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Responsibilities include scheduling and coordinating photo shoots, establishing and maintaining client budgets, and effectively communicating customer’s needs through photographic illustration Specializing in digital product photography for use in catalogs, print ads, brochures, and web design; further film expertise ranging from 35mm to 4x5 Extensive use of Adobe Photoshop CS3 in retouching digital photos and designing print ads Established a strong core client base that grew an average of 20% annually on referrals alone Provided pre-press services including 4-color stripping, halftones, line negatives, composite film and proofs Transitioned to the first commercial studio in the Detroit area to offer digital capture and iris proofs as an alternative to film
295 Booth Rd.
Frank Nash
• Troy, MI 48085 • Mobile: 248-867-3704
[email protected]Professional Experience
Nash Photographic Inc.
Commercial Photographer & Lithographer
Troy, MI 1990 – Present
Lear Corporation
Graphics and Presentation Developer
Warren, MI 1999 – 2002
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Created graphical displays and presentations for General Motors Fostered a creative alliance between Alias designers and platform engineers Photographed prototype parts for online database Designed and fabricated rolling fabric matrix displays for Value Added / Value Engineered proposal to GM
Creative Impulse LTD.
Toronto, Canada Graphics Department Head
1986 – 1989
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Proficient Mac and PC user (OS X and Windows XP) Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Expert, NAPP member) Experience with Macromedia Flash Professional 2004 (Novice) Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
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Proficient in all film formats (especially digital) Extensive pre-press background
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Responsible for 5 direct reports and annual performance appraisals of support staff in a retail advertising workplace Re-designed and managed in house pre-press department Responsible for hiring and training lithographers, researching and purchasing new equipment, and job cost and resource estimation
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Produced Annual Reports for Canadian commercial real estate developers Implemented strategies to control and monitor problems between press room and stripping department Developed stripping procedure that eliminated trapping problems associated with film composing and plate making reducing film spoilage and pressroom down time
Managed pre-press work flow and monitored quality control
Process Graphics LTD.
Pre-press Supervisor
Toronto, Canada 1984-1986
Skills
Computer
