MAKI SASAKI 210 Varet st Apt#409 Brooklyn, New York, 11206 1 646 320 0188
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SKILLS Mac, Adobe CS3 (Illustrator,Photoshop,Acrobat, InDesign)
EXPERIENCE Winter Design Group Freelance Graphic Designer Clients
New York, NY 2006
National Gallery (London), Dali Museum Created print designs for ties, scarves and shawls.
Li & Fung USA Freelance Graphic, Product and Textile Designer and Illustrator Clients
New York, NY 2002-08
Avon, Kohl's, Bed Bath & Beyond, Levi's, Jo Ann Fabric, Starbucks, Shopko, Fred Meyer, Meijer, Creating Keepsakes, Michaels, Safeway, Homeworks, Royalvelvet etc.
Product Design
Developed total design concept for tableware, bath accessories, bedding, holiday-themed products, gift sets,crafts for kids and other home products. Designed shapes and functions of products Designed motifs and applied them to products Scanned and manipulated images in Photoshop to be suitable for products Prepared presentation board for business meetings Researched motif to meet clients' needs
Graphic Design
Designed and illustrated packagings Designed layout and retouched photos for presentation book Created graphic images for products
Textile Design
Illustrated motif by both hand painting and computer illustration Created pattern and repeat for bed sheets, shower curtains, towels, etc. Retouched original artwork in Photoshop and created a repeat Created prints for woven shirts
Toppan Printing Company Freelance Graphic Designer
Tokyo, Japan
1998-99
Tokyo, Japan
1995-97
Designed catalog and advertising Designed presentation material for business meetings
Industrial Advertising Agency Graphic Designer Designed ads for industrial magazines Retouched photos
E D U C AT I O N School of Visual Arts, BFA in graphic design
New York, NY 1999-02
YMCA Design Institute, associate's degree in graphic design
Tokyo, Japan
1992-94
