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Production Artist, Prepress Specialist, Designer
Stacey Houghtaling
South Orange, NJ
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About
Click on my Portfolio Button (upper right corner) for the types of projects I've done, and then click on each section for work samples of each.
I've done design projects for the Pharmaceutical, Legal, and Banking Industries, as well as for Advertising Agencies. My specialties include the clean, sophisticated, and understandable layout of information, as well as design, and prepress.
I'm fast, detail- and deadline-oriented, very responsible, and able to manage large and small projects on my own. Also, I have an intricate understanding, through my prepress experience, of how items print correctly, having produced things from very simple to very complex (3-D) print pieces. -
Education
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Classes in Graphic Design and Color TheorySCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS1999 - 2000
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B.A Theatre major, Communication Science & Disorders MinorUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT1987 - 1991Received George B. Bryan award for academic excellence
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Experience
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Freelance Graphic DesignerVARIOUS COMPANIESSouth Orange, NJJun 2011 - 2015 (4 years)Design and layout for various local companies
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Senior Prepress SpecialistEast Hanover, NJNov 2005 - May 2011 (5 years 6 months)Created, edited and checked design files to ensure they were set up correctly at Pharmaceutical Ad Agency
(products ranged from simple postcards to very complex documents, banners and 3D printed objects)
Worked closely with product teams, taking direction from Art Directors and Copywriters, and working with Proofreaders and other senior departments to make accurate, hands-on, changes to the design and copy of files
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Graphic Designer / Production ArtistFREELANCENew York, NYNov 2003 - Nov 2005 (2 years)Designed and produced materials in InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and PowerPoint
On- and off-site clients include Jack Morton, Aquent, Khronos and S.C. Entertainment -
Desktop PublisherNew York, NYMay 2000 - Oct 2003 (3 years 5 months)Designed, formatted and edited original and templated materials for print and web
Scanned and retouched photographs; created and edited vector art
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* Recipient of “Site Star” award: 3rd quarter 2001 & 2nd quarter 2002 -
Senior Graphic DesignerNew York, NYApr 1998 - Apr 2000 (2 years)Solely responsible for the design and production of ads, posters, postcards, flyers, newsletters, graphics, etc.
Created templates in PowerPoint, and tested for the business
Trained new operators, and was a member of the global template training team
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Desktop PublisherNew York, NYMar 1997 - Mar 1998 (1 year)Created and edited presentations (books, slide shows and overheads) with complex graphics
Scanned and retouched photographs and logos
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Freelance Desktop PublisherVARIOUS COMPANIESNew York, NYOct 1996 - Mar 1997 (5 months)Scudder, Stevens & Clark - worked in production center
Citibank - designed, book for technology department
Andersen Consulting - created presentation books and hand-outs
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@StaceyHoughtaling, member since 2015
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