Daniel Kacvinski
26 Westminster Ave., Apt. 9, Venice, CA 90291
310.401.0110 • dan@dankmedia.com • www.dankmedia.com
Summary
Graphic Designer with 18 years experience in art direction, creative management and production operations. Proficient in all facets of design concepts, electronic publishing and printing processes. Excellent intuitive and analytical problem-solving skills. Proven ability to meet deadlines, prepare and control efficient budgets, motivate and direct people. Knowledgeable in traditional design and production processes. Particularly strong in design for print media and publications.
Professional Experience
Creative Director, The Jewish Journal, Los Angeles, CA November 2002–Present
Responsible for all editorial design and production. Create original art/illustrations and commission freelance illustrators and photographers as needed. Initiated weekly press check. Oversee three designers.
Senior Production Manager, East Bay Express/SF Weekly May 2002–November 2002
Main focus was to restructure production departments of two sister weekly papers. Set-up new workflow between departments to eliminate production overlap. Initiated new deadlines for cross bay advertisers. Responsible for eight designers.
Production Manager, New TImes Los Angeles July 1996–July 2001
Directly responsible for five designers. Quality control consisting of pre-press page proofing and weekly press check. Liaison to press for quality control, scheduling and printing budget. Consulted for clients with respect to design, electronic pre-press and printing reproduction. Developed educational training for sales staff relating to advertising and publication design, production workflow and production processes. Directed outsourcing of special projects. Paginated publication weekly.
Production Systems Manager, New Times, Inc. December 1995–June 1996
Worked with a group to develop production support network. Streamlined workflow and communication relations between sales and production departments. Implemented standardized production procedures and design guidelines. Initiated transition to full-publication pagination using PDF format and electronic transmission to press. Technology research and integration for hardware and software.
Associate Art Director, New Times, Inc. October 1993–April 1995
Conception and design of feature articles, advertising collateral and supplements. Commissioned illustrations and directed photo shoots. Coordinated outsourcing to graphic design firms, service bureaus and printers. Traveled to new acquisitions in Dallas, Houston and San Francisco to train art director, production manager and production staff in layout/design, hardware/software and production processes.
Layout Editor, Phoenix New Times March 1991–October 1993
Liaison between art, editorial and sales departments. Weekly dummying of publication. Follow-through of layouts from design to finished product. Photo editing and research. Designed and created basic charts, graphs and tables. Accomplished transition from manual production to full electronic production of editorial, while assisting in redesign of publication.
Software and Technical
Proficient in using Adobe CS 4 Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, Fireworks, Flash. Knowledge of HTML, PHP, JavaScript.
Mac OS X 10.6, BB Edit 9.0, Fetch, MS Office 2008, ALS 3.0, QuarkXpress 7.0
Education
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 8/87-7/91 B.S. Graphic Communication
Awards
Los Angeles Press Club, Daily/Weekly Newspapers (Under 100,000 Circulation)
2008 2nd Place, Design, “Is Our Fate Really Sealed?”
2007 2nd Place, Design, “My Mother’s Table” and Honorable Mention: “Jewish Gelt”
2006 1st Place, Design, “Jews in Space”
2005 1st Place, Design, “My Iraq”
1994 Arizona Press Club, 1st Place Newspaper/Magazine Design, Single Theme “The Palo Verde Papers”
1990 National Student Advertising Competition sponsored by the American Advertising Federation (AAF)
1st Place Regional competition, 5th Place National competition