Juan Benet

Senior Graphic Designer / Package Director

Highly motivated and passionate with a strong background in typography, packaging and brand identity. My passion for design, branding and popular culture has led me to create successful designs throughout my professional career and develop strong client relationships.

Resume

EXPERIENCE (Most Recent)
Lead Package Designer, Haier America, New York, NY
July 2009 - Current
Responsible for all aspects of design from concept to completion.
Research and development of brand identity systems for product lines. Brand development and packaging for Haier America. Hired to develop and define the Haier Brand through Package Design with the goal of incresing Sales and Brand awareness.

Freelance Graphic Designer, All Bets Are Off, New York, NY�2009
Logo and Package design for �CROWD CONTROL� A collection of 45,000
Pre-keyed alpha channel green screen motion captures to be sold via
the internet.

Creative Director, Graphbyte Solutions,Carmel, NY�2007-Current
Brand development specifically, creation of logos, identity systems, web
sites, advertising and all print collateral including, brochures, mailouts,
stationary etc. Development of client relationships.

Senior Graphic Designer, Coby Electronics Corp., Maspeth, NY�2002-2008
Responsible for all aspects of design from concept to completion.
Research and development of brand identity systems for product lines.
Structure development for blister packaging, including custom dielines.
Creation of professional quality packaging mockups for client presentations. Graphic system integration to new and existing product lines. Art directing junior designers, supervising pre/post production process of new structural packaging. Advertisement design, web banners and custom icon/logo design for new and existing products.

Freelance Graphic Designer, 9th Degree, New York, NY�2008
Design research and development for logo identity system for
NICKELODEON re-brand pitch. Design of print advertisements based on the On Air graphics system created for MSG Plus specifically the hockey
package for New Jersey Devils and New York Islanders.

EDUCATION
� BFA in Graphic Design
� June 2000
� Pratt Institute
� Brooklyn, New York

CAPABILITIES
Extensive experience in the creation of blister packaging, dieline creation, professional quality packaging mockups and graphic systems. Strong typographic and logo creation skills. Extensive experience with photo retouching and manipulation and experience with product photography. Experience with overseas manufacturing vendors. Experience managing multiple projects under tight deadlines. Web design experience working closely with programmers. Experience with multilingual packaging and translations. Fluent in Spanish and Italian.

SOFTWARE SKILLS
Proficient in both MAC / PC

Adobe Illustrator / Adobe Photoshop / Adobe Indesign / Quark Xpress
Fetch / Microsoft Word / Box Shot 3d

References available upon request.

Location

New York, NY

Specialties

  • Packaging
  • Print
  • Illustration

Experience

10+ years

Education

Pratt Institute