Kimberly Cordaro

· Create numerous types of print goods, primarily typographic art prints and event stationery suites.
· Maintain 100+ items currently in stock, while also welcoming custom orders based on client need.
· Interact with clients worldwide to provide outstanding customer service, from concept to completion of purchased products and custom orders.
· Develop and execute marketing strategies to promote growth of business, including the utilization of multiple social networking platforms.
· Over 500% increase in sales from first year of business to present.

· Craft and implement creative assets for a strong client base, including the Humane Society, Paramount Pictures, Ohio University, the City of Willowick, and numerous local businesses and organizations.
· Manage all resources as art director from concept to client utilization.
· Maintain a versatile but focused skill-set to cater to the client’s needs, with an emphasis on brand and identity systems, comprehensive marketing materials, digital graphics, print and typographic design.
· Balance creative and organizational qualities in order to provide efficient communication throughout the entire creative process.

· Permanent, on-site contractor for GE Lighting at Nela Park.
· Produced packaging graphics, from concept to prepress; modified existing graphics to reflect most current graphic standards.
· Printed, assembled, and shipped packaging mockups, comprehensives, and marketing materials for use in advertisements, focus groups, and print vendor collection.
· Acted as lead designer on many high-profile marketing and advertising ventures, including GE Lighting and Universal Studios’ The Lorax partnership campaign.
· Shot and managed photographs of mockups and existing packaging samples for use in advertisements and focus groups; retouched existing photos for application on packaging and in marketing materials.
· Interacted daily with marketing, sourcing, legal, and safety departmental managers and with numerous outside print vendors to provide all necessary packaging graphics modifications.
· Served as backup for Quality Control position; uploaded print-ready artwork to vendors’ FTP sites, reviewed Ramproof documents for prepress, approved Kodak color proofs, uploaded digital files and shipped proofs to print vendors.

· Developed designs and drawings for government patents of medical devices and technology that offer state-of-the-art, cost-efficient solutions to a broad range of customers worldwide.
· Created layouts for executive presentations given within both the military and aerospace markets.
· Participated in physiological experimentation at Cleveland State University; developed layout structure and design for presentations based on research findings.