Hi, I'm Micheline Gavidia, a seasoned Graphic Artist and Designer with over 40 years of experience across various sectors including marketing, publication production, and corporate identity. I specialize in creating engaging designs for signage, magazines, catalogs, and trade shows, blending creativity with efficiency to deliver impactful visual solutions. Throughout my career, I've collaborated with local businesses, hospitals, and trade show companies to help them achieve strong brand identities and effective marketing materials. I pride myself on being approachable, reliable, and passionate about helping clients bring their vision to life through quality design and production work.…

Micheline Gavidia

Hi, I'm Micheline Gavidia, a seasoned Graphic Artist and Designer with over 40 years of experience across various sectors including marketing, publication production, and corporate identity. I specialize in creating engaging designs for signage, magazines, catalogs, and trade shows, blending creativity with efficiency to deliver impactful visual solutions. Throughout my career, I've collaborated with local businesses, hospitals, and trade show companies to help them achieve strong brand identities and effective marketing materials. I pride myself on being approachable, reliable, and passionate about helping clients bring their vision to life through quality design and production work.…

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Hi, I’m Micheline Gavidia, a seasoned Graphic Artist and Designer with over 40 years of experience across various sectors including marketing, publication production, and corporate identity. I specialize in creating engaging designs for signage, magazines, catalogs, and trade shows, blending creativity with efficiency to deliver impactful visual solutions.

Throughout my career, I’ve collaborated with local businesses, hospitals, and trade show companies to help them achieve strong brand identities and effective marketing materials. I pride myself on being approachable, reliable, and passionate about helping clients bring their vision to life through quality design and production work.

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English
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Work Experience

