CAREER OBJECTIVE
To provide creative design solution and share ideas to a wide variety of clients with the experience in design and production of corporate identity, web, print, marketing productions and presentation publications.
EXPERIENCE
Freelance Designer, Present - December 2, 2009
Produce visual designs, logos, print, web, multimedia, SEO and marketing for various small clients.
Senior Designer, MindComet, December 2, 2009 - July 2009
Senior designer on a team of 5. Responsible for user experience and visual design on various projects. Job duties required the development of ideas and concepts combined with design to ensure client success. Responsible for art direction, conceptualization, web usability, interface design, information architecture and wireframes.
Art Director, Leisure Bay Industries, September 2002 - July 2009
Responsible for the visual look and feel of the creative product and advertising. Concept for print, web and other advertising mediums. Also responsible for understanding the company's business model and how customers will access the websites through visual communication by print, web and e-commerce.
Senior Designer, AKA Big Color Graphics, April 2001 - September 2002
Responsible for coordinating and producing of a variety of graphics products and services, providing graphic design and art direction for a variety of graphics products including ads, newsletters, report covers, annual reports, brochures, exhibit displays, maps, slide shows. Other duties implied: determining size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, selecting style and size of type, and arranging layouts based upon available space, knowledge of layout principles, and aesthetic design concepts. Studied illustrations, photographs and text to plan presentation of material, product or service. Activity in reviewing layout and suggesting improvements as needed. Also prepared the assembly of final layouts for printing and reviews and approved art and copy materials. Provided expert analysis and input on others designs.
Art Director, Video Central, March 2000 - March 2001
Responsible for visually communicating graphic materials through print, corporate identification, design and
production of national magazines, direct mail pieces, sales material and promotional communication components.
Graphic Designer, World Publications, Inc., March 1999 - February 2000
Responsible designing national advertisements including design layout for magazines: Waterski, Wakeboarding,
Kiteboarding, Windsurfing, Sport Diver, Sport Fishing, Fly Fishing and Marlin Magazines.
Graphic Designer, Madison Advertising, January 1998 - February 1999.
Responsible for the creativity of speculative advertisements, ad design, and special sections utilizing my knowledge of design theory and color creativity.
Graphic Designer, 5TCO, May 1994 - January 1999
Responsible for completing various freelance design assignments including creation of a bi-monthly printed newsletter for a
architects association, design of various logos, and artwork for a silk-screening company, Silk-screening.
Responsible for the coordination and production of a variety of graphics products and services. Prepared and estimated costs, coordinated graphic production and reproduction by service bureaus. Prepared the assembly of final layouts for printing and provided graphic design and art direction for a variety of products including, ordinances, plans, reports, brochures, application forms, exhibit displays, maps, presentations, and slide shows.
INTERNSHIP
Assistant Graphic Designer, Earthbase Design and Communications, 1996-1997.
Designated duties of the intern included: creative file management digital and hard files, posting of purchase order and maintaining master schedule timeline updates.
SKILLS
Excellent understanding of the Macintosh System OSX, Network Management, Web, and Pre-Press.
Tools: Illustrator CS4, Photoshop CS4, Acrobat 9, InDesign CS4, Dreamweaver CS4, Flash CS4, QuarkXpress 6.0, Wordpress, Joomla.
Design: User Interface Design, Wireframes, Information Architecture, Photography, Communication, Typography, Drawing & Writing.
Languages: HTML & XHTML, CSS, AJAX, Javascript, ActionScript.
EDUCATION
Digital Media, Full Sail Real World Education, Orlando, Florida, 2002.
Macromedia Authorized Training Program, Red Wave Interactive, Inc., Macromedia Dreamweaver 4, Flash 4, 2001.
Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design, University of Central Florida, May 1997.
REFERENCES
Available upon request.
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