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Paul C. Giachetti
(631) 645-8881
karnie@optonline.net

SUMMARY:
A publishing professional with more than 17 years’ experience as an art director and graphic artist, with expertise spanning numerous Macintosh desktop publishing programs.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Art Director — 1996 to 2009
Cygnus Business Media (Melville, NY)
• Provided complete layout and design for two monthly magazines, Advanced Imaging and Locksmith Ledger International; maintained contact with publishers, editors and production staff; created artwork (graphs, cover art, etc.); retouched photos; set up page files for CTP; and created ads, inserts, promos, media kits and other projects.

DTP III Artist — 1997 to 2007
Star Community Publishing Group (Hicksville, NY)
• Handled layout and design for Shopper’s Guide, Pennysaver, This Week, Marketeer and other local publications; worked on black-and-white and color ads, from minor changes to creating new ads from scratch; scanned or created artwork; provided troubleshooting for ads failing to go through the dataflow system.

Graphic Artist — 1993 to 1996
Agrecolor Inc. (Mineola, NY)
• Created jobs ranging from business cards to four-color brochures and catalogs; designed layouts for various jobs; created logos; color-corrected and edited photos; sent approved jobs to film; maintained imagesetter and film processor; resolved system problems; managed art department when art director was out of the office.

FREELANCE WORK:
Graphic Artist — 1994 to Present
Bridge Holidays and Roberta Sez (Brookville, NY)
• Provide design work for a travel agency specializing in bridge cruises, as well as a local bridge instructor, both owned by the same proprietor; create ads, flyers, brochures, mailers, newsletters, books and other items; maintain company Web sites.

Art Director — 2008 to Present
Hasslein Books (Farmingdale, NY)
• Supplied complete interior layout for fiction-based reference books for a local independent publisher.

Graphic Artist — 2007 to 2008
Duval Photo & Video (Wantagh, NY)
• Designed digital style coffee-table wedding albums using Adobe Photoshop.

EDUCATION:
Associate’s Degree in Applied Science — May 1992
College of Technology, SUNY Farmingdale (Farmingdale, NY)
Major: Graphic Communications Technology
Coursework: Typography, Layout and Design, 4/C Printing, Desktop Publishing, Image Assembly, Printing Production

COMPUTER EXPERTISE:
• Well-versed in numerous Mac systems, including OS X
• Specialized in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Familiarity with Dreamweaver, Quark and Multi-ad Creator
• Working knowledge of Web design and creating graphics for the Web
• Experienced at troubleshooting files from other sources
• Good knowledge of digital cameras and photography