Digital Retoucher-Prepress Tech looking for Work

[ArnieB]

Arnold J. Brulhardt


abrulhardt@earthlink.net






EDUCATION:

Associates Degree in Art and Advertising Design,

City University of New York
New York City College of Technology


JOB EXPERIENCES:

My experience in both the creative (digital artist-retoucher) and production (prepress) areas of the graphic arts field has broadened my range so I can visualize a project from its conceptual stage, through its creation, and on to its final result. I hope to still expand my knowledge of the digital field and work in an environment that allows me to continue doing the work that I enjoy. I feel that with my experience I can be an asset to many companies. If you look at my website you can see the various projects that I have worked on over the past years.


PROFICIENCY:

• Photoshop CS3 • Quark Xpress 6 • Adobe Illustrator CS3

•Adobe Indesign CS3 • Nexus Workflow • Polaproof Digital Matchprint

• Agfa Imagesetters and Platesetters




Freelance Presently
• Retouching work for Christies- 20 Rockefeller Center
• Retouching work for Spiegel-Newport News


Spiegel- Newport News 711 Third Ave. New York, NY 2006-Sept. 29th 2008

• Senior retoucher. Rated one of the most productive retouchers in my yearly job appraisal.
• Dealt with digital art creation, compositing and color correction for retail projects and catalogs.
Worked mainly on fashion and product photography.
• Also worked on freelance projects for photographers who require retouching and composite work for various ad projects.


Westphal Inc 740 Broadway, New York, NY 10001 2003-2006

• Head of the Production Dept.
• Responsible for the creation, retouching, and proofing of clients files and our own photographic and digital projects.
• Quoted jobs and worked hand in hand with our various vendors.


Tri-Lon Color Lithographers 54 West 21st Street NY. NY. 1997-2003

• Senior Prepress Tech.
• Dealt with the creative end of all the different jobs we produced.
• Scanning, retouching, color correction, artwork and layout creation.
• Worked personally with clients one on one to ensure that their specifications and creative requirements are met.
• Created new pieces of artwork and layouts in Photoshop, Quark, and Illustrator.
• Exposed to the Artworks Workflow and also used DynaStrip for imposition work.
• For proofing purposes we used an Epson Large Format Inkjets and Polaproof Digital Matchprinting System.

Westphal Inc- Westphal Media 740 Broadway, New York, NY 10001 1996-1997

• Responsible for prepress, proofing, scanning and retouching.
• Created layouts and visual effects to be used in combination with advertising concepts for products.

Tri-Lon Color Lithographers 54 West 21st Street NY 1993-1996

• Senior Prepress Tech.
• Retouched scans and created layouts per clients’ specifications, (Booklets, Pamphlets, Brochures)
• Worked with the latest versions of PhotoShop, QuarkXpress, Illustrator, & PageMaker.
• Color correction to supplied swatches of fabrics or actual products and creating separations for print.
• Worked with Screen QT-S1045A1 High End Scanner, & the Agfa Horizon Plus Scanner.
• Worked with Trapwise, Presswise, & Flightcheck as part of our workflow. Also Agfa Avantra ImageSetters, and Agfa Sherpa.

Anchor Engraving 31-00 47th Ave. L.I.C. N.Y. 1992-1993

• Assistant Supervisor
• Recreated clients’ logos to be used in computer layouts to reduce stripping time.
• Worked with a Lino 260 with RIP 30 for Offset or Engraving
• Created new typefaces with the use of Fontographer