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Every experience has brought me challenge and growth.  My creativity, design skills, marketing, advertising and production knowledge help me manage every aspect of the job. Advance skills in Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office and organizational traits keep me fast pace and prepared. Packaging experience helps me to understand die lines and packaging production setup with stickers and decals to complete final artwork. Setting goals and being open to change are what give me a sense of self-achievement and value to everything I do in life.

Production Artist & Designer II for the International department. Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop CC 2019, are the forefront tools for
package design and production.
• Importing the die line into Illustrator and using the artwork from the render was needed to create the design and lay flat. Organized
named layers, high resolution embedded images, die lines with CYAN and Red lines that specify folds, spot color call outs, slug information & stickers/labels created in PDF format with 100% MAGENTA .5 line width cut area. Preparing a sticker/label on acetate & clear sticker/label
stock, there must be an RGB 30% grey underlay to preserve the whites in the labels, a bleed is also mandatory. The size of the labels varied
according to the printer you were printing on and the size of paper or clear stock you were using.
• Know how to use the printers and trouble-shoot any problems that occurred. Creating outlined files of all completed
artwork was included.
• I wrote copy for back packaging with added recipes and instructions formatted in Illustrator. I worked closely with project management,
Merchandising, die line engineer and creative to meet deadlines and transfer final art to the international server.

Packaging Production Art & Designer II

Work simultaneously on different projects; create marketing collateral, websites and other media. Consult with clients regarding marketing and copywriting to create cohesive designs. Prepare artwork for print, web, digital in the format requested using Adobe Creative CC, Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat.

Part time Freelance design and production

Analyze label design inputs (branding guidelines, regulatory requirements, redlines, etc.).
• Create label templates that maximize reuse across multiple final, print-ready labels. Designers will use loftware Spectrum for all online printed
labels and InDesign or Illustrator for pre-printed components.
• Establish and maintain design criteria and style guide to be used by team.
• Label types include online and pre-printed label (Tyvek, tray label, boxes, etc.).
• Adhere to strict timelines, maintain revision control on all documentation and actively communicate all required information (such as changes in scope of label revisions) to design team.
• Track status of label template design work and provide regular updates to supervisor and other project team members.
• Train new team members on design.

Contract Package/Labeling Graphic Designer

• Direct Mail design and marketing for the auto industry
• Update WordPress website, some HTML required
• Work with sales team and vendors to complete direct mail campaign packages, E-mail blasts and digital campaign graphics.
• Experienced knowledge in Adobe Creative Suit, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Micro Soft Office
• Work with field sales representative and auto dealers.

Graphic Designer and Marketing

MamaJ's Seasoning Mix	Graphic Design and Production
Graphic Design, Production and Packaging	• Design tabloid full-page and double-truck size
• Logo design	Advertising for regional magazine every month.
• Label design	• Flyers, Photo imaging and retouching
• Web banner
• Trade show banner
• Brochure
• Business cards
• MamaJ's canvas shopping bags
Created in Adobe Creative Suite CC

Freelance Design and Production

• Production and design related contracts for marketing firms and agencies
• Direct-marketing posters, banners, web, and postcards
• Quark, Adobe Creative Suite and Adobe Acrobat
Coldwell Banker Previews International
Design Studio Marketing Assistant
• Reviewed and released all marketing and advertising campaigns
• Assist Production Manager to meet deadlines
• Prepared advertising schedule for Studio Director.
• Coordinate production and photo imaging for print and web. Utilized PDF and JPEG format
• Maintained vendor relationships
SBC Communications/ Smartpages.com
Graphic Designer
• Designed banners in Photoshop, Freehand MX, Flash MX & Ad Generator
• Responsible for image optimization and scanning art for the web
California Homes Magazine
Production Layout Artist / Graphics Coordinator
• Coordinated in-house magazine advertising and ad design.
• Layout artist for the magazine master book.
• Prepared media kits for distribution
• QuarkXPress, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Freehand

Design Studio Marketing Assistant

- MYOC.COM
• Create web pages, edited HTML, photo imaging, slide show presentations
• Special Sections Web Coordinator
• Assisted with managing the content of two Spanish-speaking websites.

PORTOLIO LINK: http://www.anna-leija.squarespace.com/

Production Coordinator

Anna Leija is a Packaging Production Art & Designer II at Modern Gourmet Foods in Irvine, CA.

Anna Leija

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American InterContinental University

Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising

Irvine Valley College