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Lauren Kleiman | Graphic Design/Photo Retouching
765-427-6271
laurenrosekleiman@gmail.com

View work samples at www.laurenkleiman.com

EXPERIENCE
Senior Graphic Designer, Body-Solid, Inc., November 2008 – Present, Forest Park, Illinois
- Assist Art Director with daily tasks such as contacting printers and magazine representatives, organizing schedules, assigning projects and general production/design
- Layout and design catalogs, pamphlets, POP, brochures, direct mail, etc. from raw start to printed finish
- Design nationally published magazine ads (full, quarter and half page, 4-color)
- Redesign existing logos to redefine brand identity
- Package design for new products to be sold in retail stores
- Direct photo shoots and style models
- Retouch/color correct in-house and outsourced photography
- Write and edit copy and product descriptions

Freelance Photo Retouching and Graphic Design, On-going

- Retouch/color correct portfolio photos for models and photographers all over the US
- Retouch food photography in color and black and white for a published cookbook and online recipes
- Create web banners, headers, graphics
- Design logos, signs, calendars, brochures, business cards and other printed items

Graphic Designer, Tire Rack, October 2005 – November 2008, South Bend, Indiana
- Create new and update existing nationally published magazine ads
- Layout and design quarterly 70+ page retail magazine, mailed to over 700,000 customers
- Assist Art Director with production and design, as well as training new employees
- Collaborate with web designers to ensure unified branding across the media
- Layout and design catalogs, pamphlets, POP, brochures, direct mail, etc. from raw start to printed finish
- Edit, preflight and proofread before projects go to print
- Assist with independent design projects for the company such as hand made invitations, event programs/brochures, non-profit ads, promotional items, downloadable PDFs

Layout/Production Intern, School Datebooks, Inc., May 2005 – August 2005, Lafayette, Indiana
- General production design, layout and pre-press
- Create and manage character/paragraph styles for assignment planners and calendars
- Copy edit and proof multi-page documents

CLIENTS
Bridgestone/Firestone
Goodyear
Continental USA
Yokohama
Mazda Tire Center
Mitsubishi Tire Center
Bone Bouquet Online Journal
Jeff Molander Enterprises
Culinary Media Network
Emergency Fund of Chicago

SKILL
Daily use of Adobe Creative Suite 3-4 on a Mac:
InDesign
Photoshop
Illustrator
Acrobat
Also experience with Quark, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel

EDUCATION
Purdue University August 2001– May 2005
Bachelor of Arts, Visual Communications Design

INVOLVEMENT
April 16, 2008-Kelby Training InDesign CS3 Tour (Indianapolis, IN)
May 16, 2007- CS3: The Creative License Conference (Chicago, IL)
May 18, 2006- The Creative Suite Conference (Chicago, IL)
2004-2005- AIGA student member (West Lafayette, IN)