
ABOUT

Howard A. Schwartz
Drexel University,
Philadelphia, PA
B.A. Degree, Graphic Design, June 1997
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
WSFS Bank, Philadelphia, PA, February 2022 to Present
AVP, Creative Services Manager ​
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Manage creation of all advertising and marketing assets.
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Manage creative project workflow and allocation of resources
SGK (Johnson and Johnson), Ft. Washington, PA, May 2019 to February 2022
Label and Packaging Design Project Manager (supporting Johnson & Johnson Consumer) ​
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Manage lifecycle of development of package and label design for Johnson & Johnson OTC self care products.
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FibroGen Inc, San Francisco, CA, November 2020 to Presently supporting freelance
Web Designer (Freelance)
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Redesign and ongoing maintenance of corporate website (desktop and mobile).
NFlection Therapeutics Inc., Wayne, PA, November 2019 to Presently supporting freelance
Web Designer (Freelance)
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Redesign and ongoing maintenance of corporate website (desktop and mobile).
Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. , Malvern, PA, November 2017 to Presently supporting freelance
Senior Graphic Designer (Freelance)
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Redesign and ongoing maintenance of corporate website (desktop and mobile).
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Develop branding and campaigns efforts.
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Provided graphic support to environmental/office and directional signage.
Williams Tag , Collegeville, PA, March 2019 to May 2019
Senior Graphic Designer (on site contract supporting Pfizer Pharmaceutical) ​
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Managed all aspects of graphic design support including brochures, HTML emails, web banners, GUI, and trade show graphics using sound business acumen.
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Vanguard, Malvern, PA, April 2018 to March 2019
Senior Graphic Designer (Contract)
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Provided graphic and layout support for financial fund reports, investment white papers, and presentations.​
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Southco, Concordville, PA, August 2016 to March 2017, Presently supporting freelance
Senior Graphic Designer (Contract)
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Provide graphic support and layout for 500 page product catalog for eight languages.
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Provide graphic design support of presentation graphics, brochures, case histories, web banners, GUI graphics and trade shows graphics.
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Maintain website for three companies in eight languages.
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Provide photography support capture of new products for online and print collateral.
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Developed forms and landing pages in Marketo.
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Lockheed Martin, King of Prussia, PA, May 2000 to November 2015
Senior Graphic Designer
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Provide graphic support for companies internal and external needs.
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Creative design and output of exhibit graphics and specialty products for trade shows.
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Responsibilities include design and production of presentation graphics, advertisements, invitations, announcements, brochures, sell sheets, technical papers, case histories and logos.
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Coordination of in-house printshop and of outsourcing projects with vendors.
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Experienced in Microsoft Sharepoint development
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Provided event support of video and photography capture.
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Experience in multimedia and web design.
Art Director/Project Manager
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Acts as creative team Lockheed Martin idenity brand expert
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Conducts weekly staff meeting
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Coordinates/Delegate projects to team
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Project management
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Responsible for staffing of creative team
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Submits for weekly report of items of interest
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Developed fiscal budget with budget lead and responsible for providing financial reports to management
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Oversees the creation and maintenance of all relevant processes and procedures pertinent to Media Product Development
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Mentors junior & senior level designers to ensure their technical growth and productivity
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Maintains awareness of the latest design technologies and trends
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Acts as back-up to Multimedia Art Director
Department Customer Service Representative
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Acts as primary contact for creative team
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Provides customer service to customer base
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Conducts customer meeting
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Defines job requirements
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Develops estimate of work required to customers
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Oversee and manage projects including delgating assigned work, tracking timeline, budget and delivery
Team Lead
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Responsible for department budgets
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Responsible for department equipment, computers and software licenses
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Conducts department purchases
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Developed creative services target marketing plans and dentify new possible opportunities for team
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Conducts team member yearly appraisal reviews
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Research and recommend the latest cutting edge technology of color copy and digital production.
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Hercules Incorporated, Trevose, PA, June 1997 to May 2000
Graphic Designer
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Provide support for marketing and business development.
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Responsibilities include design and production of presentation graphics, advertisements, invitations, announcements, brochures, sell sheets, technical papers, case histories and logos.
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Creative design and output of exhibit graphics for trade shows.
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Management of cataloging photography.
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Maintain and update all graphic materials.
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Developed production and graphic standards.
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Experienced in multimedia and web design.
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Coordination of in-house printshop. and of outsourcing projects with vendors.
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Image handling (photoCD, scanning, small/large format color).
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Manage the maintenance of all office computers and equipment.
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Research and recommend the latest cutting edge technology of color copy and digital graphics.
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Banners, Signs Express, Trevose, PA, June 1996 to September 1996
Graphic Designer
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Designed type and layout for signs and banners.
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Operated computer plotter used for cutting vinyl.
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Constructed banners and signs.
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Applied vinyl to cars, trucks and buildings.
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Applied silk screen to signs.
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University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, June 1995 to December 1995
Graphic Designer
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Designed numerous outdoor signs, interior signage, logos.
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Created slide presentations for the president of the university.
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Photographed and layed out magazine for incoming class.
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Designed posters for upcoming events on campus
PERSONAL LIFE
Howard resides in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania with his wife, Hope, and their two children, Avery and Samantha. Howard is a member of American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP).
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