Kristin Finaldi

Graphic Designer for the Kenosha News

Kenosha, WI, USA

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.
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.
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.
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.
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

Elgin Community College

Associate of Arts

August 1989 - May 1991 Elgin, Illinois, United States

Skills

Adobe Acrobat Professional, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Word, Quark Xpress, Adobe InDesign CS6,