Graphic Designer / Marketing at Christ Family Church
July 1, 2024 - December 3, 2024
Responsible for redesigning new logos, flyers, and marketing materials.
Graphic Designer, Freelance Contractor at Local Tri-County Area
June 1, 2020 - December 31, 2023
Provided services for local businesses, creating publications and free-lanced for advertising agencies, creating for local business, and working for various publications including Pineapple Post, Out & About, and multiple magazines. Delivered layout and design for multiple marketing and advertising campaigns.
Graphic Designer at Impact Designs Sign Company in Stuart
June 1, 2019 - April 30, 2020
Project-based design of all phases of signage including car wraps, signage of all kinds, and promotional items.
Graphic Designer / Design / Production at 05) 2) 0(5 6211Y's Car Wash Services
June 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019
Project-based design of all signage for the Car Wash Industry including any signage within and outside the Car Washes. Designed the actual entrances to the Car Wash and the internal arches, any signage, logos, banners, traffic lights, stop-go, disclaimers full menus with all icons of the different wash types and other signage to complete a Car Wash Business System. Design for Car Washes and prepared files for press. Most used application is Illustrator with occasional InDesign and Photoshop for photo touch-ups.
Graphic Designer, Freelance Contractor at Local Tri-County Area
May 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018
Provided services for local businesses and online bidding, creating publications and freelanced for Advertising Agencies. Created layout for Martin Memorial, local business, and various publications such as Pineapple Post, Out & About, SB, Arts Magazine, SB Culture Magazine, Bard Theatre, Focus Around Town, and private accounts and agencies. Created marketing material such as logos, postcards, mailers, flyers, signage, brochures and many other marketing promos.
Art Director / Design / Production at Pineapple Post Publication – Hensen Beach, FL
January 1, 2012 - July 31, 2017
Responsibilities included designing and creating unique and useful ads, production of publication from start to completion for print. Organizing and preparing photos for layouts. Created ads and production from start to completion for print, customer service, sales, marketing and distribution.
Graphic Designer/Marketing at Martin Memorial Hospital Marketing Department–Stuart, FL
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2011
Assisted art director in marketing, advertising sales, designing and production of all marketing materials, forms, signage for multiple hospital departments. Handled work needed for brochures, signage, newsletters, reports, family aspects of processes in graphic department as well as documentation, presentation, corporate identity, and working with the RUS for the marketing department. Also covered the Graphics Supervisor role on multiple occasions when needed. Worked with Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator, PowerPoint, Word, Dreamweaver, and anything necessary to produce a final product. Participated in photo shoots, meetings, and assisting users with their needs. References on request.
Trade Show Production Manager/Art Director at GDJZ - Southwest Florida
January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2009
Includes monthly and annual trade shows. Handled all promotions simultaneously for all shows. Responsibilities included creating all marketing material for International Trade Show Company, working side-by-side with marketing to produce the best product with the most impact. Responsible for art directing, designing, organizing files, traffic and production, advertising sales, production and printing of all promotional material and all signage. Created ad and marketing pieces for the shows including new tradeshow layout books for the shows, advertising and new tradeshow reviewing of new acquired shows for corporate identity. Promotional Ads appeared in Southern Living, New York Times and many other designer magazines. Responsibilities included attending the trade shows to assist vendors and show managers with any setups and issues, producing primary and final art and layouts for print and electronic media, branding, new corporate themes/images and logos for new acquisitions, all phases
Graphic Designer / Marketing at Christ Family Church
July 1, 2024 - June 27, 2024
Responsible for redesigning new logos, flyers, and marketing material.
Graphic Designer, Freelance Contractor at Local Tri-County Area
June 1, 2019 - June 27, 2024
Provided services for local businesses, creating publications and freelanced for advertising agencies. Created advertising layouts for local business and assisted in production and marketing materials.
Graphic Designer at Impact Designs Sign Company in Stuart
June 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019
Designing all phases of signage including car wraps, signage of all kinds, and any promotional items. Designed the actual entrances to the Car Wash and the internal arches, signage, logos, banners, traffic lights, stops, and other required signage for a Car Wash Business System. Prepared files for press. Worked with various software including Illustrator and Photoshop for print production and photo touch-up.
Art Director / Design / Production at Pineapple Post Publication – Jensen Beach, FL
May 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018
Designing and producing publications from start to finish including organizing and preparing photos for layouts. Organized and prepared photos for layouts, customer service, sales, marketing, and distribution.
Graphic Designer/Marketing at Martin Memorial Hospital Marketing Department – Stuart, FL
January 1, 2009 - January 31, 2017
Assisted art director in marketing, designing, producing marketing materials, forms, signage for multiple hospital departments. Handled most jobs presented including brochures, signage, newsletters, annual reports, family documents in all aspects of the graphics department, presentation, corporate identity, and working with the RIS for the marketing department. Also covered for the Graphics Supervisor on multiple occasions.
Trade Show Production Manager/Art Director at T.E.M. Pasa, Inc. – Stuart, FL
January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2009
Monthly and annual trade shows; handled all promotions continuously for all shows. Created all marketing materials for international trade show company. Worked side by side with marketing to produce the best product with most impact. Responsible for art directing, designing, organizing files, traffic and production, advertising sales, production and printing all promotional material, signage, banners, wax industry page program books, advertizing new trade show reveals, and corporate identity. Produced new corporate themes and images for new acquisitions. Worked with printing vendors on bidding, quality, and maintaining a professional relationship for the best service and quick turnaround times. Attended trade shows to assist vendors and show management with any setups and issues.
Graphic Artist / Designer at Southeastern Printing – Stuart, FL
January 1, 1990 - December 31, 2000
Gained full knowledge of color printing processes including typesetting, photography, set-ups, and designing magazines, brochures, corporate identity, and print.
Business Owner and Graphic Services at Photo Express Custom Photo Lab – Jensen Beach, FL
January 1, 1988 - December 31, 1990
Supplying photo processing services to customers, digital graphic services, and graphic art services overseeing seven employees.
Graphic Artist & Designer at Fast Graphics Printing Company – Stuart, FL
January 1, 1985 - December 31, 1988
All phases of design production in the graphic arts production department including printing, typesetting, running jobs to finish for pre-press and customer service with schedule and deadlines.

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