraits and designed typographic headlines.

Managed nightly layout of college daily newspaper, and managed a staff of full-time students in the production sector of the newspaper. Responsible for aesthetics, visual continuity, incorporation of color print, and overall production. Developed graphics for News, Sports, and Arts & Entertainment sections. Assisted in overall leadership of the paper as a member of the managing board. Co-produced and exclusively designed a weekly 4-page Spanish supplement, "La Página". Programs used: Creative Suite, K4 publishing system, FTP Skills learned: graphic design, newspaper production, management, photo editing

Photographed scene stills during filming of "Skip Rocks," winner of the 2009 Reach Film Fellowship. Designed movie poster for "Skip Rocks."

Web HTML, photo archiving, write and edit web content Programs used: Aperture, Microsoft Office, Photoshop

Traveled to Nigeria to photograph reunion of Nigerian musical group Plantashun for 8-page feature. Also photographed 15-page fashion spread featuring fashion designed by local Nigerians.

Graphic design for logos, book covers, and fine art Programs used: Creative Suite [Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop]