Adam Ames
Production Designer/Retoucher
Brooklyn, NY, USAExperienced designer, retoucher and production artist with a fine arts background with more than fifteen years working in the graphic design industry. Besides most recently being employed at Nike/Cole Haan, I have been contracted at Wolff Olins, a corporate identity/brand consultancy whose clients include Microsoft, USA Today, Aol, Firefox, and Product (RED). I have also worked on a variety of projects for companies such as Citibank, WaMu, Avon Products, and McGraw Hill, among others.
Specialties: Graphic design, Photo retouching and photo editing, Production for print media, Brand guidelines & implementation, Print, Pre-press, Color management (all workflows)
Specialties: Graphic design, Photo retouching and photo editing, Production for print media, Brand guidelines & implementation, Print, Pre-press, Color management (all workflows)
Work Experience
Freelance Production Designer / Retoucher
Clients: Clients: Wolff Olins, R/GA, Wieden+Kennedy, Partners & Spade, Red Peak, Getty Images
Responsible for development of graphic materials such as:
Corporate visual identity systems and assets,
Brand guidelines and templates creation,
Photo retouching and photo editing,
Mechanical production for advertisements,
packaging, POP, collateral material,
environmental graphics, selling materials.
Responsible for development of graphic materials such as:
Corporate visual identity systems and assets,
Brand guidelines and templates creation,
Photo retouching and photo editing,
Mechanical production for advertisements,
packaging, POP, collateral material,
environmental graphics, selling materials.
September 2011
- Present
New York, New York, United States
Selman
Production Designer / Retoucher
Development of print and online materials for a boutique creative studio.
Projects range from in-house retouching, developing digital, social assets,
to creating press ready mechanicals, including: magazine and newspaper
advertisements, outdoor signage, and retail point of purchase graphics.
Projects range from in-house retouching, developing digital, social assets,
to creating press ready mechanicals, including: magazine and newspaper
advertisements, outdoor signage, and retail point of purchase graphics.
January 2019
- July 2020
New York, New York, United States
Nike-Cole Haan
Production Artist / Retoucher / Designer
Developed print and online materials for an international fashion accessories label. Projects ranged from in-house retouching, developing and managing brand assets, to creating press ready mechanicals, including: magazine and newspaper advertisements, direct mail, outdoor signage, and retail point of purchase graphics.
February 2009
- September 2011
New York, United States
Wolff Olins
Production Designer / Retoucher
Developed print materials for a corporate identity/brand consultancy, including concept development, design, layout, typesetting and preparing files for press. Projects ranged from brand guidelines and assets, to proposals, to press ready mechanicals.
Served as an in-house retoucher as well as managed off-site retouching for clients.
Served as an in-house retoucher as well as managed off-site retouching for clients.
March 2006
- October 2008
New York, United States