Name: Reza Pootrakul
Title: Designer
Email: Reza@RezalutionDesign.com
AIM Name: RezalutionDesign
Resume: Available upon request

Education:

Parsons School of Design, New School University
Degree: Master of Fine Arts in Design and Technology
Area of Major Concentration: Multimedia Design

Queens College, City University of New York
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Area of Major Concentration: Fine Art/Print Design
Area of Minor Concentration: Psychology/Art History

Responsibilities and Capabilities:


1. Conceptualize, plan, design, and execute graphic art design and production of corporate multimedia and print communications, achieving an acceptable level of design quality governed by corporate identity standards, on schedule, and within budget.
2. Consult with clients and senior designers to discuss and develop communication pieces that meet their goals for style, message, audience appropriateness, and functionality in the most cost-effective manner.
3. Manage projects assigned by Senior Designer and Strategist, ensuring that needed information is identified, meetings are scheduled, resources are gathered, facts are accurate, clients are apprised of the status of their requests, and deadlines are met. Maintain focus and intent of both program and client.
4. Attend creative meetings to help develop strategy and propose solutions that meet and surpass client needs. Ensure product quality from rough idea to final production.
5. Actively participated in the creative development of the corporate web site graphics and multimedia projects when assigned.
6. Ensure clients are kept apprised of the status of their requests and that deadlines are met.
7. Provide technical advice to print/media coordinator for press checks, photo shoots, pre-press services, display services, and all outside design production services.
8. Provide creative briefs to client to ensure agreement on design strategy. Work closely with writers to assure the highest quality products.
9. Maintain current knowledge of electronic design for the programs, color scanning/theory, production techniques and trends as well as direct response marketing, and identity building.
10. Assure that all electronic files transferred to print and other media vendors are complete including production values appropriate the method of reproduction and that complete documentation is included for client approvals color comps, working dummies and paperwork describing the specifications for the project.

Knowledge, Skills, and abilities:

I have two degrees in the field of design and I possess experience in graphic design using high-end computer system and software. I have a high working knowledge of photography, typography and graphics. I understand and am able to apply current marketing trends, advertising, promotion, and graphic arts. I have experience with current paper technologies and availabilities. I able to work, and I am highly innovative and creative under deadline pressure. I have technical skills in use of Macintosh and/or DOS-based computer systems, including desktop publishing, multimedia, and web authoring. I also have experience with current pre-press technologies and color theory.

Cross Platform Mac/PC Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe ImageReady, Adobe InDesign, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Director, Macromedia Flash, Quark Xpress, Digidesign Pro Tools, HTML, ActionScript, FTP Software.