I'm Fred Bard, a creatively-driven, innovative graphics professional with a long history of image, design, and print production projects across luxury brands, financial services, retail, entertainment, and online businesses. I work primarily with Adobe Creative Suite — Photoshop, InDesign, Lightroom, Illustrator, etc. I excel at retouching, photography post-production, pre-press, and production management, coordinating with in-house teams, consultants, vendors, and photographers to guide projects from concept to completion. I am committed to delivering high-quality results on time and within budget, while fostering strong client relationships and clear communication. I thrive in dynamic environments and am comfortable working remotely. I combine AI-assisted techniques with traditional retouching methods to optimize efficiency and outcomes, always aiming to improve workflows, collaboration, and creative impact for every project.…

Fred Bard

I'm Fred Bard, a creatively-driven, innovative graphics professional with a long history of image, design, and print production projects across luxury brands, financial services, retail, entertainment, and online businesses. I work primarily with Adobe Creative Suite — Photoshop, InDesign, Lightroom, Illustrator, etc. I excel at retouching, photography post-production, pre-press, and production management, coordinating with in-house teams, consultants, vendors, and photographers to guide projects from concept to completion. I am committed to delivering high-quality results on time and within budget, while fostering strong client relationships and clear communication. I thrive in dynamic environments and am comfortable working remotely. I combine AI-assisted techniques with traditional retouching methods to optimize efficiency and outcomes, always aiming to improve workflows, collaboration, and creative impact for every project.…

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I’m Fred Bard, a creatively-driven, innovative graphics professional with a long history of image, design, and print production projects across luxury brands, financial services, retail, entertainment, and online businesses.

I work primarily with Adobe Creative Suite — Photoshop, InDesign, Lightroom, Illustrator, etc.

I excel at retouching, photography post-production, pre-press, and production management, coordinating with in-house teams, consultants, vendors, and photographers to guide projects from concept to completion. I am committed to delivering high-quality results on time and within budget, while fostering strong client relationships and clear communication.

I thrive in dynamic environments and am comfortable working remotely. I combine AI-assisted techniques with traditional retouching methods to optimize efficiency and outcomes, always aiming to improve workflows, collaboration, and creative impact for every project.

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Work Experience

Digital Image & Print Production Consultant at Fred Bard Production
January 1, 2022 - Present
Currently provide image, digital and print production services to advertising/design firms and other businesses. Responsibilities include image retouching, color correction, resizing, layout revisions, file management, vendor sourcing and estimating, including pre-press/preflighting and dispensation for all projects as needed. Major projects for clients include AE Greyson, AMC Television, Ann Taylor, The Body Shop, Burton Snowboards, The Cousteau Society, Gordini, The Independent Film Channel, Discovery TSX, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Macy’s NY, Momentum Worldwide/NY, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Milwaukee Shakespeare Co., The Milwaukee Symphony, MTV/VH1, The New York Philharmonic, Novo Nordisk, Oxford Health, Prudential Bache, Quicksilver/Roxy, Scudder Kemper Investments, Simon & Schuster, Timberland, Virgin Mobile, WE Television, Yahoo!, and Yahoo! Finance.
Digital Image & Print Production Consultant at Independent / Freelance (New York)
January 1, 1994 - January 1, 2022
Work independently as an image, digital and print production provider to advertising/design firms and other businesses. Managed and produced ad and direct-marketing campaigns for globally recognized B2B clients in over 15 languages.
Print Production Consultant of Record at EZIBA.com
January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2005
Oversaw the print production of catalogs, advertising materials, and point of purchase (POP) materials. Held full profit and loss accountability for a seven-figure print production budget. Supervised on-press production of catalogs and oversaw studio, photography, and internal system operations. Built strong interpersonal relationships while performing on-site project management. Supported resizing of all final images for website catalog.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts at Suffield University
January 11, 2003 - December 1, 2003
Undergraduate at Hamilton College
September 1, 1975 - January 1, 1977

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Retail, Professional Services, Other
    paper Fred Bard Sample Projects
    Please see my website at: https://www.twine.net/signin Various project with photographers, designers and producers. Roles include Image management and retouching, color correction and changes, and pre-press, layout/ mechanical and image processing as needed.…