Robert Villatore
Production Designer
San Francisco, CA, USAWork Experience
SYPartners
Production Designer
Digital and physical creation.
March 2015
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United States
Franklin Templeton Investments
Production Designer
Production artist in multiple media for this worldwide investment company. I create internally and externally circulated materials for marketing, promotions, presentations and advertising. I utilize both Mac and PC.
• Print: Brochures, fund information sheets, investment sheets, sales sheets, advertisements, advertisement story-boards, fund prospectus, calendars
• PowerPoint Presentations
• Charts: created in Excel, Illustrator and PowerPoint
• Other: PDF write-able forms, maps
• Print: Brochures, fund information sheets, investment sheets, sales sheets, advertisements, advertisement story-boards, fund prospectus, calendars
• PowerPoint Presentations
• Charts: created in Excel, Illustrator and PowerPoint
• Other: PDF write-able forms, maps
May 2012
- July 2015
California, United States
Williams-Sonoma
Production Artist / Account Coordinator
Account Coordinator for the Pottery Barn Kids catalog (July 2010 - December 2011).
• Coordinated workflow, proofread, prepared materials for VP meetings, made sure art and layout was consistent with branding and style, and managed the Production Assistants.
• Communicate with various departments to share materials and information for the
production and design of the catalog.
• Design and page layout.
• File management & archiving.
Production Assistant (August 2006 – July 2010) for the Pottery Barn Kids catalog.
• Design and page layout.
• File management & archiving.
• Coordinated workflow, proofread, prepared materials for VP meetings, made sure art and layout was consistent with branding and style, and managed the Production Assistants.
• Communicate with various departments to share materials and information for the
production and design of the catalog.
• Design and page layout.
• File management & archiving.
Production Assistant (August 2006 – July 2010) for the Pottery Barn Kids catalog.
• Design and page layout.
• File management & archiving.
August 2006
- December 2011
San Francisco, California, United States
Freelance
Designer
I worked a variety of freelance jobs over the course of this three-year time period while I was in school pursuing an ornamental horticulture degree and right after moving to San Francisco.
SHAKLEE, CA
Helped prepare materials for a trade show.
EURO RSCG, CA
Production work.
UNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION, NY
Designed promotional materials for this non-profit organization.
DATAGRAPHIC, NY
Handled pre-press duties and for this small printing company.
SHAKLEE, CA
Helped prepare materials for a trade show.
EURO RSCG, CA
Production work.
UNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION, NY
Designed promotional materials for this non-profit organization.
DATAGRAPHIC, NY
Handled pre-press duties and for this small printing company.
October 2003
- August 2006
New York, United States
Typewave
Designer / Pre-press / Production
Designed various materials for this pre-press company.
• Design: brochures, newsletters, mailers, trade-show sheets, catalogs, business cards
• Scanning, film output, trapping, film impostion, match prints, blueprints
• Posters: printing, laminating, mounting and framing
• Paste-up
• Design: brochures, newsletters, mailers, trade-show sheets, catalogs, business cards
• Scanning, film output, trapping, film impostion, match prints, blueprints
• Posters: printing, laminating, mounting and framing
• Paste-up
April 2002
- August 2003
New York, United States
Ziff-Davis Media, Inc.
Junior Designer
Designed page layouts for this weekly technology publication with 300,000 subscribers.
• Developed creative art concepts with Art Director, writers, editors and illustrators
• Negotiated contracts with illustrators and photographers
• Scanning and photo retouching
• Printer liaison
• Post-produced each issue for online department
• Prepared files for archiving
• Developed creative art concepts with Art Director, writers, editors and illustrators
• Negotiated contracts with illustrators and photographers
• Scanning and photo retouching
• Printer liaison
• Post-produced each issue for online department
• Prepared files for archiving
2000
- 2001
New York, United States
Associated Grocers
Production Artist
Designed Sunday coupon flyers for this grocery store company.
1997
- 1999
Seattle, Washington, United States
Professional Equipment
Designer
Designed the catalog for this company that sells home inspection equipment.
1995
- 1996
New York, United States
Education
SUNY College At Oswego
BFA Graphic Design
September 1991
- May 1996
Oswego, New York, United States
SUNY Farmingdale
AAS Ornamental Horticulture
September 2003
- May 2006
Farmingdale, New York, United States
Skills
Acrobat,
Excel,
Filemaker Pro,
Illustrator,
Indesign,
Photoshop,
Powerpoint,
QuarkXpress,
Word,