Pjdigitalart.com

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350 Medea Way, Central Islip, NY 11722 • pjsangiuolo@hotmail.com

profile summary
• Hi-End Digital Photo Retoucher & Photoshop Artist with an instinctive eye for detail and color, and a meticulous focus on image quality
• Extensive Graphic Design and Production background in a diverse range of studio settings, from ad agency to retail to broadcast environments
• Worked on several prominent accounts, including Intel, Phillips, HIP, A&E, AMC, Subway, Colavita, Fisher-Price, Dewars, NFL, NBA & MSG
software
Mac OS X, Adobe CS5.5/CS6: • Photoshop • Illustrator • InDesign • Acrobat • Premiere Pro • Dreamweaver
experience
8/12 – Present • Freelance Digital Retoucher / Graphic Artist
• Currently participating in Freelance, Consulting and Project-based work, as well as various volunteer roles within my local community
4/13 – 8/13 • New York Rising CDBG-DR / Sandy Relief Intake Assistant
• Assisting Superstorm Sandy victims in the application and submission for Federal Grant funds under the CDBG-DR Program
• Was personally commended by a handicapped applicant for my outstanding customer service in a letter to Governor Cuomo
• Troubleshooting and helping to solve software and hardware issues with kiosk equipment
4/05 – 6/06 • 5/07 – 7/12 • Senior Digital Retoucher • Bloomingdale’s, New York, NY
• Trained to retouch a variety of subject matter while maintaining the highest visual standard set by the Bloomingdale’s brand identity
• Subject categories include: Portrait/Figure, Merchandise (apparel, cosmetics, fragrance, home & bath, jewelry, accessories, appliances),
Live Merch Matching Color Correction, Background Modification/Extension, Multiple Image Composition• Digital Retoucher for Catalog, Magazine and ROP Newsprint Ads, liaison with Traffic Manager, Production Manager and Creative Directors• Restructured ROP workflow in order to achieve a fluid and efficient workflow• As Project Manager, oversaw and coordinated catalog evolution from art release, through retouching rounds to final shipping, ensuring that highest image quality was maintained during all stages of Production • Training of Junior members in advanced retouching techniques 11/96 – 5/07 • Freelance Digital Retoucher/ Graphic Artist / Production Artist
• Freelance in various retouching, design and production positions, for the following companies: Avrett, Free & Ginsberg;
Harrison and Star; HIP of New York; TBWA/Chiat/Day; Torre Lazur McCann; AGT seven; Wunderman Cato Johnson; Columbia House; NFL Enterprises; Lowe & Partners Accounts: Nextel, A&E, Oxytrol, Dewars, AT&T Wireless, Dewars, Lorillard, Citibank, NFL & NBA Events and Team Identities, Paddington, 6/06 – 9/06 • Assistant to the Director, Creative Retouching & Graphics Services • Revlon, New York, NY
• Worked closely with Designers, V.P. Creative Services and Product Development to produce internal hi-end retouching while maintaining the
highest quality to enhance brand image • As Project Manager, oversaw outsourced retouching; liaison with Prepress, Printing and Photo Labs; marked proofs up for retouchers; attended Press Checks; approved jobs for both color and content 1/00 – 4/02 • Graphic Designer / Production Artist • Messner Vetere Berger Macnamee Schmetterer/Euro RSCG, New York, NY
• Ad layout and creation, photo retouching, type and logo digital illustration, direct mail collateral, contributed my own ideas to design and layouts
Accounts: Intel, Volvo, Subway, Phillips.
11/96 – 8/97 • Freelance Art Director / Graphic Designer • Medallion Associates, Ltd., New York, NY
• Design, layout and creation of in-store signage and p.o.p. displays for Barnes & Noble from concept through completion,
advanced Photoshop design and computer illustration 7/95 – 10/96 • Digital Graphic Designer / Production Artist • Waring & LaRosa, Inc., New York, NY
• Ad layout and design, extensive attention to typographical word/letterspacing and kerning in all display copy, lead Photoshop Comp Artist
for retouching and photo manipulation Accounts: American Movie Classics, New Plan Realty, Mont Blanc, Fisher Price.
education
B.A. Communication Arts, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, Major: Communication Arts Minor: Fine Arts
High School of Art and Design, New York, NY Major: Advertising Art and Graphic Design Honors: Dean’s List

Source: http://www.pjdigitalart.com/assets/PJSangiuolo_Resume_08152013.pdf