Kofi W. Bonner
PURSUING MASTERY OF THE PENCIL, THE MOUSE & TIME ITSELF!
PHONE: 908-393-1140 | EMAIL: KofiBonner@KofiBonner.com
HELLO!
OBJECTIVE
I’m seeking a position as a detail oriented production manager/graphic designer/art director for print, web and new media in a quick-paced and challenging design department. I’d to work with you!
SKILLS
Design from concept to production; expert skills and 20+ years working experience on Mac and Windows machines using the standard and multilingual versions of QuarkXPress, Adobe Creative Cloud (including expert experience with InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, well-versed experience with Dreamweaver (CSS/HTML) and Microsoft Office as well as familiarity with various other applications. I’m very detail-oriented, and am systematic and organized–using and taking advantage of the many actual working production and archiving studio models I’ve encountered.
EXPERIENCE AND PROJECT STUDIES
2009-PRESENT, Baldwin & Obenauf
Production Artist for Print, Digital and Web
New Responsibilities & Achievements Project Management; QA Management and process implementation; print and Web production and design for multilingual map IFUs, packaging, ads, corporate identity, presentations; design and production of ebooks for iBooks and Amazon;
icon development; design, production and execution for event planning; quality assurance process review; technology exploratory and development and creation of company education guides
EXPERIENCE, 1999-2009
2007-2009, Ego Id
Senior Production Manager for Print and Web
New Responsibilities & Achievements Concept and design of trade show materials; initial planning, execution, maintenance and evolution of Web sites (front and back end); process/work flow development
2000-2007, Franklyn Ideas
Project Manager and Graphic Designer for Print and Web, Machine/Internal Systems Maintenance
New Responsibilities & Achievements Project Management; Team Management (six members) including freelancers (off-site programmers and on-site staff); concept and design of corporate identity, ads, invitations, eNewsletters; initial planning, multiple phase execution and maintenance of database driven pharmaceutical Web sites; process development; proofreading; scheduling and managing time lines; eNewsletter management; creating and managing quote requests and purchase orders
1999, Dugan Valva Contess
Junior Art Director, 2 month freelance position
CLIENT LIST
MasterCard, American Express, Ernst & Young, NJEDA, BASF, Covance, Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson (Medical, Consumer and Internal), Ferrosan, Janssen, Apple (via Groovv/TMS), Rice & Brown Architects, Chubb Corporation, Covance Inc., IVANS, Oxfam America, Rodale Institute, Biovail Corporation, Daiichi Sankyo, King Pharmaceuticals, Novartis, Pfizer, Sanofi Aventis, Schering Plough
EDUCATION
1993-1995 Somerset County Technical Institute, Bridgewater, NJ: Associate Degree, Graphic Arts
1995-1999 Kean University, Union, NJ: BFA, Visual Communications/ Graphic Design
2006-2016 Various art and design classes (figure drawing, CSS/HTML, Adobe Creative Suite, etc...)
Salary commensurate based on experience. My full portfolio and references are available upon request.
Other s: writing & performing music, photography & film editing, tennis, astrophysics... SEE MORE AT behance.net/KOFIBONNERa189