Susan Vega

1903 Rainier Drive

Martinez, California

Home: (925) 372-9009

Email: susanvega@prodigy.net

Web site address: www.csportfolio.freeservers.com/index.htm

 

Summary

I have come from a background in design and communication with fifteen years of experience working with customers, production art staff, in the design and visual media environment. Following are my strengths and skills:

 

• Customer Service

• Adaptability

• Multi-tasking

• Process Designer

• Self-motivated

• Results-oriented

• International Experience

• Project Management

• Art Direction

 

Project Coordination/Management

• The ability to understand and project coordinate with more than 13 corporate entities, ranging from Finance to Intranet Services

• Management and creation of overall procedures and standards for (development, interface of graphics, documents, printing, bindery and packaging)

• Ability to manage and direct in a fast-paced environment with fluctuating schedules

• Art direction for overall design of templates, brochures, documents, posters, intranet sites, presentations, graphics for print and electronic media

• Project management and coordination support of assigned projects for international proposals (500-page documents with 30 – 150 color graphics, in English and native languages, and 15 – 200 oversized cartography maps, in English and native language)

• Schedule, delegate, and control work assignments; assign tasks directly to page layout, graphics, cartography, vending, reprographics, and web graphic design groups ensuring high quality and accuracy

• Analyze project characteristics and work load, increasing and decreasing number and types of staff

• Self-define, develop, and implement standards throughout Production department

• Collaborate with other departments, i.e., engineering and documentation to create seamless interface between applications of graphics and text

• Overseas managing and setup for production staff of up to 13 people on various international proposal and presentation projects (Portugal, Korea, France, The Netherlands, Canada, Ireland, Austria, Czech Republic, Brazil, Switzerland)

 

Customer and Vendor Relations

• Negotiating and communicating with business partners and customers from different cultures, collaborating within and outside the United States

• Coordination, negotiation and scheduling of vendors within and outside the United States to produce and agree on costs for final book printing and packaging of proposals, presentations and Marketing collateral

• The ability to multi-task large proposals for the international division and provide simultaneous project support for customers in other departments

• A strong understanding, with knowledge and capability to communicate project needs to customers in the creation of printed and electronic publishing products

 

Budgeting

• Managed and tracked budgets of up to $90,000 for large proposals: book publishing, oversized cartography maps, packaging and delivery, various presentations, and reports

• Report out in meetings on planned versus actuals on budgets

• Conflict resolution when budgets are in jeopardy

• Negotiate and communicate with functional department leads and Directors to meet the appropriate quality needs of the projects, working toward cost savings

• Clarification of invoices and cost recovery

 

Computer Skills

• MacOS 8.1 System, Windows 98

•  Adobe Illustrator 8.0, Adobe Photoshop 4.0, Adobe PageMaker 6.5.2, Quark Express 3.2, Microsoft Office 2000, Aldus Persuasion 4.0, Dreamweaver 3.0, Adobe Acrobat 3.0, Aldus Freehand 5.5, MacDraw II, CorelDraw 9.0, Adobe FrameMaker 4.0, FileMaker Pro 4.0, Lotus Notes 4.6, Visio Professional 5.0, Poser 4.0

•  Understanding various file formats and their application, BMP, WMF, JPG, EPS, TIF, HTML, PDF, PSD, GIF

 

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

 

March 1999 to July 2000

PROJECT MANAGER, Wireless Communications

AirTouch Communications, Support Services, Creative Services Department, Walnut Creek, CA

 

December 1993 to March 1999

PRODUCTION MANAGER, Wireless Communications

AirTouch Communications, International, Publication Services Department, Walnut Creek, CA

 

August 1991 to December 1993

GRAPHIC SUPERVISOR, Wireless Communications

Pacific Telesis International, Publication Services Department,

Walnut Creek, CA

 

June 1989 to May 1990

GRAPHIC ARTIST SUPERVISOR, Television Advertising

Copley/Colony Interconnect Television Advertising, Costa Mesa, CA

 

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR EXPERIENCE

 

June 1990 to August 1991

GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR/GRAPHIC SUPERVISOR, Pacific Telesis

International, Newport Beach, CA

 

May 1990 to July 1991

GRAPHIC DESIGNER, Promedica International, Newport Beach, CA

 

EDUCATION

Bachelor Degree in Graphic Design

California State University, Fullerton, California

 

Associate in Arts Degree in Graphic Communication

Santa Barbara Community College, Santa Barbara, California

COURSES 2000

Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced HTML

1 week Macromedia web design class: Dreamweaver 3.0, Fireworks 3.0, and

Flash 4.0, Lynda Weinman

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Martinez Art Association, Alumni Resources