nadia korn

Ft Wayne, IN - USA



About Me: Nadia A. Kowal-Korn E-mail: nadjka@comcast.net Objective To secure a freelance work form clients in across the United States, while gaining knowledge and exuding my talents and abilities. Professional Profile Highly skilled, organized individual with an eye for detail. Exorbitant amount of creativity. Seeking a challenging position in a growing and ever changing environment. Self-motivated, quick learner, who is a team player willing to go the extra mile. Having effective and well-polished communication skills along with interpersonal skills focusing on customer satisfaction. Punctual an organized individual who strives for accuracy. Proficient in: Quark, Illustrator, PageMaker, and In-Design MS Office, Excel and Front Page PhotoShop, Acrobat Work History Inner Workings, Inc.., Chicago, Il 2007-present Print Production Manager in the Vera Bradley Marketing Department in Fort Wayne, IN Purchase as well as quote out all media pieces for the corporate headquarters, with light design duties ? Obtain media quotes for client projects ? Create Formal Quotes, Purchase Orders and Invoice for all media obtain for client ? Work closely with local and regional vendors to purchase media (circulars, booklets, calendars, annual reports, sell sheets) ? Maintain a highly profitable client account with two other individuals based out of other cities ? Document, store, pull and receive all proofs and samples from vendors to client ? Keeping a running production of 12-16 jobs at one given time entailing art procurement, vendor press checking, and logistic follow through Do it Best, Corp.., Fort Wayne, Indiana 2004-2007 Traffic Coordinator of Graphic Design Department Purchase as well as quote out all media pieces for the corporate headquarters, with light design duties ? Obtain media quotes for 22 artists as well as client/customers with the corporation ? Design spreadsheets to review quotes and select appropriate vendors ? Work closely with local and regional vendors to purchase media (circulars, booklets, calendars, annual reports, sell sheets) ? Establish purchase requests for media within the corporate office ? Print and produce 90% of our Market graphics, twice a year (200-24?x28? poster plus 8?banners) ? Document, store, pull and receive all new samples from vendors ? Design and scan, when department work flow needs additional attention ? Organize multiple jobs with designers and internal clients as well as collect all components of the project to develop concepts Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana 2003-2004 Production Coordinator of Publications Office Oversea production of Marketing pieces for the university, while maintaining a crew of five individuals ? Organize meetings to discuss new and revisited publications, collect information from client to fit new needs and wants ? Delegate projects to appropriate designers while managing work loads ? Manage an average work flow of 40 projects within the department each month ? Schedule all projects coming through department with printers, vendors, clients, purchasing and co-workers ? Coordinate photography for the clients needs (models, locations and props) and assist in the photo shoot ? Built and maintain a photo gallery of images for publications departmental needs and use ? Involved in multiple committees on campus revolving around events and issues pertaining to the university ? Perform Account Executive duties along with clerical tasks ? Assist in designing projects using Quark, Illustrator, Photoshop and In Design Stumps Printing, South Whitley, Indiana 2001-2003 Graphic Designer, Photography Coordinator and Assistant to the Vice President of Publishing Creative Coordinator and orchestrate thirteen mail order catalogs a year. Follow process from concept, to sketch, to photography, to publication ? Play a role in initial design, layout and focus of each catalog for publication, from concept to printing ? Attend all approval meetings for layout and design of catalogs ? Handle all film process for catalog publication (scanning, color matching and pdf processes for publication) ? Design and layout pages in Quark for catalog, along with touch up work in Photoshop and image clipping ? Collect for out put all pages in current catalog printing process for offset printing ? Also maintain Excel spread (with up to 800 photos with their product and sketch process) as well as tracking all laid out pages for catalog ? Call and schedule all locations, photographers, models for each photo shoot ? Stylist for many settings in photography for catalog ? Allocate all new products from merchandising, existing product from inventory and new props for each shot in the catalog ? Organize film with photographers either transparency and/or digital from photographers, hand over to department for placement in catalog ? Have an excellent relationship and repertoire with photographers, co-workers and other departments ? Travel where ever needed for job purposes Education Indiana University Bachelors of Arts Degree Indiana University Associates Degree in Commercial Arts Bishop Luers Catholic High School Fort Wayne, Indiana National and High Honors Graduate Achievements Designed and Laid out ?The Macedonian Tribune 150 Years Tribute? 360 page reference book Recognized as Professional Management of ?Who?s Who? ? two years running References and Portfolio furnished upon request

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