Sandra Lazzarin

SANDRA LAZZARIN Mobile- Skype satty61 Email- KEY SKILLS A competent, reliable graphic designer and creative artworker with a well developed design background. Versatile and able to adapt within a high-pressured environment, excellent organisational skills and a good eye for details. A passionate and dedicated approach to work, ability to quickly and easily follow guidelines, interacting in a creative and technical perspective, extensive experience in printing process, great capability to learn new softwares. Enthusiastic, highly motivated, welcome opportunities for self improvement and travel. SOFTWARES: PRINT WEB VIDEO OFFICE PhotoShop Html/CSS After Effect Word - advanced Illustrator InDesign Acrobat Pro Muse Premiere Dreamweaver PowerPoint - advanced Excel - basic Mac and Windows platforms Italian: first language LANGUAGES English, French: fluent Basic knowledge of Spanish, Portuguese and German EDUCATION Graduated at Language High School (Italy). Graduated in classical Pianoforte at Conservatoire G.Campiani, Mantova (Italy). Qualified graphic designer at CNOS-FAP Institute, Bologna (Italy). Advanced Photoshop course at IAL Professional Institute of Regione Emilia Romagna, Bologna (Italy). Web Designer Course at ECAP Professional Institute, Bologna (Italy). SELECTED EMPLOYMENT HISTORY January-May 2016 2008 Product catalogues and POS material in different agency in Bologna (Italy). Graphic designer/creative artworker at Chrysalis. languages for Europe, US , South America and Australia. 2012-present Graphic designer at SELKENT Fastenings (London) and sister companies. I restyled the logo and designed their new brand Creative artworker at Absolut communication Preparing ready-to-print documents from scratch or briefing. Applying appropriate design style across a range of printed material such as magazine advertising, exhibitions graphics, packaging. Images retouching and colour adjustment. identity. 2005-8 material, product catalogues, special offer flyers, communication agency in Bologna, (Italy). I am responsible for the communication promotional gifts, banners, newsletters. From their office I worked as creative artworker for sister companies: SELMACH Machinery (Hereford), BLAST-ONE (US), TECSTONE GRANITE (US), RVT RENTAVENT (Dartford). Graphic designer at STERLING EAST SCHOOL (US). Creative artworker at Contipresservices, Working closely with the american art director for Marzocchi Suspension, modifing material from the US market to the Italian one. Creating new material strictly according to the brand guidelines. Magazine advertising, packaging, exhibition stands, totems, flags, vans decoration and decals. 2010-12 2004 communication agency in Bologna (Italy). “Commercio Italia News” and “Commercio Graphic designer/creative artworker at AdmCom, Working closely with designers & art directors, preparing ready-to-print documents from scratch or briefing, applying the appropriate design style and brand guidelines across a range of printed material such as brochures, flyers, POS material, exhibition stands, packaging in different languages. Layout artworker of specialized magazines Italia Used Machines & Parts” for the publisher Commercio Italia in Lugo-RA (Italy). 2003 Intership at Graphicart Studio, Bologna (Italy). Intership at print shop Fanti, Imola-BO (Italy). Retouching images and colour adjustment, magazine advertising (resizings and languages). 2009-10 Graphic designer/creative artworker at Life, Longari & Loman, communication agency in Bologna (Italy). Creation of brochures, exhibition stands and event support materials; applying appropriate design style/brand guide lines in different languages. Getting concepts from a senior designer and using the appropriate software to create the ready to print file. Magazine advertising (resize and languages). Please visit my porfolio: www.octarine.it