Andrea Reinaker

Graphic/Web Designer

Columbus, OH, USA
“Great art picks up where nature ends” - Marc Chagall

Work Experience

Memorial Hospital Of Union County

Graphic Designer/Marketing Specialist/Web Design

June 2012 - Ohio, United States

The Ohio State University Moritz College Of Law

Graphic Designer

Led massive redesigns and launches of each of the Moritz College of Law's magazines, html newsletters and marketing materials in both print and online.


• Establishing branding of the law school and all individual divisions including alumni relations, career services, election law, law and leadership, adr, development, reunions, student groups, etc. through logos, publications, web, marketing literature, e-newsletters, videos, slideshows, invitations and posters.
• Responsible for maintaining a consistent image throughout all publications, marketing literature and internal visual means of communication.
• Consults with project heads to evaluate individual project needs, priorities and budget then finalizes layout and collects quotes from outside vendors. Communicates with outside vendors such as printers, shippers, and postal services to meet all production requirements, stay within budget and assure timely completion.
• Performs press inspection of jobs and inspects quality of final product before it is released to the public.
•  Organizes all components of school events, symposiums and conferences with project heads, including all marketing literature, registration and informational media during the event, photography, and documenting the event in all external publications for publicity.
• Streamlined and branded events held within the law school by all divisions including marketing, promotional and gift items.
• Photographs all law school events with a digital camera. Also responsible for photo production, advanced photo retouching to achieve color consistency
• Created an online photo library on smugmug (http://moritzlaw.smugmug.com/) for both internal and external use through links accessed from our website.
• Creates videos featuring alumni and school programs to be included in e-newletters and on school website.
• Develops initiative cost saving measures: finding less expensive printing options and developing html e-brochures and e-vites for school events.
September 2006 - Columbus, Ohio, United States

Country Casual

Designer

National retail and trade cataloger specializing in the design and sale of upscale outdoor teak and garden furniture.
• Designed and produced art, copy and layouts of all visual communication material including catalogs, advertising, flyers, packaging, website, promotional emails and marketing materials.
• Conceptualized and produced both national retail and trade catalogs. Coordinated and collaborated with company owners, marketing and sales departments, and codesigner to complete an aesthetically pleasing piece that also generates an increase in revenue.
• Photographed products on location after securing appropriate properties and settings as backdrops for products using digital cameras. Also was responsible for photo production, advanced photo retouching to achieve color consistency and aesthetic objectives, as well as, the cataloging and storage using Portfolio Extensis.
• Working with objectives developed by marketing department and company owners, developed advertising that kept consistent in both “look” and content of all visual communications and corporate identity. Required retouching of images in Photoshop and the development of copy for advertisements in 21 national publications as well as producing images and text for occasional editorial leads.
• Maintained and revised website by updating text, images and appearance of corporate website (www.countrycasual.com) to keep current with market and industry trends and new technologies. This required the design of new web pages using Quark Express, Photoshop and GoLive.
• Developed semi-monthly promotional emails based on the objectives developed by marketing department. Coordinated with online service and technical departments to ensure delivery and tracking success of emails.
• Participated in discussion of product development and brainstormed ideas for new product design or product modification. Completed detailed drawings and specifications of furniture for construction of prototypes. Participated in review of prototypes and modifies original designs as necessitated by concerns for comfort, safety or aesthetics.
• Submitted samples and drawings to manufacturer’s production engineers for review and testing and the necessary modifications based on production parameters, safety, ease of assembly, ease of shipment, ease of production or cost savings.
• Prepared instructions, specification sheets, product labels, box artwork and descriptive material to be used in the packaging and sale of products.
• Played active role on company’s quality inspection team and helps document and communicated problems discovered during inspection (using drawings, photographs, specifications documents, and records of communication).
• Designed and maintained appearance of newly opened showroom. Consulting with owners objectives, floor and lighting consultants and codesigner, developed the initial interior design of new store. This included furniture layout, development and production of all sales resources and point of sale materials including signage, sale tags and fabric swatches.
September 2004 - August 2006 Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

International Medical News Group

Publication Designer

International Medical News Group, Rockville, Maryland
National publisher of eleven monthly medical journals including: Internal Medicine News, Family Practice News, Clinical Psychiatry News, Ob.Gyn News, Cardiology News, Pediatric News, Skin & Allergy News and Rheumatology News.
• Developed page layouts for eleven publications a month. Acted as liaison between the production staff, editors, copyeditors, and photo staff to manage publication of quality products in a dynamic, deadline-oriented environment.
• Created illustrations for stories based on content presented by publication editors.
• Designed charts and graphs using Adobe Illustrator and QuarkXPress based on data supplied by story editors.
• Supervised selection of headshots and photos for scanning by pre-press company. Researched stock and custom photography based on specific story needs and make in-house adjustments to photos using Adobe Photoshop.
• Prepared publications for Internet search and retrieval by archiving stories from individual publications and formatting both photos and graphics.
• Created a wide variety of ad hoc pharmaceutical magazines and marketing brochures and coordinate completion of these materials with the New Jersey sales office, production staff, copyeditors, and print vendors.
June 2000 - August 2004 Rockville, Maryland, United States

Editorial Projects In Education

Assistant Classified Advertising Manager

Editorial Projects in Education, Bethesda, Maryland
National publisher of Education Week and Teacher Magazine.
• Increased classified advertising sales of Education Week by over 10% per quarter and advertising sales of Teacher Magazine by over 50% per issue.
• Designed and typeset advertisements for The MarketPlace section of a weekly publication, Education Week.
• Designed and typeset a customized layout for the Bulletin Board classified section of a monthly publication, Teacher Magazine, and led the troubleshooting of potential printing challenges with prepress staff.
• Supervised assistants and interns in the Classified Advertising department.
• Designed marketing materials such as advertising rate brochures, user’s guides, and direct mail materials.
• Created several illustrations for use in both Education Week and Teacher Magazine.
• Sales of job listings, customer support, writing and creating, billing, and managing of the job listing database for postings on the company website (www.edweek.org).
September 1998 - May 2000 Maryland, United States

Education

York College Of Pennsylvania

B.A. Fine Arts, Minor Biology

September 1993 - December 1997 York, Pennsylvania, United States

Maryland Institute College Of Art (MICA)

Completed coursework in the following areas: Life Drawing, Web Design, Advanced Photoshop, and Advanced Illustrator
May 1998 - August 2005 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Royal College Of Art

Advanced Figure Drawing

I studied abroad my final semester in London, England. I was honored to be accepted into the Royal College of Art where I completed Advanced Illustration coursework.
August 1997 - December 1997 London, United Kingdom

Ohio State University

Food Science

Pursuing a second degree in Food Science.
June 2009 - Columbia, Ohio, United States

Skills

Adobe Acrobat Professional, Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign CS5, Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, IMovie, Quark Express, Extensis Portfolio, Joomla,