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PERSONAL DATANAME: Sergio Enrique Fraire Monreal
ADDRESS: 463A Prospect Ave. 3, Brooklyn NY, 11215.
PHONE: 917 485 5857
PROFESSIONAL STUDIES: Studies BA in Graphic Design,
Universidad Autónoma del Noreste, Torreón Coah. México
EMAIL:
IMMIGRANT STATUS
• Nonimmigrant Worker, O1A Visa, Individuals with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement
AWARDS• SND 32 Edition, Award of excellence, Redesing Overall.
• SND 26 Edition, Award of excellence, Sport Pages
• SND 25 Edition, Award of excellence, Single Section with Ads by Supplement Our Health:
Cancer Intimate Enemy.
• Gold Mention on the cover magazine category and three-time finalist in the category full
magazine on the a! diseño awards 2006.
TEACHING EXPERIENCEMaster degree of Editorial Design and Specialty on Editorial Design,
Universidad Gestalt de Diseño, Xalapa Veracruz, México.
Classes: Design of Periodical Pub0lications on 2011, 2012 and 2013 and
Prepress and Publishing Production in 2011 and 2012
WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES• Contraesquina, Series of Conferences Editorial Design on the Universidad de la Comunicación,
México City, June 2013, speaker
• Editorial Design Workshop, Universidad Panamericana,México City, 7 and 8 February 2013,
speaker and workshop
• CODISEM 2010 Conference and Workshop Editorial Design, Xalapa Veracruz, 2010, speaker and
workshop
• Degree in Design Editorial National School of Visual Arts, Xochimilco UNAM, 2005 and 2006,
speaker.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCECOMPANY: Impremedia LLC, | Creative Director, New York, USA
DATE: June 2014 to date
ACTIVITIES: Graphic direction of the leader on spanish publications in USA. Two daily: El Diario
(New York), La Opinión (Los Angeles Cal.) and three weeklies: La Raza (Chicago Il.), La Prensa
(Orlando Flo.) and La Opinión de la Bahía (San Francisco, Cal.).
Relaunching of the 5 publications, creation of a new editorial workflow and migration of all the
publications to Adobe Creative Suite, special coverages in all publications for World Cup 2014,
Copa America 2015 and Papal Visit to USA on 2015 .
COMPANY: Grupo Medios S.A de C.V. | Donde Ir Magazine | Graphic Editor.
DATE: June 2013 to date
ACTIVITIES: Graphic direction of its Print magazine and Ipad version, upgrade the graphic style
of the magazine, in 6 months we have tripled the downloads on Ipad version.
COMPANY: Más Noticias con Más Beneficios | MAS POR MAS free newspaper | Art Director
DATE: March 2011 to march 2013
ACTIVITIES: Graphic direction of the newspaper, development of editorial products for print
editions, microsites, web publishing, and redesign printed in February 2013.
SND Award of Excellence in the 33rd by the Redesign category, launching Roshfrans MAGAZINE,
which achieved a multi-year advertising contract with Roshfrans which is still in force, special
supplement for the 2012 Olympic Games in China which attracted advertisers like Samsung and
Bimbo, circulation was doubled 90mil to 180mil printed copies.
COMPANY: Gobierno del Distrito Federal, IAAM DF | Design consulting
DATE: July 2010 to date
ACTIVITIES: Overall redesign and creation of layout for LETRA PLATEADA magazine, a free bi
monthly publishing with 250mil printed copies distributed for all the senior adults pensioners
by the Mexico City goverment.
COMPANY: Grupo Cantón S.A.de C.V. | Diario BASTA!, newspaper | Coorporative Art Director
DATE: Julio de 2010 a febrero de 2011.
ACTIVITIES: Development the integral design proposal, launching and art direction of Diario
¡Basta!, the first publishing specialized in showbiz tabloid released on August 16, 2010 and
circulated in the metropolitan area and the Estado de Mexico, today is the most important in that
genre.
COMPANY: Ediciones Culinarias SA de CV, | DÍA A DÍA CON EL CHEF OROPEZA magazine |
Design consulting.
DATE: December 2009 to june 2010
ACTIVITIES: Overall redesign and creation of layout for DÍA CON EL CHEF OROPEZA magazine,
supervision of pre-press and print
COMPANY: Medios y Proyectos Ciudadanos S.A. De C.V, | Emeequis magazine | Art director.
DATE: April 2006 to july 2010.
ACTIVITIES: Art direction of Emeequis magazine, redesign of the magazine to the number of
anniversary in February 2007, redesign for the anniversary issue in February 2009, mention of
gold a! Diseño awards 2006 on Magazine cover category and finalist in the category magazine.
I made the layout page for four articles who won the National Award Journalism (Alejandro
Almazán, Humberto Padgett, Fátima Monterrosa y Patricia Vega).
