Kristin Finaldi
Graphic Designer for the Kenosha News
Kenosha, WI, USA
262-455-5106
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Work Experience
Finaldi Design
Freelance Graphic Designer
April 2013
- Present
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
Kenosha News
Graphic Designer for the Kenosha News
• Work closely with editorial staff providing time-sensitive materials to
enhance stories for the daily newspaper.
• Design promotional materials for both the marketing and media services
departments including billboards, ads, direct mailers and special section covers.
• Design sales material for Community Sports Desk and VigeoMedia. The sales
materials are used to promote their digital sports magazines and the advertising
programs inside these publications.
enhance stories for the daily newspaper.
• Design promotional materials for both the marketing and media services
departments including billboards, ads, direct mailers and special section covers.
• Design sales material for Community Sports Desk and VigeoMedia. The sales
materials are used to promote their digital sports magazines and the advertising
programs inside these publications.
October 2005
- April 2013
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
Grand Printing & Graphics
Graphic Designer
• Responsible for designing everything from menus to full identity pieces.
Anything in print form.
Anything in print form.
June 2000
- October 2005
Mundelein, Illinois, United States
Paris Presents
Graphic Designer
• Work with art director to design and maintain several bath and body product lines.
• Responsible for designing material for sales force to show product lines.
• Hand-generate comps for photography.
• Responsible for designing material for sales force to show product lines.
• Hand-generate comps for photography.
December 1997
- January 2000
Gurnee, Illinois, United States
Tribune Media Services
Graphic Designer/Production Artist
• Work with creative director on a regular-basis to design promotional materials
for the sales staff.
• Preparing talent-supplied art for distribution in print and digital formats.
• Set standards for the production of syndicated weekly and editorial art and
see that these standards remain consistent.
• Oversee a full-time and part-time production artists working on syndicated
weekly and editorial art as well the Chicago Tribune comic pages.
• Work with operations manager to ensure timely release of all syndicated weekly
and editorial art.
for the sales staff.
• Preparing talent-supplied art for distribution in print and digital formats.
• Set standards for the production of syndicated weekly and editorial art and
see that these standards remain consistent.
• Oversee a full-time and part-time production artists working on syndicated
weekly and editorial art as well the Chicago Tribune comic pages.
• Work with operations manager to ensure timely release of all syndicated weekly
and editorial art.
June 1994
- November 1997
Illinois, United States
Education
University Of Illinois At Chicago
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
September 1991
- May 1994
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Skills
Adobe Acrobat Professional,
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Photoshop,
Microsoft Word,
Quark Xpress,
Adobe InDesign CS6,