rachelle picarello graphic designer
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Currently seeking an exciting graphic design position where I can utilize my creative and design skills in an organization where I can continue to grow, learn, and lead.

Personal Skills: creative, attention to detail, dependable, positive attitude, team player, sense of humor, self-motivated, common sense.
Software Skills: Microsoft Windows, OSX, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, OnyX Rip

Experience
06/2008-05/2010; Production Specialist/Webmaster, LEIGH PHOTO & IMAGING, Princeton, NJ

  • Created company logo and website
  • Managed and maintained company website
  • Conceptualized and produced company advertising for events and newspapers
  • Created designs and layouts for client brochures, posters, packaging and    tradeshow booths
  • Performed digital color correction, photographic retouching and restoration, and digital printing pre-press and color management 

Summer 2008; Creative Department Intern,
PRINCETON PARTNERS, Princeton, NJ

  • Updated digital layouts for clients in cooperation with agency art directors and designers
  • Researched and purchased stock photography for ad campaigns
  • Printed and produced mockups for client presentations

02/2007-Present; Graphic Designer; Freelance

  • Interface with clients on graphic design projects including logos, brochures, event invitation suites, and business cards
  • Layout, produce, and execute pharmaceutical collateral such as direct mail advertising, tradeshow booth displays, and information packets
  • Current clients include The Pennington School and Kidsbridge Tolerance Museum
Education
  • AAS, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ
  • Major: Advertising Design - May 2008

Honors and Awards

  • Recipient of the Sam Willig Memorial Award for exemplary academic performance in the Advertising Design curriculum at MCCC
  • Member of Mercer County Community College Phi Theta Kappa chapter
  • President’s List: Fall 2006, Spring 2007
  • Dean’s List: Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2007, Spring 2008
  • Mercer County Community College Visual Arts Student Show postcard
    design winner 2008
  • KidsBridge Tolerance Museum logo and advertising campaign design winner

 

References and portfolio available upon request

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