I am John, an experienced production artist specializing in photo retouching and
packaging and a full-time freelancer. As an expert in Photoshop, InDesign and
Illustrator, I respect great design and typography. I'm efficient. I'm organized. I'm honest.
And I've got some mad photo retouching and production skills that maybe you can use.
Work with creative directors, designers, and marketing managers to develop new or update existing electronic layouts • Implement text and design edits to marketing literature, packaging and POS • Create corporate templates in MS Word and PowerPoint • Use and respect master pages, style sheets and corporate standards to ensure design consistency and accuracy
Conduct advanced retouching and color correcting • Mid-level digital photographer • Create visual asset libraries • Maintain complex shared art assets filing structure to minimize data storage and redundancies
Manage relationships with printers, binders, photographers, copywriters and paper merchants • Specify and estimate printing • Attend press and bindery checks and oversee approvals of proofs and blue lines • Direct printers on color breaks, varnishes, overprinting
As a full-time freelance photo retoucher and production artist in Pittsburgh, PA, people ask if I like not having a boss. I tell them I have lots of bosses. Every client is my boss, no matter how large or small the job. I love the big retouching projects, but I'm also happy taking text edits to annual reports. I provide estimates before every job and can work out of my office or yours. If you think my skills match your needs, let's talk about it.
