Marcelo Benedicto Jr.'s Resume (Last updated April 7th 2008)

I seek a full-time position with a professional and creative group that offers challenging assignments in technology, health and medical-related marketing, education and training, and new media exploration.

My background and history bring direct experience in healthcare, education and medical manufacturing areas with emphasis on medical devices, medical techniques, medical marketing and medical education to both consumers and professionals. I am well versed in the corporate environment as well as being a professional contractor and consultant in areas of my expertise.

Positions that I would be a great fit for are: Creative Director, Multimedia Graphic Designer, Interactive Designer,

Freelance graphic design, website and multimedia design, computer and marketing consultation. Clients; Heart Gallery Press, LipidForum.com, Whatapair.com, 
Link to online portfolio: http://web.mac.com/marcelobenedicto/Site/Portfolio.html

Conceptual, planning, and execution of production for all print and new media design for a professional medical education company. Design and media buying for corporate print media, web site development, publication design, packaging and trade show graphic design. Support and maintenance of company intranet, servers and peripherals. Production planning, CD and DVD authoring and duplication. Content evaluation and development for multimedia-based training. Clients include: Abbott Labs, SanofiAventis, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, BristolMyersSquibb, Medtronic.

www.lipidforum.com
www.bytesizecme.com
www.heartgallerypress.com

Conceptual, planning, execution and coordination of production processes including print and media design. Maintain production and manufacturing inventory. Control and maintain shipping and inventory levels. Design and implementation of corporate design and collateral packaging. Support and strategic planning for technology and new media integration.

Engineered, programmed and tested interactive CD-ROMs for clients such as Software Support, Inc. (SSI), World Color corporate, and the K-III Directories. CD-ROMs were developed in Macromedia Director 5.0 software.

NOTE: WorldColor corporation was purchased by Quebecor.

Conceptualized, scripted, designed and produced audio-visual training and promotional media for global marketing and sales administration support. Also supported other department clients such as Human Resources, Research and Development, Manufacturing and Executive officers.

Produced company's first interactive CD-ROM (1995) that showcased company history, product lines, sales, and service programs. Designed and produced LaserDisc technology for interactive educational programs at medical congresses.

Planned, coordinated and provided full audio and video production for three national Sales Meetings and other company events

Strong studio lighting and professional broadcast camera production techniques (Betacam SP) for videography. Location shooting in operating rooms and studios, and remote locations. Online and offline post production with Avid Media Composer and local video production houses. 



Lead personnel in Macintosh computer systems implementation in 1989. Researched, tested, recommended and coordinated hardware and software purchase and installation. Maintained and all Apple Mac hardware. Worked with R&D department to network with engineering's (Intergraph/WinNT)servers. Conceptualized, researched, designed and prepared printed advertising and communications materials for global marketing support of a variety of medical devices for least invasive surgical techniques (arthroscopy/endoscopy).

Organized, managed, and prepared and maintained company catalogs and price lists, journal advertising, promotional brochures, corporate newsletters, presentation materials, other collateral and corporate standards and identification systems. Integrated production spreadsheets with desktop publishing platform for accurate price lists and catalog info.
Various forms of illustration for corporate and product identity to medical and industrial-technical design to support marketing and R&D technical documents.

NOTE: Linvatec Corp.was formerly Concept Inc until purchased by Zimmer in 1992-3. Linvatec is now known as ConMed Linvatec.

SOFTWARE - Macintosh OS and Windows imaging and graphic software packages

QuarkXpress - Passport
Macromedia/Adobe Director MX (Lingo scripting)
Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access
Turning Point ARS 
Articulate Presenter
Adobe Pagemaker, In Design
Adobe FlashMX-CS3 (ActionScript)
Adobe Dreamweaver - HTML, CSS, PHP, SQL, .ASP, Java
Adobe Photoshop - CS3 
Adobe Illustrator CS3
Adobe Acrobat Pro
Roxio Toast Titanium
Ahead Nero Burning Software
Daz Mimic Pro , Swift3D
Sorenson Squeeze
CorelDRAW 9-12
Apple Final Cut Pro , QuickTime Pro

Four years experience with the AVID Media Composer 8000 system (Macintosh) for off-line/on-line video production.

Digital video compression schemes and linear editing and post-production experience. Sony Betacam SP camera experience, S-VHS, medical video cameras, Studio lighting and audio production.

Administration of Windows 2000 server(Dell PowerEdge) RAID Array, Exchange 2000 Server with Symantec AntiVirus filtering for Exchange, Yosemite TapeWare, Veritas Backup Exec

I am a well-rounded, multidisciplinary professional who will become a great asset to you organization. With over twenty years experience in the graphic design field, and at least half of that immersed in video and interactive technologies I believe I can offer practical and prudent solutions to these areas. My experience with Fortune 100 companies to small privately-owned businesses has afforded me a wisdom and perspective that allows me to perform well in either environment. Please review my credentials and consider me for your open position.