1. erick jurado.
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773-203-6857 SXC Health Solutions
Lisle, IL
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ejurado@gssvisual.com
Graphic Designer/Production Artist
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erickjurado.com Jan.12
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Using After Effects, created animated
capabilities. graphics, and edited promotional video used
for yearly investor convention.
QQPrint and Publication design/production.
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Implemented company’s established corporate
QQWebsite design, construction,
and production.
identity to various internal and external
publications and collateral.
QQMotion graphics and animation. →→
Developed and conceptualized various logo/
visual concepts for promotional events
QQGraphic/Illustration creation
and correction.
hosted by company.
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Miscellaneous production tasks as needed.
QQPhotographic re-touching, correction,
and manipulation.
Music Direct
Chicago, IL
experience.
2012 Catalog Project
3CD Communication Design Designer/Production Artist
Chicago, IL Sep.11 (Temporary Assignment)
2012 Pearson Education iLit Program
Graphic Designer
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Assisted in production, layout, and design,
of 2012 catalog, used for sales promotion,
Apr.12 - Present and marketing.
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Assist in design and production of
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Created tables, templates, and paragraph
2012 Pearson Education iLit Program, styles that were able to accommodate copy
developed for the iPad. and art variances, without deviating from
established visual concepts.
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Using approved photography resources,
research imagery which visually communicate
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Using provided image resources, selected
theme and concept of provided manuscripts. artist images, and created “feature
sections” of catalog reserved for
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Working with Art Director, develop and highlighting the artist.
create image styles that emphasize and
compliment concepts written in manuscripts.
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and styled copy from manuscript
using pre-constructed library elements,
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and assemble approved images and and paragraph styles, while also resolving
style concepts, within established formatting conflicts that emerged.
time frame.

2. Pearson Education Office Max
Glenview, IL Naperville, IL
2012 Curriculum Catalogs Project 2009 Catalog Project
Designer/Production Artist Layout/Production Artist
Mar.11–Aug.11 (Contract Assignment) Aug.09–Dec.09 (Project Based Assignment)
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Assisted in production of 2012 curriculum → →ssisted
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in the production of a four
catalogs, used to promote and sell Pearson version, 1300 page catalog.
Educational programs and products.
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InDesign CS3 libraries and templates,
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Under direction of design lead, made editorial and design changes to
reconstruct and re-format 2011 catalogs multi-layered documents as directed by
into the defined 2012 style and structure, art director, and editorial staff.
including price and sku tables.
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and maintained product photos and
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InDesign CS5 make editorial and artwork under direction of art directors,
design changes to catalogs as directed and design leads.
by design lead, project managers, and
department specialist. → →sing
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Illustrator and Photoshop CS3,
created full page advertisements with
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and maintained product photography vendor supplied artwork, that was used
under direction of Image Coordinator. in appropriate sections of catalog.
Using Photoshop CS5 manipulated/corrected
photography, under direction of design
lead, and project managers.
ETA Cusinaire
Vernon Hills, IL
Classroom Jeopardy Book Project
Quad Graphics
Production Artist
Schaumburg, IL
Feb.09–Apr.09 (Project Based Assignment)
2011 Tri-Mega Catalog Project
Designer/Production Artist
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Assisted in the production of 8, 42 page
Sept.10–Dec.10 (Project Based Assignment) books for educational game
“Classroom Jeopardy”
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Assisted in production of a 7 version, 750
page catalog. →→
Worked with editorial staff, and senior
designers to make art, editorial,and format
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Designed and constructed page layouts corrections through various stages of
in accordance to previously established reviews and edits.
design, and layout concepts.
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Using InDesign, flowed and formatted text
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Flowed copy on to pages, using Catalog from Word documents as instructed by
Studio database software, under the manuscript.
direction of editorial staff.
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Using Illustrator and InDesign, created
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Using InDesign CS4 libraries, and templates informational charts and graphs with data
made editorial and design changes to pages imported from Excel spread sheets.
as directed by clients and vendors.
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Utilizing Indesign, Illustrator, and
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under direction of Image Coordinator. master pages, libraries, and style sheets
through all stages of production.

3. Brainworx Studio
Chicago, IL education.
Glencoe Textbook Project
Production Artist DePaul University 94–98
Sep.08–Jan.09 (Project Based Assignment) BA Columbia College 2005 English/Graphic Design
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Assisted in the production of 3,
300 page textbooks for McGaw Hill/Glencoe technical proficiency.
Educational Publishing.
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Adobe CS5 (Photoshop, Illustrator,
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manager, and art director made art, Acrobat, After Effects.)
editorial, and format corrections through
5 sets of reviews. aa
Intermediate Actionscript 3.0 skills.
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Intermediate HTML coding skills.
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Utilizing InDesign skills, implemented pre-
formated master pages, libraries, and pre- aa
Knowledge and comprehension of current web
formated styles sheets through out all stages design trends/standards (CMS, SEO, RSS,
of production. XML, JavaScript, Joomla, Drupal)
Capps Digital/Leo Burnett references.
Chicago, IL Furnished upon request.
Production Assistant
May.07–Nov.07
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Under the direction of Production Artists
and Art Directors,constructed and assembled
visual prototypes for marketing advertising
materials used in domestic and international
markets.
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Utilizing Photoshop, and InDesign skills,
assisted in production process preparing and
creating templates and layouts for direct
mail and marketing materials.
Freelance Graphic Designer
Chicago, IL
2000–Present
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Projects involving the development of visual
logo development,branding.
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Production for various marketing/advertising
material as needed.
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Miscellaneous web production.
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Print production.