COMPANY: Grupo GW S.A. de C.V., | ESPN The Magazine | Freelance graphic designer
DATE: from 2009 to 2011
ACTIVITIES: Freelance designer of special publications and inserts in ESPN The Magazine and
ESPN Mexico, highlighting the Guides for the World Cup South Africa 2010 (two for the United
States sponsored by Verizon and Ford and one to Mexico sponsored by Sony), Special Superbowl
XLIV , Guia NFL 2009, Mexican Tennis Open 2010 and 2009 Lorena Ochoa Invitational
COMPANY: Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno del Distrito Federal | Design consulting
DATE: from December 2007 to March 2009
ACTIVITIES: Original design of Chilanguia magazine, published monthly by the Ministry of
Culture of the City of Mexico. Art direction, the magazine reached 300 thousand monthly print
copies.
COMPANY: Editorial Zacatecas S.A. de C.V., | Design consulting
ACTIVITIES: Design consultant for newspapers and MAGEN DE ZACATECAS y EL
CENTINELA, training of editors and designers, The IMAGEN DE ZACATECAS newspaper
redesign was launched in January 2009, and four months later, the redesign for EL CENTILENA
newspaper was launched too. After redesigning both newspapers the group’s turnover both
increased by 50%.
COMPANY: Multimedios de Campeche S.A. de C.V., | Design consulting
ACTIVITIES: Original design of Expreso de Campeche newspaper to launch in 2005, design
consultant during 2006 and 2007, redesign for newspaper in June 2007, after the redesign
in 2007 circulation increased from 3,000 to 7,000 copies, today Expreso de Campeche is
newspaper leader of the state.
COMPANY: Compañia Periodistica Nacional S.A. de C.V. | EL UNIVERSAL newspaper |
General Coordinator of soft news design
DATE: Septiembre de 2003 a Abril de 2006.
ACTIVITIES: General Coordinator of soft news design for newspaper El Universal, on charge of
supervision and coordination of four daily sections (Culture, Sports, Entertainment & Lifestyle),
three weekly sections (Cars, Tech, Travel), three weekly supplements (Confabulario, ¡Por Fín! and
Our Health) , special publications and commercial supplements.
I did the original design of the suplement Alemania06 (inserted in 21 newspapers in México,
Texas, Arizona and Southern California in the United States) , redesign of the weekly supplement
¡Por Fin! in February 2006, redesign of El Universal in October 2005 in conjunction with a team
of external consultants , development of the original design and styles of Equipo sports weekly,
Confabulario weekly, Atenas04 supplements and Our health, supplements. Award of Excellence
from the SND in 25 editions and 26 in the category Sport Single Section and Page , in 2004 and
2005 , I contributed to win the first design awards in the history of the newspaper.
COMPANY: Editorial La Voz del Ístmo S.A. de C.V., | Imagen de Veracruz newspaper | Art director.
DATE: Abril a Septiembre de 2003
PLACE: Boca del Río, Veracruz.
ACTIVITIES: Supervision of all graphic production of the newspaper, implementation
of systems of work, redesign of supplements, creating styles for daily section, and special
supplements, making of the front cover and special pages. Advising for the newspaper Diario del
Istmo in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz.
COMPANY: Editorial Televisa S.A. de C.V. | Soccermanía, Fibra América and Deporte Internacional
magazine, | Graphic designer
DATE: Octubre 2001 a Marzo 2003
ACTIVITIES: Realization of layouts for the magazines SoccerMania, Fibre America, Deporte
Internacional, Soccermanía Diario del Mundial and the handbills home games for Tigres,
Rayados, America and Necaxa. Performing styles for publications, art direction in 5 numbers,
graphic coordinator for the handbills publication, support for the redesign of Deporte
Internacional and Launch of Soy Águila magazine.
COMPANY: Consorcio Interamericano de Comunicación S.A. de C.V. | Reforma Newspaper |
Graphic designer, sports section.
DATE: Diciembre 2000 a Septiembre 2001
ACTIVITIES: Realization of layouts and special pages for the sports section and support for
Señor Futbol weekly magazine.
COMPANY: Grupo CAFICA Fiestaland S.A. de C.V., | Ads and design chief
DATE: Febrero 1998 a Diciembre 2000
PLACE: Mazatlán, Sinaloa.
ACTIVITIES: Realization of layouts for 1,2,3 magazine and all the ads advertising for Fiestaland,
the bigest complex of bars and restaurants on the northwest of México
COMPANY: Multimedios Estrellas de Oro S.A. de C.V. | La Opinión-Milenio y La Opinión de la
tarde, | graphic coeditor
DATE: Junio 1996 a Mayo 1997
PLACE: Torreón, Coahuila.
ACTIVITIES: Realization of layouts the front cover of the newspaper and the covers of Sports,
Local, Durango and Entertainment for the first edition. Layouts of front cover, back cover, and
sports cover on the second edition of the newspaper.
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