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For the past 25 years I worked with a jewelry company. Website: Palm beach jewelry.com In Photoshop almost every day. Retouching jewelry images models changing jewelry on models and recently using AI models saving money. Designing jewelry catalog and insert pages. Managing the department- users to file servers - backups. Writing scripts to automate tasks saving hours of time for all users.…

Ken Rotberg

Art Director, Photographer, Graphic Designer, +2

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For the past 25 years I worked with a jewelry company. Website: Palm beach jewelry.com In Photoshop almost every day. Retouching jewelry images models changing jewelry on models and recently using AI models saving money. Designing jewelry catalog and insert pages. Managing the department- users to file servers - backups. Writing scripts to automate tasks saving hours of time for all users.…

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For the past 25 years I worked with a jewelry company. Website: Palm beach jewelry.com
In Photoshop almost every day. Retouching jewelry images models changing jewelry on models and recently using AI models saving money. Designing jewelry catalog and insert pages. Managing the department- users to file servers - backups. Writing scripts to automate tasks saving hours of time for all users.

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Work Experience

Director of Creative Services at Seta Corporation (PalmBeachJewelry.com)

January 1, 2006 - February 6, 2026

Oversee all phases of production for artwork/photography and manage in-house photo studio, retouching, and catalog proofing. Lead daily priorities with photographer/models; collaborate with Creative Directors and Marketing/Merchandising; train staff; maintain fileserver/backups; troubleshoot hardware/software; develop AppleScript utilities to automate tasks.

Catalog Production Manager at Seta Corporation (PalmBeachJewelry.com)

January 1, 2001 - January 1, 2006

Oversee all catalog production; prepare catalog versions for other art directors; calibrate monitors/color proofing; preflight jobs and create final PDFs; perform photography/retouching as needed.

Pre-Press at SCP Commercial Printing

January 1, 1996 - January 1, 2001

Responsible for preparing in-house/client electronic files using Brisque and Delta workflow; preflight, troubleshoot, and solve problem files; trapping/imposition with Delta Trapper/Signastation; trained at Heidelberg/Creo Scitex.

Art Director at SCP Commercial Printing

January 1, 1993 - January 1, 1996

Design and produce a variety of catalogs, newsletters, brochures, invitations, books and more from concept to printed material; collaborate with clients; coordinate with prepress/print production for trapping/creep; set up Retrospect-based archival system to reduce costs.

Art Director at Seta Corporation

January 1, 1992 - January 1, 1993

Design and build jewelry and general merchandise catalogs, labels, flyers and packaging; collaborate with creative director/merchandising/purchasing; created utilities to automate repetitive tasks.

Freelance Jewelry Retouching at Seta Corporation

January 1, 1993 - January 1, 2017

Freelance jewelry retouching and related catalog/packaging work.

Art Director at Sound Advice

January 1, 1991 - January 1, 1991

Design/produce inserts, catalogs and newspaper ads throughout Florida.

Advertising Computer Graphics Production Manager at Burdines

January 1, 1990 - January 1, 1991

Supervise eight graphic artists and retouch operators; manage newspaper and direct mail traffic; troubleshoot output problems; develop UNIX-based file server utilities; implement new hire training; produced 1500+ newspaper ads annually.

Scanner/Retouch Artist at Burdines

January 1, 1989 - January 1, 1990

Scanned and retouched photography and line art for print advertising.

Page Makeup Designer at Burdines

January 1, 1988 - January 1, 1989

Produced newspaper/color inserts and direct mail advertising on UNIX Camex system; collaborated with art directors on layouts.

Dark Room Technician at Burdines

January 1, 1987 - January 1, 1988

Developed film and correctly printed fashion/product photography for newspaper advertising; assisted with paste-up/stripping/camera work.

Freelance Photographer at Hallandale Digest

January 1, 1981 - January 1, 2002

Photographed local sports events and front-page features; assisted with layouts and captions.