Michael Alessi • Graphic Designer

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Conceptualizing and designing visual solutions for clients, including branding, advertising, digital media, and print materials.

Collaborating with account managers, creative directors, and copywriters, to understand project requirements and ensure that design solutions meet client needs.

Creating and maintaining design style guides for clients, resulting in consistency in branding and messaging.

Construct a variety of materials, including brochures, flyers, banners, advertisements, and email marketing templates.

Developing and designing presentations, infographics, and other visual aids to support client proposals.

Managing multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously and effectively communicating project status to clients and team members.

Reviewing final designs for quality and accuracy, and making necessary revisions before delivering final products to clients.

Conceptualizing and creating visual designs for various types of content, including but not limited to: magazine covers, editorial layouts, advertisements, photo spreads, and infographics.
Collaborating on monthly issues of Community Magazine to ensure that designs meet brand guidelines and are consistent with the company's visual identity.
Participating in creative brainstorming sessions and offering creative solutions for design challenges.
Prioritizing and working in a fast-paced environment with quick turnaround, consistently meeting firm deadlines.
Demonstrating knowledge of typography through editorial layout.
Preparing files for printing or digital distribution, ensuring that the designs are optimized for their intended medium.
Communicating with printers and other vendors to ensure that designs are accurately translated into the final product.

Assisted art director by creating vector based graphics from high resolution images with the ability to output spot process color separations for silk screen production.
Worked directly with clients to create original and visually grabbing graphics for brand management, and promotional items.
Managed proof process from brainstorming, mock up, and final approval.
Coordinated with production staff to oversee printing procedures ensuring overall printing quality is up to clients standards.
Executed art direction while managing databases to reflect status of production process from concept to completion.

Independently ran silk screening production department.
Performed daily screen maintenance including, power washing, coating with emulsion, and following proper dark room storage guidelines.
Managed screen registration and burning process via light table and film. Verified garments for quantity, quality, size and accuracy.
Calibrated single and multi-colored designs on six head manual print station, for daily production.
Examined work orders to determine estimated printing times, ink, and material quantities. Followed by drying, folding, and packing completed articles.
Composed, prepared and organized vinyl for heat transfer applications as well as vehicle and signage installations.
Programmed and maintained DTG printing.
Operated and performed daily upkeep on twelve head industrial embroidery machine.

Verified garments for quantity, quality, size and accuracy.
Calibrated single and multi-colored designs on six head manual print station, for daily production.
Examined work orders to determine estimated printing times, ink, and material quantities. Followed by drying, folding, and packing completed articles.