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Melanie Marrello
Art Director
Blauvelt, NY
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About
Melanie has a extensive background in cpg, art direction and web advertisement. She started her career in Rhode Island as a graphic designer for accu-graphics and is now senior packaging designer for a large manufacturing company in NYC, a total of 13 years experience! Her advanced knowledge of print and production are just added bonuses to her creative background. Working well with others is on the top of her list never-mind designing web advertisements for one of the worlds largest and well known companies Weight Watchers!
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Education
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Bachelor of Arts Graphic/Packaging DesignRhode Island College1997 - 2001
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Experience
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Web ad designerWeight WatchersJun 2009 - Present (12 years 3 months)Design advertisements for WeightWatchers.com
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Senior Packaging/Production DesignerA.D. Sutton & Sons2003 - Present (18 years)Design packaging for baby division (generic and license brands), gift boxes, hang tags, stickers, header cards, blisters and PDQ displays. Strong typography skills, knowledge of fabrication, care and warning
information. Handle all production from branding to final marketing product. Review all color strike off, test packaging for final construction and quality. Communicate with Hong Kong office to ensure all samples are correct. Create logos, advertisements, and booth graphics for trade shows. Shoot all in-house photography for packaging and website (photo retouching). Plan and supervise all out of office photo shoots (lighting,digital photography). Worked with licence to get final approvals on packaging (Disney, Gerber, Fisher Price, Precious Moments, Absorba, Sesame Street). -
Freelance Graphic DesignerSTARWORKS GroupJun 2010 - Jul 2010 (1 month)Designed booth graphic and interior design for Maybelline at Bryant park fashion week.
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Art DirectorB & D PlasticsAug 2001 - Feb 2003 (1 year 6 months)Designed flexo packaging for food. Set up art files for print, color separation, repeats and ordered printing plates.Worked closely with customers to ensure art proofs were approved and final printing output was achieved. Assisted in-house printers, mounting plates and making sure colors was correct (spot printing and cmyk printing). Designed brochures, flyers, mail outs and logos for company events. Updated company website.
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Packaging DesignerACCU-Graphics,Mar 2001 - Aug 2001 (5 months)Designed packaging for toys, (Hasbro, Fisherprice and The First Years). Worked in Photoshop silhouetting images and set up die lines
in illustrator. Delivered proofs for approval and helped file and archive artwork. Designed brochures and flyers for multiple clients.
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Awards
flash design
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after graduate class
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On Coroflot@melbdesign, member since 2006
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