Christopher De Los Santos

» Engage highly satisfied clients through the creation of effective graphic design and illustration artwork, from concept to print-ready production » Develop and enhance client communication strategies » Understand, build and maintain client identity/brand guidelines » Coordinate all aspects of sole-proprietorship responsibilities » Cost-effectively collect, organize and maintain media assets and resources » Effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously » Portfolio/Client highlights: member-facing materials for River Oaks Country Club employee-facing materials for Huntsman, client-facing materials for Wilson Jones Properties identity materials for C-Automation direct mail for DiverseWorks logos, identity systems, posters, direct mail, illustration

» Support sales team in garnering new accounts and strengthening existing accounts through the creation of engaging customer-facing graphic design material and proposal pieces for clients such as: Sysco, L'Auberge du Lac Resort, Reality Publishing, Alzheimer's Association New York City Chapter, Houston Chronicle, Oakridge Smokehouse Gifts, Baux Wine, RR Donnelley » Lead team members in creating print, web-based, interactive, multi-media communications materials for both internal and external clients from concept development to final production » Develop and enhance client communication strategies » Understand, build and maintain client identity/brand guidelines » Experiment with audio-visual, interactive and animation software for potential growth in service offerings » Cost-effectively collect, organize and maintain media assets and resources » Effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously » Portfolio/Client highlights: dental products review book for REALITY Publishing employee-facing benefits materials for Sysco quarterly newsletter for Alzheimer's NYC Chapter, PURL campaign for L'Auberge Du Lac casino resort, box packaging for Baux Wine ,historical WWII-era book for author Yvonne Ward-Hughes, internal employee-facing materials, sales collateral materials

Digital Prepress and Digital Print (advisor and technical production roles): » Advise/assist colleagues with resolving software and prepress issues » Enhance image reproduction on press through photo manipulation, retouching, masking, color-correction techniques » Ensure high-quality page reproduction on press by troubleshooting, preparing, editing, typesetting, assembling, imposing, rasterizing, trapping, digital page files » Analyze and manipulate variable data for generation of print-ready files

Digital Prepress (advisor and technical production roles) » Advised, assisted and trained colleagues with resolving software and prepress issues » Enhanced image reproduction on press through photo manipulation, retouching, masking » Ensured high-quality page reproduction on press by troubleshooting, preparing, editing, typesetting, assembling, imposing, rasterizing, trapping, digital page files » Successfully facilitated the transition from the older Scitex raster processing system to the newer Scitex Brisque raster processing system and Preps imposition software through self-training and passing that knowledge on to colleagues » Invited to train offsite at the PCC Artwork Prepress Systems facilities in Philadelphia » Led in the development of standardized prepress operating procedures and best practices

» Mastered the fundamentals of digital prepress processes including troubleshooting, preparing, editing, typesetting, assembling, imposing, rasterizing, trapping, photo manipulation, retouching, masking, under the tutelage of experienced colleagues » Improved upon prepress software knowledge and skills through daily application » Demonstrated strong problem-solving abilities while developing effective and efficient prepress skills and practices, which would provide the foundation for future success