Nina Burkholder

I am a Creative Retoucher with over 27 years of production experience in Chicago, and have worked in high level imagery for large and small advertising agencies on major brands since 1998. Prior to that, I worked as a comp artist and keyliner, both traditional paste-up work and digital assembly, for Leo Burnett via 2 independent studios, and got my start at a smaller business-to-business agency. I have extensive agency work, and can easily work with Creatives and Print Service clients at my elbow, with thorough experience working on anything from motorcycles to cheesecake. I have also worked as an image editor with a photographer, using Lightroom as well as Photoshop.

Currently, I am employed by Venus Fashion, Inc. as a Color Specialist, color correcting and retouching images for use in catalog and web.

Some relevant hilights:

• 27 years of experience in print production; mainline advertising, direct mail, catalog and retail POS pieces; images for print, and online image production work

• 14 years of image retouching, including raw imagery

• 13 years of pre-press and page layout work

• Associates Degree (Technology/Graphic Art) from the American Academy of Art in Chicago

• Team player, with strong organizational skills and a high attention to detail

• Have been responsible for a.m. review and mark-up of digital proofs for quality control

• Supervisory experience managing workflow and mark-up proofs for second shift retouching

• Ability to take direction and work with creatives and clients

• Extensive knowledge of Photoshop through CS5, and familiar with Illustrator and InDesign CS5

• Adobe Certified Expert, Photoshop 5 and 6

• Proofing, color correction and matching, and file delivery experience

• Knowledge of online image optimization needs

Specialties: retouching, color correction, image manipulation and finishing of imagery for print and web advertising