joaquin gouch

graphic design team lead

About

Hard working, self-learner, committed to excellence, creativity and exceptional customer service. Proven leadership, integrity, and demonstrated commitment to overall goals of team/organization.

Country

united states

City

los angeles

Industry

graphic design

Skill

layout, indesign, adobe creative suite, graphic design, illustrator, photoshop, posters, flyers, flash, typography, business cards, corporate identity, wordpress, logo design, illustration, web design, dreamweaver, css, mac, graphics, corporate branding, brochures, retouching, magazines, html, adobe acrobat, vector illustration, image editing, digital photography, after effects, actionscript, photography, visual communication, art, os x, book design, drawing, pre press, digital printing, print production, social media, microsoft office

Experience

freelance graphic designer

acuity brands

2014-3 - 2014-7 · 5 mos

Designing and updating layouts for marketing materials ranging from specification and installation sheets to product catalogs and sell sheets.

receiving manager

party city

2007-8 - 2013-11 · 6 yrs 4 mos

Responsible for receiving store inventory, delegating tasks to cashiers, handling returns & exchanges and insuring optimal customer flow doing peak seasons. Open/Close store and complete bank drops.

production specialist

piston group

2013-4 - 2013-9 · 6 mos

Working on the assembly line building the cooling system for the Ford F-150. Trained to an expert level on multiple stations on the line. Responsible for being the primary trainer on the hose assembly station.

graphic design team lead

one church la

2014-7 - Present · 12 yrs 3 mos

Designing announcement flyers, posters, banners and social media posts for the marketing team. Overseeing the other designers to ensure brand guidelines are followed and deadlines are met.

graphic designer and production artist

the creative group

2014-11 - 2015-3 · 5 mos

Executing design projects on a short-term basis for multiple companies using the Adobe Creative Suite. These projects range from designing web banners for a retail client to creation of a product sheet for a large tile company.

graphic design intern

word of faith christian center

2011-1 - 2011-6 · 6 mos

Assisted the senior graphic designer in various projects from layout to file conversion.

freelance graphic and web designer

entrepreneur

2009-1 - Present · 17 yrs 9 mos

Creating print, web, and interactive designs for clients all over the United States. An expert of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Clients ranging from entrepeneurs to small business owners have commissioned print work including logos/branding, posters, flyers, business cards, album artwork, and magazine layouts. Web work has included full websites, landing pages, and blogs using HTML & CSS, Flash with Actionscript 3.0 and Wordpress.

graphic designer and digital printer

copymat hollywood

2015-3 - Present · 11 yrs 7 mos

Designing business cards, postcards, flyers, letterhead etc. for clients. Preparing files for print using Adobe Acrobat and Command Workstation (Pre-press). Digital printing using 4-color process on printers by Ricoh, Konica, HP, Canon and Xerox. Print production including multiple binding methods, cutting and bookletizing.