Manny Pinedo: in El Monte, CA

Lead designer responsible for the conceptualization and execution of advertising and marketing material to help achieve the goals and objectives of the sales, marketing, and product development teams. • Marketing materials included seasonal catalogs, posters, ads, e-flyers, banners, logo design, retail packaging, POP displays, and exhibit design. • Managed and coordinated print production of over 600 pages of annual seasonal catalogs with printer and outside vendors. • Design and content maintenance of B2B e-commerce website • Management of company branding and identity • Photo retouching, color correction, and compositing/manipulation • The performance of pre-press, quality control, proof-reading, and press inspections on printed materials. • Worked closely with Licensing Manager to ensure all advertising and marketing materials was in accordance with the licensors style guides and branding.

Responsible for creating design solutions that meet the client objectives and/or needs. Projects included logos, flyers, apparel design, vinyl banners, business cards, video production, presentation folders, magazine ads, and other print collateral. Freelance Clients • Rise Bar • Vitargo • Horizon Solar Power • Crossfit North Pasadena • Nutrition 4 Less • Alpha Training Protocols • Gardner Insurance • Mt. San Antonio College Wrestling • Ed Cañas Photography

Responsible for the creative production of print material for advertising, promotions and marketing. • Print materials included flyers, ads, brochures, posters and catalogs. • Created photo mock-ups using customer supplied artwork for imprinting on promotional products. • Development of sales sheets for new and specialty items • Prepared digital print files for pre-press production • Photo retouching & manipulation • Responsible for archiving and maintaining digital projects.