Robert G. Reinfurt
7 Cross Place, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028
973-743-2049 Rrengine9@aol.com
Skills Inventory
• Delivered proven results with high quality marketing materials on time and under budget.
• Saved $250,000 annually after building and managing an in-house graphics department.
• New client contacts realized after new marketing materials were designed, produced and distributed.
• Reduced cost and increased efficiency by filling multiple roles: Production Manager, Instructor, Mac
Technician, Photo Scanning, Retoucher and Copywriter.
• Saved time: managed and executed multiple projects simultaneously from concept to completion, often
under tight deadlines.
• Software, computer systems and equipment
InDesign Dreamweaver PowerPoint Mac OS X
QuarkXPress HTML Word Also experience
Photoshop Flash PageMaker with Windows XP
Illustrator Adobe CS2 Acrobat system
Professional Experience
Freelance Consultant (from start of contract work with Lummus to present)
Created marketing solutions for the following:
ABB Fan Group Connecticut Valley Claim Mannes College of Music
ABB Oil & Gas Service Company Professional Service Group
Bouzard-Hui Gallery Combustion Engineering Simcon
CDTECH Lummus Heat Transfer
Projects for these companies and organizations were handled from design to final product and all returned
with new projects.
Graphic Design Supervisor Consultant, (1999-2003)
Abrams Technical Services, Inc. contracted out to ABB Lummus Global Inc.,
worldwide engineering services company with revenues for 2002 of $1.48 billion
• Increased company exposure in major trade publication after successfully negotiating ad space in key
issue after management had missed the deadline. Designed, wrote and produced a one page ad from 5
pages of material supplied by management.
• Generated new client contacts and sales by taking on a key role in new service introduction through
development of ads, brochures, sales sheets, posters, presentations and other promotional materials.
Design and content coordination with senior sales management team and engineers.
• Quality and efficiency in production: prepared mock-ups and specs; obtained estimates; selected
vendors; ensured that work had been reviewed; prepared files for electronic release; checked color
proofs and attended press side proofing.
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Robert G. Reinfurt 973-743-2049
Consultant under Contract, (1994-1999)
ABB Lummus Global Inc.
• Created consistent and professional company image that had clients taking notice. Supervised, designed
and developed graphics for the marketing and communication efforts: ads, brochures, product sheets,
newsletters, illustrations, presentations, logos, signs, organization charts, web site material, proposals,
seminars, trade shows, posters and displays.
• Increased photo quality by selecting, acquiring photography or directing photo shoots. Scanned and
retouched photos.
• Supported and supervised the Proposal Department in the designing of quality proposals and
presentations that were delivered by senior executives to major clients.
• Helped land a major client by designing presentations in the Russian language in partnership with a
translator.
Graphic Design Supervisor, (1989-1994)
ABB Lummus Global Inc.
• Realized annual savings of $250,000 by building and managing an in-house graphics department.
Assessed their needs, ordered the equipment and software, set up and installed the software and then
producing the majority of the marketing and promotional material. Company benefited with a 75%
reduction in turn-around-time and the ability to make changes on site for meetings that were about to
begin.
• Saved time by creating a project tracking system and quality controls. Received a Quality Award.
• Eliminated redundancy and reduced cost. Created a unified corporate ID program and designed various
vehicles to communicate Lummus standards to the employees worldwide. Checked and insured that
corporate identity requirements were being followed.
• Cost savings gained and computer system down time was reduced by 90% in the Proposal Department
by the following: Researched, planned, secured approval, ordered equipment and software, installed and
maintained Mac workstations for this department. Trained employees on the operation of equipment and
software. Repaired or corrected Mac computer system and software problems.
Education
MFA Painting and Graphics, Pratt Institute
BS Art Education, Kutztown University
Professional Web Development Certificate, Bloomfield College
Printing for People Who Aren’t Printers, accredited course, Rochester Institute of Technology
QuarkXPress and Illustrator software training, MacAcademy
The Macintosh Survival Course, repair and troubleshooting, Data-Tech Institute
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