Lee3838

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Highly creative and skilled Graphic Artist with substantial expertise in Print & Packaging Design, Plan-O-Gram, Store Fixtures & Table. Expert color sense & communication skills for it's production process.

Bio

Leesik Kim
6700 192 Street Apt# 111 Fresh Meadows, NY 11365 Cell: 917.770.7031 Email: leesik@nyc.rr.com
Candidate Snapshot
Highly creative and skilled Graphic Artist with substantial expertise in Print Design, Image Manipulation and Technical/Conceptual graphic creation in Fashion Industries. Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, well-versed
in most Mac based software. Organized and disciplined "Team Player" as well as "Manager". Proven ability to manage details and deadlines under pressure. Experienced artistic background and skills.
Work History & Achievements
Saint Eve International/Russel New Man, New York, NY; June. 2007 ? Dec 2008, Contracted Senior Designer,
?Responsible for new proposal presentations; creating store fixture, tables, prints & styles.
Bloomingdale Table-Bloomies, Bonton Private Label Table, K-mart Joe Boxer 4-Way Fixture, Kohl?s Private Label Fixture
?Developed seasonal printbook & packaging.
?Production & Technical advisor for company design team.
Martha Stewart OmniMedia, New York, NY; Jan. 2006 ? May 2007, Freelance Graphic Designer
?Creating Production ready prints and graphic drawings for wrapping paper & plate.
Berkshire Inc, New York, NY; May 2006 - Nov. 2006, Contracted Creative Designer
?Responsible for creating seasonal and promotional accessories, (such as Baseball hat, cold weather set, raincoat set,
hosiery, slipper, intimates day & sleepwear) and production ready graphic art for Licensed & private labels for Bouts, Girls, ladies.
Major Line: Batman, Bob the builder, Hulk, Looney Tunes , Sesame Street, Shrek, Spiderman, Supergirl, Superman?
Major Customer: JCPenney, Sears, Walmart, Kmart, Target, Meijer, Lids, Hot Topic?
SBH Intimates/Jacques Moret, New York, NY; Dec. 1996 - Dec. 2005, Graphic Design Manager
? Direct input in design of company's successful lines, ensuring marketability with various tier markets.
? Responsible for creating seasonal and promotional prints, appliques, packaging, store plan-o-grams and all product related graphic art for Licensed & private labels in daywear & sleepwear.
? Develop promotional products with sales.
? Managed and trained creative teams in Intimates, Promotional Toy and Hosiery divisions.
? Coordinated resources for production problems between design, production, vendors and oversea factories
? Build up Digital Library of prints & graphic resources to increase productivity & creativity.
? Key member of Target Best Vendor Awards for design excellence in intimate apparel.
Major Line: Dollhouse, Mudd, Chica, Candie's, Flirt, Daisy Fuentes, Sportbra(Spalding, BodyMoves), Sesame Street, Supergirl, Coca-cola, Looney Tunes, Oopsy Daisy, Yum Pop, Strawberry Shortcake, Bedtime Ted...
Major Customer: Kohl's, JCPenney, Sears, Walmart, Kmart, Target, Meijer, Fred Meyer, Shopko, Family Dollar
Skills
? Substantial expertise in print design & it?s process, as well as Cad skills & knowledge for all visual presentation materials.
? Expert color sense & communication skills for all Approval process.
Education & Awards
? Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA; 1997, Master of Fine Art in Textile Design and Computer Arts.
? Fashion Institute of technology, New York, NY, 1994, Associate in Applied Science in Textile Design.
? Lorber Industries 25th Anniversary Scholarship Design Contest, Los Angeles, LA; 1994
Grand prize received for textile designs and appeared in California Apparel News - vol 50, Number48.
References available upon request

Web Site: homepage.mac.com/leesik

Location

Skills

    Graphic Designers
    Advertising
    Fashion

Services

    Fashion
        Embroidery / Screenprinting
    Graphic Designers
        Logo Design
        Packaging Design