Rachael Fee

Experience

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  Paramount Tickets

  Sept 2007 - Mar 2009

  Art Director / Graphic Designer

  Created season ticket booklets for semi-pro and pro sports teams, event tickets and raffle tickets. Various company branding materials including advertisements, annual company calendar and illustration of annual company holiday cards. Pre-press production, and variable data programming. Bindery.

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  Globe Printing Co., Inc.

  Mar 2009 - Feb 2010

  Graphic Designer

  Novel and book editing, layout and cover design including ISBN number and barcode. Design of various marketing material including brochures, business cards, letterheads etc... Typesetting of county legal journals, county fair booklets and other publications. Pre-press production. Bindery.

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  Butler County Community College

  Mar 2009 - Dec 2017

  Adjunct Instructor

  Digital Photography and Photoshop workshops.

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  Homak Manufacturing

  Feb 2010 - Feb 2014

  Product Development Manager / Graphic Designer

  Product development, design and marketing of various products including: verifying product specifications, ensuring information consistency, knowledge of metal thickness, key style, powder-coat paint finish and other product specifications. Full color packaging graphics and packaging template design showing: images, text, graphics, barcodes, folds, perforations and cuts separated by layers created in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. Inner packs, master packs and associated carton markings for wholesale international shipping purposes delivered via containers on barge, rail and truck. Graphic design and layout of the images and text in English, (translated into French and Spanish by a third party company) and typeset in all three languages. Instruction manual writer, editor and illustrator written in English and typeset in French and Spanish (translations provided by a third party translation company). Translations have also been typeset in Japanese for other products. Product photography and image manipulation in Adobe Photoshop. Communicated daily (in English) with Chinese, and domestic offices to deliver product assembly and manufacture instructions to multiple factories. Communicated daily with wholesale buyers domestically and in Canada, Mexico, Japan and Australia for large retail chain stores. Understanding of third party testing and buyer requirements. Quality Control for products including the reviewing of container inspection reports, third party testing reports including corrective action plans and the ability to provide a better product by implementing suggestions and recommendations from many different sources. Provided retail outlets with accurate product information and marketing materials including a heavy focus on product photography, ad copy, product specifications and content editing services. Customer service technical support. Strong focus on the brand. Show less

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  Thiel College

  Jun 2010 - Jan 2015

  Adjunct Professor of Art

  Introduce and instruct students on design skills and programs including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Create multiple protects for print and web. Restructured entire course outline to provide more hands-on studio experience. Majority of students have majors outside the field of art and design. All students complete the semester with a multi-page portfolio, with matching marketing materials such as business cards, letterheads, etc...

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  Skills USA

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2014

  Western Pennsylvania Photography Judge

  Photography Judge for the 2014 Skills USA competition, secondary level in the Western Pennsylvania region.

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  Hill Railroad Car Co., a division of A. Stucki Co.

  Feb 2014 - Aug 2015

  Administrative Assistant

  Human Resources for up to 50 employees, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Safety Committee Chair

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  Quad Graphics for Field & Stream (Aquent)

  Aug 2015 - Nov 2015

  Graphic Designer (Contract)

  Contract work through Aquent Creative Staffing for Quad Graphics. Working on graphic design print production marketing material for the Field & Stream brand on location at Dick's Sporting Goods corporate center in Coraopolis, PA. Direct mail catalogs, newsprint circulars, in-store signage, graphic standards library maintenance, assembly of online books, photo editing, uploading files via FTP to various printers, brand consistency.

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  Quaker Steak & Lube

  Feb 2016 - Sept 2016

  Graphic Design Manager

  Provided print and web marketing solutions for corporate and franchise locations.

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  Carson

  Oct 2016 - Dec 2017

  Product Development Manager

  Product development for home accents from initial conceptualization to reviewing final products with customer service team. Communicated daily with overseas vendors for sample creation, production checks and price negotiations. Photo art direction and catalog editing. Managed a team of designers on a one on one basis. Domestic and international travel to China.

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  Northrup Grumman for The Social Security Administration (The Crowley Company)

  Sept 2018 - Mar 2020

  This role involved the digital scanning of master microfilm reels for social security tax records for the United States government while remaining completely discreet with the handing of highly sensitive personal and corporate information.

  • Lead Imaging Technician

    Nov 2018 - Mar 2020

  • Imaging Specialist

    Sept 2018 - Nov 2018
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  The Hoyt Center for Art

  Jul 2019 - Sept 2021

  Marketing and Digital Media Instructor

  Instructing workshops in marketing.

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  Autosoft DMS

  Mar 2020 - Nov 2023

  Graphic Designer & CSS

  I handle the eCommerce product merchandising for our Magento 2/Adobe Commerce site. As a Graphic Designer and Customer Service Specialist, I work with customers to help provide graphic needs for our e-commerce offerings, support marketing by providing email, web and print graphics. QA, A&B testing, UAT testing for Magento and front-end eCommerce website.

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  Company Name Hidden

  Dec 2023 - May 2024

  Resume Designer - Contract
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  Armstrong Group

  Apr 2024 - now

  Marketing Coordinator 2

  Marketing Coordinator focusing on the Armstrong Comfort Solutions brand.