JEFFREY VOGEL
1153 Katy Ct.
Upland, CA 91784

c:  (562) 972-4996
e:  jeff@offworldvision.com
w:  www.offworldvision.com

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Production Skills
Creating ideas for new projects and new product lines • Working directly with Print House to ensure proper printing of deliverables • Strong Project Initiation • Identifying resources and gathering information during the initial creative process • Solving problems that arise during the production process • Imagining alternatives

Supervisory / Planning Skills	
Defining needs and extracting important information to ensure customer satisfaction • Analyzing alternatives • Implementing decisions concerning the final outcome of a project • Handling project details and issues • Setting goals and milestones for projects • Initiating new creative ideas • Coordinating tasks

Communication / Teamwork Skills	
Coordination of shared objectives  • Cooperation, mutual respect and trust  • Collaboration with co-workers  • Decision making with others  • Working through the “brainstorming” phase to come up with alternatives • Meeting milestones and goals • Managing time throughout the course of a project to mitigate any delays • Attention to detail from file structuring to final product

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Recent Work Projects

Produce print collateral pieces for the Cabinet Hardware and Industrial/Electromechanical divisions. Weekly opt-in e-mail blasts for CH/IE/ARCH distributions. 
Creation and illustration of instruction sheets for point of purchase displays. 
Creation and print production of ceiling banners, booth displays and stand-up displays for Las Vegas trade show. 
Building Flash banners for a company web site.  
Cover art and layout design using Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign for appliance and commercial catalogs, production of 412-page annual buyers guide, post cards, new product fliers and other print collateral projects.

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Software Proficiency

Adobe Creative Suite · Maya · SketchUP · Adobe After Effects ·  QuarkXpress · Final Cut Pro · Zaxwerks ProAnimator

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Experience

Graphic Artist/Web Design/Print Producer
Accuride International - June 2006 to Present
12311 Shoemaker Ave.
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
(562) 903-0200
Creation of print ads, magazine ads, catalogs, instruction sheets, display tags and additions to the company web page. Production photography of various company product lines for catalogs, print ads and web applications. Creation and distribution of weekly and monthly bulk emails. Print production for all company printed materials.

Graphic Artist/Designer
Balboa Manufacturing - July 2003 to Dec. 2005
12220 Parkway Centre Drive
Poway, CA 92064
(800) 367-5900 or (858) 715-2500
Creation of print ads, catalogs, instruction sheets, display tags and additions to the company web page. Creation of packaging and displays for speciality merchandise. Collaboration with design team to produce catalogs, merchandise, advertising and packaging for the company's various product lines. Designs for speciality clothing line and merchandise items. Production photography of various company product lines. Creation and distribution of bulk emailers for our 3 divisions.

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Education
Platt College San Diego · August 2002 to May 2005 · Bachelor of Arts · Multimedia Arts
6250 El Cajon Boulevard San Diego, CA 92115-3919 • (866) 752-8826 

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for more, visit my web site
www.offworldvision.com