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PETER KROHMER
p.krohmer@gmail.com
www.mediabistro.com/peterkrohmer
www.linkedin.com/in/peterkrohmer

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
+ Created the original visual concept of Ins & Outs Magazine. Directed fashion and product photo shoots and created original artwork for the magazine.
+ Directed photo shoots for i2Print Inc., edited fashion photographs, designed fashion catalogs, developed promotional materials, and created the website for Veretta Photography (not published).
+ Worked in all stages of pre-press, print production and printing quality control.
+ Contributed to the re-design of Reader’s Digest Germany. Worked on realisation of monthly issues.
+ Created the new light beer label for Stuttgarter Hofbräu and re-designed the existing Radler-beer label.
+ Contributed to the design of PR materials, and the corporate ID book for the City of Ludwigsburg in Germany.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:
+ InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, QuarkXPress, MS Office, HTML, CSS, Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
+ German, Portuguese, Russian

Self-employed Graphic Design Professional / NYC / 07/2008–Present
+ Providing graphic design services to the German-American Chamber of Commerce NYC, Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce NYC, Kaplon-Belo Real Estate, JGoodDesign, B&H Photo-Video, The Printing Press, I2Print, and Bargain Printing

INS&OUTS MAGAZINE
Art Director / Long Island City / NYC / 05/2004–07/2008
+ Sole responsibility for the art and creative direction of the magazine.
+ Selection of artists, photographers, and illustrators.
+ Art and creative direction of all photo shoots for fashion, advertising, and editorial.
+ Supervised and mentored a 4-member designer and intern team.
+ Design of print advertisements on a regular basis.
+ Supervision of the magazine website.

I2PRINT INC.
Art Director / Long Island City / NYC / 10/2003-05/2007
+ Full responsibility for design of logos, layouts of magazines, newspaper advertisements, catalogs, flyers, and other promotional materials.
+ Art and creative direction of fashion photo shoots.
+ Managed pre-press, color correction, and quality control on press.

SUCCESS ADVERTISING
Graphic Designer / Long Island City / 02-10/2003
+ Design of magazine and newspaper advertisements, flyers, catalogs, and collateral materials.
+ Direction of all studio and location photo shoots.
+ Management of pre-press, color correction, and quality control on press.

READER'S DIGEST MAGAZINE
Graphic Designer / Stuttgart / Germany / 08/2000-12/2002
+ Implementation of new design specifications issued from the U.S. headquarters.
+ High level development of editorial page layouts.
+ Online photo research as needed.

ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Graphic Designer / Germany / Brazil / 1996-07/2000

EDUCATION
+ MASTER’S DEGREE in Graphic Design (1998)
Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design / Stuttgart / Germany

+ UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE in Graphic Design (1992)
Stuttgart School of Fine Arts / Stuttgart / Germany