Aracelis Abreu
5613 4th avenue New York, NY 11220

silverportfolio@yahoo.com     Cell: 718.812.9316
Experience
 
Jacques Moret, New York, NY March 2006 - Present
Junior Art Director
* Supervise, manage staff and provide new trend with art direction
* Develop prints with and without license characters, such as, Disney,
Pink Cookie, and Sesame Street)
* Design screen print, embroideries, embellishments, and trims for all
categories.
* Create Junior/ Tween sleepwear and intimate designs for various
accounts, such as, Target, JCPenny, Kohl’s, Mervyns, Wal-Mart,
Zellers and Ross, etc.
* Design and sketch new license novelty items for children
(Licenses: Spiderman, Wiggles, Sponge Bob and Sesame Street)
 
Capelli NY, New York, NY December 2004 - February 2006
Graphic Designer
·Work with Art Director and product department to develop artwork for product.
· Design novelty items such as memo boards, picture frames, and more.
·Create characters and patterns to be placed on fabric.
·Set up mechanical artwork for the production of novelty items
·Develop layouts to be used for catalogue
·Maintain an organized filing and archival system
·Design Newsletters for the companys marketing department
 
Breeze Cafe, Brooklyn, NY June 2003 - November 2004
Freelance Designer
· Created a brand identity and was responsilbe in maintaining the idenitity
· Handled the creation , production and pakages of all the graphics
such as mugs, coffee bags, aprons, caps, and t-shirts
· Developed Marketing ideas (promotional items, stationary , postcards, posters, coupons, and ads)
· Implemented on a simple conceptual theme, style, environmental display.

 
Amscan Inc., Elmsford, NY March 2003 - April 2004
Graphic Designer
· Constructed mock-ups for showroom display and orders
· Generalized concept direction and transform it into a cohesive theme, working closely with the other designers, merchandisers, and sales persons.
· Color correction on projects to be set to be printed
· Designed baby shower party supplies and novelty items ( gift bags, cups, plate, napkins )

 
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Brooklyn, NY October 1999 - May 2003
Freelance Designer
·Provided design assistance with direction and review of completed artwork.
· Created flyers, powerpoint presentations, and charts.
· Designed advertisement ad to be place in community newspapers
 
Artistic Stitch, Brooklyn, NY August 2001 - September 2001
Freelance Logo Designer
· Performed color separations for silkscreen process
· Developed and implemented corporate identity icons
· Assisted clients until satisfied with project
 
Time Inc., New York, NY March 2000 - June 2000
Internship
· Production included mounting, scanning, printing
· Photo touch ups and organizing files
· Mechanical apitude and basic understanding of how things work
Education
 
School of Visual Arts College, New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts - Product/Graphic Design, May 2000
· Rank top ten of class 2000
· 3.0 GPA
Objective
 
To make a solid contribution to the success and growth of your company by providing dedicated, loyal hard work that requires strength in creativity, design, leadership, and communication. Continually stirving for improvement, I am seeking to obtain a long-term, full time employment to display my abilities--and achieve success.
Skills
 
· QuarkXpress
· Publisher
· Microsoft office:Outlook,PowerPoint,& Word
· Corel
· Suitcase/ATM
·Photoshop
·Illustrator 10/CS2
·Image Ready
·Acrobat
·Operating Systems: MAC OS 9 & X / Windows 2000
Languages
 
Spanish (fluent)
Awards
 
· Graphis New Talent 2001 Book (Published Work)
· Displayed work at the Agia gallery and SVA’s gallery.