OBJECTIVE
I feel that my creative and technical skills have uniquely prepared me for a leadership position in any design or marketing department. I am a detail oriented, self-motivated individual with managerial experience as well as freelance design working from home, so I understand the unique requirements for planning, managing resources and dedicating time to get the job done.
EXPERIENCE
04/07-Present North American Rescue, Inc. (Greer, SC)
Title: DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
Duties: North American Rescue is a medical equipment and design company with sales targeted at the military and civilian law enforcement markets, where I have been responsible for conceptualizing, creating and maintaining sales campaigns. In addition to general design duties, I have trained and supervised entry level and senior designers and assisted with both Macintosh and PC based IT and networking needs. Designing and directing the development of videos, 3D illustrations, brochures, banners, trade show booths and websites; this position is highly diverse in its daily requirements.
01/04-05/07 Marketing Directory Services (New Port Richey, FL)
Title: CREATIVE SERVICES MANAGER
Duties: MDS is a national Yellow Pages sales company, where I have been responsible for conceptualizing, creating and maintaining national sales campaigns for yellow pages advertisements. In addition to general design duties, I have trained and supervised entry level designers and assisted with both Macintosh and PC based IT and networking needs. Designing and directing the development of everything from Corporate ID Packages, media kits and brochures to banners, trade show booths and websites; this position is highly diverse in its daily requirements. I implemented a paperless office environment including organization, software and systems required for successful archiving, job tracking/proofing, client web interfaces and intra-office communication via Digital Asset Management within our internal network.
04/02-Present Freelance Graphic Design
Title: PRESIDENT/GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Duties: As a freelance graphic designer I engaged the entire gamut of the design industry in order to provide services for clients on any front. In addition to day-to-day communication with existing clients and solicitation and presentations to potential clients, I developed all manner of print design and Corporate Identification projects, including: logos, websites, business cards, brochures, notepads, banners, signs, catalogs, media kits, postcards, flyers, product photography, portrait photography, etc…
03/99-04/02 Classic Automotive Marketing (Wadsworth, OH)
Title: ART DIRECTOR
Duties: Job required extensive knowledge of design software, creative concept development, organizational skills, instruction of subordinate design staff and a team oriented attitude. Expectations include: software and hardware evaluation and recommendation, working closely with account representatives in order to develop and implement marketing campaigns geared toward target audiences, preparing files for electronic transfer to newspapers for printing black and white, spot color and four color advertisements and ensuring quality of marketing meets our high demands.
06/98-03/99 FastSigns (Fairlawn, OH)
Title: PRODUCTION MANAGER
Duties: Job duties required knowledge of design software, creative design layout development, organizational skills, instruction and training of subordinate production staff, specific knowledge of signage materials and proper production methods for generating die-cut vinyl graphics and large format printing. Expectations included: software and hardware evaluation and recommendations, working closely with both customers and sales staff to design and develop sign layouts suitable for individual needs, preparing files for production on plotter or large format inkjet printer, file conversion processes for customer-supplied files, logo redesign in vector format for vinyl production and education, training and supervision of production staff.
SOFTWARE
Adobe Products-
Illustrator CS4
Photoshop CS4
InDesign CS4
After Effects CS4
Acrobat 9 Pro
Corel Products-
CorelDraw X3
Corel Photopaint X3
Painter IX
Microsoft Products-
Office 2003
Office 2007
Macromedia Products-
DreamWeaver 8
Flash 8 Pro
Fireworks 8
Apple Products-
Final Cut Pro Studio 2
Poser 7 Pro (3D)
Carrara 6
Portfolio 8
MAC OS X
Windows 2000/XP
OCR/Flatbed scanning
Pre-press File Preparation
EDUCATION
06/06-12/08 American Intercontinental University
(Atlanta, GA)
- Online. Graduation with Bachelor’s in Visual Communication.
- Cum Laude Honors
08/01-04/02 Hiram Weekend College
(Hiram, OH)
- Classes taken in pursuit of BA
08/92-06/96 Trinity College of Florida
(New Port Richey, FL)
- Graduated with Associate of Arts in Biblical Studies
- Cum Laude Honors
08/91-12/91 St. Petersburg Junior College
(St. Pete, FL)
- Fall Semester classes taken
08/90-06/91 Liberty University
(Lynchburg, VA)
- Fall/Spring Semesters classes taken
01/90-06/90 Atlanta College Of Art
(Atlanta, GA)
- Spring Semester classes taken
SKILLS
Employee Management skills-
-Training and teaching new employees
-Supervising employee productivity
-Solving employee personnel issues
Idea Generation skills-
-Creative
-Able to carry idea through to productivity
-Generate new marketing campaigns
-Develop new graphical approaches to old campaigns
-Develop new concepts in marketing/internet based
Interaction With Public-
-Congenial
-Positive and proactive about solutions
-Skilled at communicating product knowledge
-Able to guide customer to best choice for their needs
Production Knowledge-
-Extensive knowledge of preparing files for print
-Expert knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and Acrobat
-Versatile on Mac or IBM-based systems
-Skilled at scanning images
-Constantly learning the newest software advancements
-Photographic skills for product, portrait, personality & event photography needs
-Expert level digital photo manipulation, retouching, compositing and production
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